Its so interesting to see such old stuff. Google started with one tiny rack in 98, 7 years later with thousands of servers in containers and nowadays with multiple huge data centers all over the world 👍

Amazing to see what the cloud really looks like!

It would be cool to see an animation of data flow when one accesses gmail. There's so much more than meets the eye, as evidenced by this video.

3:28 Googles provided personal transportation device :D thats proper 100% corporate jargon! :D

It's amazing for me as Indonesian to know more about Google, specially for Google container data center

Love it, the whole container idea is great, I want one in my back garden please.

Appreciate the time that Google's engineers had put into every part of their DC to make it greener.

I was reading a book on how the modern world works. It's kinda like an encyclopedia of modern technology. They included Google in the book. It basically said Googleplex was like being in a playground wile at work. They have ball-pits, pool tables.... and a lots more. Scooters are a simple and efficient solution to transportation in that place. Segways would be overkill, for they are bulky and may ram into something.

Here, we see him making his way on his google-provided personal transportation device.

These containers remind me of the mobile ADP container vans that housed the UNIVAC 1500 data-processing systems I used to maintain in the Marines back in the 70's. We could tear down and redeploy the entire system via airlift to anywhere in the world within three days.

this video is recorded in 2007 but this datacenter is still the biggest one

Your detective skills are reall top notch!

VERY well done data center. Would have LOVED to wire that one up!!

Future of networks safety: Not only applications are isolated in containers, but also the physical servers themselves.

I would love an updated video!

Great Video ~ Google are always at the forefront of the data centre industry!

We were using container data centers in the 90s in the military, we could pickup the dc and have it across the world in 2 weeks. We used the TAVB as the ship of choice to deploy.

One of the neatest and most efficient data server farms I have seen in a long time, management of power, Airflow etc is critical to efficient operation. Couple this with a BIG solar Array and Batteries it would be as green as you could get some of our reliance of Computer IT.

it all seems so simple from a browser, you type a search term or check your email and that's that. the scale of the infrastructure behind it is mind boggling.

WOW!!! I have worked in some large data centers all over the country but nothing like this. Very impressive Google.

They probably take advantage of cooler climates when it's available, but you can assume they have these located in different areas to help service everyone.

This is the original OLDEST video n on KZfaq

Thank you for sharing this really interesting inside look. I learned a few useful things.

This is amazing! I wish that all datacentres looked so clean and well maintained! Google, you're doing one hell of a nice job there!

Nice to see how Google manages it's data centers.. :)

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Cannot get much better than that...good job.

3:47 Good to see Google has it's fair share of tagging.

'Google provided transportational personal device' LMAO

Are those tags on the door at 3:49 ?

Remo Williams: What do these things do, keep track of your wardrobe? I thought they figured out a way to make them smaller? Conn MacCleary: These *are* the smaller ones.

so...what does all this do?

I assume the sites chosen to locate the Server farms are not on a seismic, flood or tornado/hurricane location. Do they have ballistic and vehicle penetration protection?

Gotta love dem personal transportation devices :D

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@Hutcho12 what have they done that is better? not being aggressive, am just curious.

Thanks for making this interesting!

Very interesting technology, keep up the good work guys.

What kind of storage discs do google use?

there was tagging on one of the doors ^^

So here's my question...do you think there are over a million viewers interested in data centers? or is it because it's google? I'm hoping for the interest in data centers because then my youtube video on my data center comics will stand a chance :)

Because there is so much indexing that is needed to be done and retrieved so fast and such a high quantity.

This would be my dream home!

thanks

How did you make the head and the torso of this firgure?

Brilliant use case for an interlaced video where the camera is panning most of the time. Kudos Google! :-)

I wonder how often they would have to upgrade it.. Imagine how much information gets stored in their data centers daily.

Looks like a Mirror's Edge level, with the red pipes and stuff :D

The video freezes at 3:51 :-( Did that sector get lost when the hard drive failed?

Where is the server that has all port sites?

@3:38"Google Provided Personal Transportation Device"

Love the tagging :)

Very impressive video !

@johnmacward they are low voltage cables.

Congratulations Google! Your effort for green ideas is admirable!

every few months I haven an argument with an "expert" or one of my bosses because I`ve set cold aisle temperature at 26°C

Data stored on google is saved in 3 or more areas at the same time.

I wonder what the noise level is inside one of those containers

that was actually pretty dang cool to see :>

Al Kaida EMEA expresses its unsurpassable gratitude for this helpful introduction.

Why do none of you understand? This is a SERIOUS video used by Google employees to demonstrate th effecient output of one of Google's Container Data Centres, not a video to laugh at because they called a scooter a 'Google Provided Personal Transportation Device'. They were just saying it as it is to avoid confusion.

3:40 That GPPTD is pretty high-tech stuff XD

@WarcraftHermit Didn't you see the one on the scooter?

"Google-provided personal transportation device." Awesome way to say scooter :D

Yes, but can it run Crysis on max settings.

all this was just a website in 1998 .. inspirational

1:07 "see a medium to low voltage distribution center" (in the back ground- "High Voltage Keep Out!"

@foxgott16 no actually google does, facebook only has 1 floor for its server. google has 3, google also has more servers per floor

@johnmacward cant comment on US standards but australian standards only which I am assuming are similar to US (we use 240VAC50Hz not 110/60)..upto 60VDC/45VAC is classified as ELV (extra low), upto 1500VDC/1000VAC is classifed as LV, and over 1500VDC/1000VAC is classified as HV.

it's nice to know google have their own taggers (graffiti the doors).

with this serious voice. "... on his Google-provided personal transportation device"

Well if you are eager to know were your KZfaq video comes from, its called a data center and this is google' s data center.

Cool, but what does it do?

What is this complex for? (Computer beginner talker)

what is when i cut a cable?

amazing.....

Most Awesomest video ! amazingly creative design.

But does it have water cooling system

With onboard graphic chips? Don't you understand the difference between a server and a gaming machine?

I knew all those ads had to come from somewhere.

What type of security protects the plant against sabotage, what would it mean for Google and all of us users if it were taken out of service?

what is security like?

Excellent Video Tour.

how much storage space have google? ;0

Gotta love Raid. Each unit the engineer changes is a part of a Raid within the container. A single container is part of Raid in the DataCenter. Each DC is a Raid piece for Google. Containers are probably hot-swapable :) In case of disaster they just decide if they should sacrifice the web-search-indexes from 2003 or your emails from 3 years ago. :)....and its probably your emails.

@thereddog223 This is one of many data centres Google owns. Googles processes enormous data quantities (gmail, google+, etc...).

Where is Neo plugged in?

@karrotop Reason one : packaging and handling costs are much less. Shipping container method : build 1000 servers, install in shipping container, test the system, ship the container. Rack method : build 1000 servers, pack in 1000 boxes, load 1000 boxes into shipping container, ship container, remove and unpack 1000 boxes, fit to racks and test. Reason two, cooling system - don't have to cool the whole building. Reason three, more resistant to fire, flood, earthquake etc.

@xmaxfactorx If Google owns Facebook, why did they make Google +?

Where is this located at?

This is the 21st century version of the film strips kids had to watch in the 50's.

3:49 Is that tagging on the door?

I would totally get one of those myself. ^_^ *Flies to California to the Googleplex to buy one*

Why container roofs are closed? If they were open it would improve noticeably heat dissipation.

amazing transportation device!

So tell me, what would happen if something were to happen to this cable

Does KZfaq use datacenter same as this, too?

Makes the room sized computers of the 1950's look like a phone.

3:48 Graffiti? In a datacenter?

Does KZfaq have its own data centre? Or is it shared with Google now?