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02/26/2007

Google's First Production Server

According to "jurvetson", this was Google's very first production server -- circa 1999. Here's an interesting fact you might not have known: "the beta system used Duplo blocks for the chassis because generic brand plastic blocks were not rigid enough." View full-sized picture here.
Each level has a couple of PC boards slammed in there, partially overlapping. This approach reflects a presumption of rapid obsolescence of cheap hardware, which would not need to be repaired. Several of the PCs never worked, and the system design optimized around multiple computer failures

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Posted at 02/27/2007 12:35pm by GadGetGuide » Archives » So hat Google einmal angefangen - Gadgets, cooles Zeug, Geschenkideen
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Posted at 02/28/2007 06:03am by Mujeres TIC » Blog Archive » Así era Google
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Posted at 03/02/2007 07:29am by Clicko.nl
[...] Bovenstaande hardware - losse printplaten, harde schijven die erbij hangen, draadjes - zou de eerste productie-server van Google zijn uit 1999 volgens TechEBlog. Deel of E-mail artikel [...]
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