Google likes containers too

scrapper · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

Love this site, been lurking for a few months now. Thought you might find this interesting. Seems like Google has been fitting containers for deployment around the globe.

It was also reported in November that Google was buying shipping containers and building data centres within them, possibly with the aim of using them at significant nodes within the worldwide cable network. "Google hired a pair of very bright industrial designers to figure out how to cram the greatest number of CPUs, the most storage, memory and power support into a 20- or 40-foot box<" Robert Cringely wrote. "The idea is to plant one of these puppies anywhere Google owns access to fiber, basically turning the entire Internet into a giant processing and storage grid."

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2023600,00.html

alaskasail · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject:

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habitainer · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

That is really interesting, not to say usefull. I myself have placed my old CPU at Habican(http://habican.blogspot.com/) my “self-built” container, and I have radio broadcasting on winamp 24hours a day, as well as webcam view by remote administration… such interesting things can be done today with old computers!

Regards,

Luis