Google First Production Server @Computer History Museum


Google first production server at Computer History Museum

Here’s the description showed along with the system.


First Google Production Server
Google, Inc., United States

With limited funds, Google founders Lary Page and Sergey Brin initially deployed this system of inexpensive, interconnected PCs to procss many thousands of search requests per second from Google users. This hardware system reflected the Google search algorithm itself, which is based on tolerating multiple computer failures and optimizing around them.

This production server was one of about thirty such racks in the first Google data center. Even though many of the installed PCs never worked and were difficult to repair, these racks provided Google with its first large-scale computing system and allowed the company to grow quickly and at minimal cost.


And, you can find the photos on the Flickr below. Sorry for the low quality :-(

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25 Responses to “Google First Production Server @Computer History Museum”

  • SpazzzDog says:

    In the computer …
    In the computer world, 11 years is old enough to get you in a museum!

  • LauxHawk says:

    @allclear241 And …
    @allclear241 And then in 10 years, we will look back at how primitive our ways were….who knows what we will have…

  • Leebumsable says:

    So cool I love …
    So cool I love google

  • killervalonz says:

    Actually it looked …
    Actually it looked pretty normal. THe parts designs havent really changed. Except gpu cases xd. But thats another story.

  • VistaApple says:

    GOOGLE = INTERNET

    GOOGLE = INTERNET

    I can NOT imagine how boring the internet would be without GOOGLE

    I can NOT imagine a person that uses the internet doesn’t use google at least 100 times a day

  • tutor432 says:

    google is satan.
    google is satan.

  • allclear241 says:

    Its hard to beleave …
    Its hard to beleave how far we’ve come. That’s only 11 years old and looking at it, it seems as if it was from another time. Just look around, this very thing (Youtube) didn’t exist just 5 or 6 years ago. Its just amazing.

  • deluxedookie says:

    now thats a gettho …
    now thats a gettho server

  • rivkinnator says:

    boys enough with …
    boys enough with the flame wars

  • MrJoeMontano says:

    insane
    insane

  • CarMoves says:

    i was making a joke …
    i was making a joke — i actually started programming in 1981.

  • mhaddadi says:

    I could recognise …
    I could recognise the NIC,
    its Intel Pro/100S or around that,
    but its definetly Intel.
    I used them when built servers myself with 8 IDE Raid from 3ware company.
    Was working great.

  • jejeroy says:

    hehehe a pentium 2 …
    hehehe a pentium 2 with a old motherboard 2 socket slot A alot of scsi hard drive with surely with some old sdram pc 133 x 20 server like it its was not bad for this time now YES…

  • grofuss says:

    Aw, P2 chips with …
    Aw, P2 chips with MMX /sigh good memories.

  • Dms12444 says:

    They still have …
    They still have slot CPU’s, they’re actually not that uncommon.

  • ScottishDuckHunter says:

    In 1999? God, you …
    In 1999? God, you are stupid.

  • myid9876543 says:

    dumbass….
    dumbass….

  • nos676 says:

    and lol those …
    and lol those cables are managed

  • 1Mihailo says:

    OMG!
    OMG!

  • pcgeek15 says:

    DAM that’s takes me …
    DAM that’s takes me back, slot CPU’s

  • scotland2019 says:

    very basic like all …
    very basic like all servers. nice though

  • Regency500 says:

    Which wire goes in …
    Which wire goes in what port? There are too many. lol

  • PCKaido says:

    I wonder if they …
    I wonder if they can still run it :D

  • metalmulisha98101 says:

    look at the boards …
    look at the boards sag unthe the weight lol

  • AL3J4NdR001 says:

    SKYNEEEET!!!!
    SKYNEEEET!!!!

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