In April Google discussed some details about its custom server design with CNET. One of the interesting things revealed was that the custom power supply setup allowed a low cost 12-volt battery to provide battery backup to the server. The battery connects directly to the power supply removing the need for UPS and PDU equipment. In [...]
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DRAM Error Rates in Commodity Servers
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware, Storage
Robin Harris of StorageMojo, in his ZDNet persona, is taking time to highlight a study on memory error rates. The study looks at real world error rates on the majority of Google’s commodity server fleet over a period of 2.5 years. The study shows how important it is to use systems and memory that support [...]
