On 9/14/05, Alex Smotritsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read a while back Google had 8,000 servers in their farm.
Right. And not one of them is a database, and there are no SANs. They have learned the scaling means commodity hardware and custom software, using RAM as their primary storage system. Their problem is moderately unique, though. (It was 8000 boxes in August of 2003... it's undoubtedly at least twice that now.) =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
