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 ===== Inside a Google Server ===== ===== Inside a Google Server =====
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 Google for the first time showed off its server design\\ Google for the first time showed off its server design\\
  
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 Another illustration of Google's obsession with efficiency comes through power supply design. Power supplies convert conventional AC (alternating current--what you get from a wall socket) electricity into the DC (direct current--what you get from a battery) electricity, and typical power supplies provide computers with both 5-volt and 12-volt DC power. Google's designs supply only 12-volt power, with the necessary conversions taking place on the motherboard. Another illustration of Google's obsession with efficiency comes through power supply design. Power supplies convert conventional AC (alternating current--what you get from a wall socket) electricity into the DC (direct current--what you get from a battery) electricity, and typical power supplies provide computers with both 5-volt and 12-volt DC power. Google's designs supply only 12-volt power, with the necessary conversions taking place on the motherboard.
-Google's data center efficiency has been improving gradually.+Google's data center efficiency has been improving gradually.
  
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 Older Google facilities generally have higher PUEs, he said; the best has a score of 1.12. When the weather gets warmer, Google notices is that it's harder to keep servers cool. Older Google facilities generally have higher PUEs, he said; the best has a score of 1.12. When the weather gets warmer, Google notices is that it's harder to keep servers cool.
-An excerpt from a video tour Google presented of its data center containers. Like conventional data centers, Google's shipping containers have raised floors. 
  
-An excerpt from a video tour Google presented of its data center containers. Like conventional data centers, Google's shipping containers have raised floors. 
-(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) 
  
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 +An excerpt from a video tour Google presented of its data center containers. Like conventional data centers, Google's shipping containers have raised floors.\\ 
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 +==== Shipping containers ==== 
 Most people buy computers one at a time, but Google thinks on a very different scale. Jimmy Clidaras revealed that the core of the company's data centers are composed of standard 1AAA shipping containers packed with 1,160 servers each, with many containers in each data center. Most people buy computers one at a time, but Google thinks on a very different scale. Jimmy Clidaras revealed that the core of the company's data centers are composed of standard 1AAA shipping containers packed with 1,160 servers each, with many containers in each data center.
  
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 Operating at Google's scale has its challenges, but it also has its silver linings. For example, a given investment on research can be applied to a larger amount of infrastructure, yielding return faster, Hoelzle said. Operating at Google's scale has its challenges, but it also has its silver linings. For example, a given investment on research can be applied to a larger amount of infrastructure, yielding return faster, Hoelzle said.
-A diagram of a Google modular data center+
  
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 A diagram of a Google modular data center\\ A diagram of a Google modular data center\\
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