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I was reading some posts on another forum and they stated Google used linux to run their search engine. Can anyone verify this?

[moonknight]

informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=178600189

hope this helps (i didnt read article)

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It says they use Ubuntu internally but not for what. I wonder if they use it for their servers though.

[moonknight]

there desktop when coding then red hat or some big linux brand for servers (diffently not windows)

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I wonder if they have their own version of Linux.

[moonknight]

most possibly they are all like coding genuisous (not as smart as linus obviously)

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Haha, you are right. They are all very smart people. I also heard they have their own database the runs entirely in memory.

[TcM]

I guess so, because it's very fast.. so most probably the memory thing is true..

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What would happen if the power went off or the servers crashed though? All that index would be destroyed....

[moonknight]

they probly have linux installed onto there hardware and probly have back up generators for the servers

[tekmiester]

Everything they do is very propriatary, from hardware to software. It is probably based on Linux, but highly customized.

[moonknight]

they have to have some type of windows system for there products though