Re: google db
From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: 31 Mar 2003 07:06:11 -0800
Message-ID: <2687bb95.0303310706.354c49f9_at_posting.google.com>
Date: 31 Mar 2003 07:06:11 -0800
Message-ID: <2687bb95.0303310706.354c49f9_at_posting.google.com>
chivalc_at_yahoo.com (chivalc) wrote in message news:<c3603719.0303280556.73673bc2_at_posting.google.com>...
> hi everybody,
>
> how does google stores it huge database.. do u think they might be
> using propriety database like oracle or is it something else?
A couple of years back there was a write-up in (I think) PC Magazine or Infoweek that said Google used a thousand dedicated PCs running Linux, OS text files, and it's own index scheme. You might try searching the web sites for the article.
HTH -- Mark -- Received on Mon Mar 31 2003 - 17:06:11 CEST