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10/18/2012 12:42:00 AM · #1 |
Check it out! Google has posted some simply amazing photos of their data centers, and some of the infrastructure of the 'net. This stuff is rarely seen, and these facilities are treated like state secrets, so this is a pretty special set of photos.
I'd love to see what you find, share here if you feel like it. Here's a few of my favorite photos, for various reasons.
Thousands of feet of pipe line the inside of our data centers. We paint them bright colors not only because it's fun, but also to designate which one is which.
These colorful pipes are responsible for carrying water in and out of our Oregon data center. The blue pipes supply cold water and the red pipes return the warm water back to be cooled.
Inside our campus network room, routers and switches allow our data centers to talk to each other. The fiber optic networks connecting our sites can run at speeds that are more than 200,000 times faster than a typical home Internet connection. The fiber cables run along the yellow cable trays near the ceiling.
As part of our commitment to keeping our users' data safe, we destroy all failed drives, on site.
Message edited by author 2012-10-18 00:42:36. |
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10/18/2012 12:50:39 AM · #2 |
Hmm, apparently you can view it in Google Street View as well... Here's a hell of a screenshot they have posted on the site.
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10/18/2012 12:56:11 AM · #3 |
I was just going to post this "Data center Street View" video...
*at first it's like walking into a daycare center. ;-) |
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10/18/2012 12:01:56 PM · #4 |
| I'm still wondering why there's a storm trooper in the data center. :) |
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10/18/2012 12:10:54 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Cory:
I'm still wondering why there's a storm trooper in the data center. :) |
He's tasked with failed hard drive destruction. |
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10/18/2012 12:38:09 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
I'm still wondering why there's a storm trooper in the data center. :) |
He's tasked with failed hard drive destruction. |
No, he still can't find the droids he's looking for. |
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10/18/2012 01:25:17 PM · #7 |
| Which one of the tubes is for porn? Or is that in another building because it takes up so much room? |
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10/18/2012 01:26:50 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
No, he still can't find the droids he's looking for. |
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10/18/2012 02:09:49 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by chazoe:
Which one of the tubes is for porn? Or is that in another building because it takes up so much room? |
i don't want to know what that tube carries... |
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