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rich12345

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Mar 27, 2011, 5:02:37 PM3/27/11

It says I have 7566 megabytes for storage. For free.

Multiply that by the millions of gmail users. You have a million hard
drives somewhere.. How are they supporting all of this storage?

I remember my first apple II hard drive. About 100 pounds. 2' by 3'
by 6". 5 megabytes. Looking at advertisements it was around $2000
when first introduced.

Google could probably provide heat for an entire city by ducting their
cooling system to houses.. There has to be a massive building
somewhere to house the drives..

Rich

D Finnigan

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Mar 27, 2011, 5:09:03 PM3/27/11

rich12345 wrote:
> It says I have 7566 megabytes for storage. For free.
>
> Multiply that by the millions of gmail users. You have a million hard
> drives somewhere.. How are they supporting all of this storage?
>

Easy. Not everyone is using that much space.

Mike

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Mar 27, 2011, 9:39:24 PM3/27/11

Many buildings, actually. This is how:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Modular_Data_center

- Mike
http://6502lane.net

Mike

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Mar 27, 2011, 9:46:01 PM3/27/11

And more info about Google's shipping container data centers here:

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/01/google-unveils-its-container-data-center/

- Mike
http://6502lane.net

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