Comments on: How Google Is Influencing Server Design

By: HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon

HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:46:20 +0000

[...] is, HP is late to the mega data center party. SGI (formerly Rackable) has built special-purpose machines for years, and keeps introducing new [...]

By: Coud Computing. the silver lining and the and the storm | McKyton

Coud Computing. the silver lining and the and the storm | McKyton — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:17:24 +0000

[...] Google designs its own servers to for powerful performance easy maintenance http://gigaom.com/2008/12/29/how-google-is-influencing-server-design/ [...]

By: Rackable Systems dispells 12V server rumors - Server Farming

Rackable Systems dispells 12V server rumors - Server Farming — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:33:33 +0000

[...] up and re-posted as fact by bloggers on other tech news sites, including IT Business Edge, CNet, GigaOM, Sys-Con.com, and [...]

By: Michael Marrs

Michael Marrs — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:53:03 +0000

Sadly these lessons are lost and foreign in telco land, no matter how much lip service the VP’s give to being nimble, smart and cutting out the crap. The telco engineering priesthood still requires everything to be 5 nines, and to add as much features as possible to keep the project going for another 2 years in order to keep the product dev, marketing, project management, and engineers securely imployed.

By: Rafman

Rafman — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:00:02 +0000

If only Google would do the same to wireless broadband as they did with servers, M2Z wouldn’t try to offer FREE Internet through the FCC!!!

http://www.rafwireless.com

By: Dave N.

Dave N. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:27:29 +0000

The KISS principle in action: Keep It Simple, Stupid. This also utilizes the first principle of good engineering: before you start designing things, examine your unspoken assumptions and consider which of them can be modified to good effect. We shouldn’t be surprised at something like this coming out of Google, however; their Chairman and CEO has a Ph.D. in computer science from Berkeley (earned after he received a degree in electrical engineering and computer science at Princeton), has been Chief Technical Officer at Sun, and is himself a gifted engineer and computer scientist. Larry and Sergei may have developed the first search engine while at Stanford, but Eric is every bit as bright as they are — and almost everything about Google reflects that fact.

By: shyam

shyam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:02:58 +0000

Typical of the tech industry to have a huge fit of ‘me-too’ once they have seen a leader do something. The linked story has a quote which is quite important, toward the end where it is said while the idea is great, it is not work for every scenario, since there are valid requirements where different voltages are required on a board.

By: Google effect on Server Designs | OnlyGizmos

Google effect on Server Designs | OnlyGizmos — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:54:24 +0000

[...] the emergence of these Google-inspired servers, which include features such as heat-tolerant processors to save on cooling costs, a focus on motherboards containing 12v-only power supplies for servers, putting two servers on one board and stripping out unnecessary parts. [GigaOm] [...]

By: Shirley

Shirley — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:24:02 +0000

See, this is why Google is successful. They don’t follow industry practices. They decide for themselves what works and move on that. And look, now everyone is following them.

By: Varun Mahajan

Varun Mahajan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:57:01 +0000

I love Google’s ‘Cut the crap’ approcah