So I’ve always wondered what makes Google tick. I mean seriously… For Google to be able to process a query in 0.06 seconds is pretty incredible, especially when they are getting millions of those queries a second.
Well you can imagine my excitement when I found this article that seems to reveal Googles once extremely secret server design.
According to CNET, Google packs all of it’s servers into hundreds of airconditioned shipping containers. They also appear to have a 12 volt battery attached to each motherboard to act as a backup power supply, and apparently they have patented the idea. This really is quite an ingenious design and seems to be typical Google.
I only wonder if the date that this article was released somehow decreases its authenticity… “April 1, 2009 2:26 PM PDT”