Surveying the World of the Biggest Server Farms 106
1sockchuck writes "Rackspace said this week that it is managing more than 50,000 web servers, raising the question: who else has that many? Of companies that publicly discuss their server counts, there are only a handful that are near or above the 50,000 server mark, including 1&1 Internet, The Planet, and Akamai, as well as Rackspace. The larger totals are found among companies that don't discuss how many servers they're running. The leading suspects: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay."
Re:analogy (Score:5, Funny)
Are you trying to show who has the biggest dick in the IT world ? :3
No, didn't you read the summary? We're trying to find out who has the biggest rack.
If you can count them... (Score:1, Funny)
Obviously, if you can count them, then you don't have all that many.
"A million here, a million there and pretty soon you have a real server farm."
Re:Who else? ME. (Score:3, Funny)
Thats right, me. In fact I just set up #50,001. You'll never guess what I'm doing with them either.
Do you really need that much porn?
Re:Who else? ME. (Score:5, Funny)
If you ask.. (Score:5, Funny)
... Google how many servers it uses, does that mean it's self-aware?
Two hosting providers ago... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm pretty sure the hosting company I had a few years ago (aka "kiddie hosting") had that many customers on the server that I was on. Does that count?
Re:Who else? ME. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:If you ask.. (Score:3, Funny)
Not Web Servers, but ... (Score:3, Funny)
I imagine there is a fairly large server farm somewhere near Ft. Meade, MD.
Re:Who else? ME. (Score:2, Funny)