There’s a rumor making the rounds today that Google is building its own router. The report appeared first at the
SD Times blog [1], was picked up at
Bnet [2] and is now being discussed on
Slashdot [3]. The gist of the rumor is that Juniper loses a big client and Cisco should be worried. Most of Google’s custom hardware development has focused on optimizing its in-house systems for peak efficiency, rather than developing commercial products. Google (GOOG) is declining comment.
Last year there were reports that Google was developing its own
10 Gigabit Ethernet switch [4], citing “a secret internal initiative that was launched when it realized commercial options couldn’t meet the cost and power consumption targets required for their data centers.” See
Andrew Schmitt’s blog post [5] for more.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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URLs in this post:
[1] SD Times blog: http://www.sdtimes.com/blog/post/2009/01/05/Google-To-Doom-Juniper.aspx
[2] Bnet: http://industry.bnet.com/technology/1000653/is-google-developing-a-router/
[3] Slashdot: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1844239
[4] 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/11/16/report-googles-secret-10gbe-switch/
[5] Andrew Schmitt’s blog post: http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/11/16/googles-secret-10gbe-switch/
[6] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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