CNET News: "Google’s big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt battery to supply power if there’s a problem with the main source of electricity."
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This article offers astounding insight into the scale that Googlers have to think...Hints of future revenue growth for Google too:"Google has patents on the built-in battery design, "but I think we’d be willing to license them to vendors," Hoelzle said."Great find.
Apparently Google’s launching a site/page about their servers:http://twitter.com/google/status/1440093160Also see: Rough Notes: Data Center Efficiency Summithttp://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/04/01/RoughNotesDataCenterEfficiencySummit.aspxAnd, based on the comments at that CNet story, the choice of April 1st to begin discussing this was unfortunate... it’s not a prank though :)
"Shipping Containers - Most people buy computers one at a time, but Google thinks on a very different scale. Jimmy Clidaras revealed that the core of the company’s data centers are composed of standard 1AAA shipping containers packed with 1,160 servers each, with many containers in each data center." For reference...1AAA Container Dimensions: 40.0’ x 8.0’ x 9.6’Maximal Load, Gross Mass: (GrW)=30,480 Kg (67,200 Lbs)Weight: TARE=3,900 Kg (8,600 Lbs)First thing that came to my mind were PODS (Portable On Demand Storage), that was a winning concept. Same concept applies here. Maximum efficiency of space, scalability and maintenance. 1,160 servers in each container? That is a lot of energy packed up in a small space. Can you imagine what it "feels like" being inside one of those?