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- codyman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57i like how a multi-billion dollar company started off with a server held together by duplo blocks...
- ryodoan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+49Also cool is the google "master plan" http://farm1.static.flickr.com/15/21470089_2db47c90da_o.jpg
Some pretty funny stuff on there. - wonderchemist, on 10/12/2007, -7/+51That's no moon...
- saikhan, on 10/12/2007, -9/+36I can say without exaggeration that this is an important piece of history.
- HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29Full size version: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/157722937_db74692437_o.jpg
- Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23gotta start somewhere....
- AlfaWolph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23"To understand, this is a Duplo block incase anyone missed out on their childhood."
I'm not sure if Michael Jackson uses digg. - popltree2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Here is a link to another pic of the server from my trip to the Computer History Museum.
http://picasaweb.google.com/cody.clements/SanFrancisco/photo#4994692623856173074
To quote a good friend of mine, "it is held together by little more than gravity." - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25"According to Larry and Sergey, the beta system used Duplo blocks for the chassis because generic brand plastic blocks were not rigid enough. "
That's awesome!!
To understand, this is a Duplo block incase anyone missed out on their childhood. http://www.trainerswarehouse.com/images/GATLEDU.jpg - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -13/+30I can't.
- mikev, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20If you look closely you can see the tubes connecting to the mothertube
- Xanadude, on 10/12/2007, -9/+24Must "have" been, not must "of" been. Don't worry, you'll cover that when you get to sixth grade.
- Rikushix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Just goes to show how all the superpowers start out. Really, really small.
- graiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13The original Google server was at Stanford (1996) and was made out of Lego and looked like this:
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm - masgrada, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14This little guy was the forerunner to probably fastest intertubes you've ever seen.
- DeFray, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14There's over nine thousand!!!
- seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12No, theres more!
- Bishopthered, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Even though it looks primitive, there are about $40 or $50 thousand worth of 1999 parts in there. The 42U chassis and that Pro Curve switch alone would have run 10 grand.
- TwilightKing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Actually, I was looking at the true original Google server (Duplos and all) just a few minutes ago in the basement of a Stanford College CS building. I can assure you that it is, in fact, as cool as it sounds.
Looking at the multicolored Duplo case, I realized, couldn't this be the way Google got its colorful logo? - MikeCerm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I'm not familiar with these Duplo blocks... I build all of my computer cases out of Lego.
- aussieNickuss, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Does that mean all internet start-ups are just child's play?
- paulmdx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"Google maintains an estimated 450,000 servers, arranged in racks located in clusters in cities around the world"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_platform - Sonic84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'm curious to know the specs of the unit.
- xniL, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10so I'm assuming now there's thousands of those?
- reevolutn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9jump off cliff?
- AudioPhotograph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This may be the first production server, but the first experiment server was incased in a lego case.
- randysouth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7See what happens when you feed the computer after midnight!
- WildTang3nt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7They use cheap rackmount stuff. Single CPU, 2 disks, as much RAM as they can fit (usually 4gb). That's what I heard about 2 years ago, maybe they've moved up to dual core by now :)
- javip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't you mean.. AWESOME!! ?
- MmmmGuinness, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Actually, Google's servers still look like this. They build them out of parts they buy themselves, no vendors. If you've ever been to their data center in Elk Grove, its pretty cool. Just a bunch of motherboards in racks and spare parts in trays to the side. So no, they really havent progressed much further than this.
- aussieNickuss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I think I read somewhere that now they use the same principle but with cheap off-the-shelf "home" PC's like Dell's, HP's etc.. When one dies, they just pull it off the shelf, chuck it and swap in a new one. Don't know if thats true or not. (?)
- zoltan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4sweet ISA slots baby
- ExSlashdotter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4imagine a beowulf cluster of...
oh wait, never mind. - Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@aussieNickuss
i'm sure that some adults still play with Lego's/duplos. they are great for engineering! - hockeysmurf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Well it's hard to get pictures, see, because it's on the moon.
:) - sublimer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The real first google search engine.
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm - bussche, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just to clarify that was they're disk array, not their server.
- smb3d, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4WildTang3nt: It looks like those boards are dual socket P2s.
- HelplessSEAL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ryodoan
I love where the red and blue markers are going while the green seems ordinary enough (world domination with Richard Branson!!!!) - Youssif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here's the Google REAL Server :
http://www.7ears.com/forums/uploads/5029402502113445678a36429d7.jpg
It's all understandable now ! - darkstar949, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not Legos but Duplo blocks, the interesting part is if you notice the colors on the case and the colors in their logo...
- pak314, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I went down to the computer history museum just last week. Lots of interesting historical items and the admission and tour is free. There was one hard disk platter about 4 foot diameter and 1/2 inch thick from the looks of it and a whopping 10MB capacity. Also a Cray supercomputer with unbelievable amounts of wiring and a military computer that looks kind of like the WOPR from Wargames. They also had a working PDP-1 on which space war is running although the screen didn't work during our demo.
- arrozconevan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Whoa, did this get on the front page?
- willh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3it's...
it's full of stars! - Camaroman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sweet, 3000th digg.
- IceZZ, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Yay! Let's all worship google!
Maybe we can see their first coffee mugs! Yay! - frostyrellik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That looks like my Grandmother's yarn basket!
- hugejimmy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That is awesome. Nice find
- themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I thought I saw the exact same story dugg a couple months ago, but it showed that their first server was made out of Lego
- mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Wow, that was 1999.. Not too long ago.. They really have come a long way in this short amount of time.
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