Google’s Custom Web Server, Revealed

It’s long been known that Google builds its own web servers, enabling it to design the servers for peak performance and energy efficiency. At today’s Google Data Center Energy Summit ^[1], the company put one of its custom servers on display. Here’s a brief video of the server, which features a power supply that integrates a battery, allowing it to function as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The design shifts the UPS and battery backup functions from the data center into the server cabinet. This video runs about 1 minute, 30 seconds.

Don’t miss out other coverage of Google’s Data center Efficiency Summit:

• Google Unveils its Data Center Container ^[2]
• Efficient UPS Aids Google’s Extreme PUE ^[1]

For more news from Google, visit our Google Channel ^[3]. For additional video, check out our DCK video archive ^[4] and the Data Center Videos ^[5]channel on YouTube.

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[1] Google Data Center Energy Summit: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/01/efficient-ups-aids-googles-extreme-pue/

[2] Google Unveils its Data Center Container: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/01/google-unveils-its-container-data-center/

[3] Google Channel: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/category/google/

[4] DCK video archive: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/data_center_videos-index.html

[5] Data Center Videos : http://www.youtube.com/user/DataCenterVideos

[6] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/

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