Python - what is the fastest database ?
km
km at mrna.tn.nic.in
Tue Mar 1 00:32:08 EST 2005
Hi all,
Google has specially designed file system 'Goolgle File System' too.
KM
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:43:53PM -0500, Terry Reedy wrote:
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> <martijn at gamecreators.nl> wrote in message
> news:1109592623.116661.101880 at g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> How is it possible that google (super big database) is super fast?
> > What type database do they use / software ?
>
> On the hardware side, Google's secret is massively parallel cluster
> computing, coupled with proprietary software for splitting tasks and
> joining results. They have perhaps 200,000 CPUs. A query might be given
> to hundreds of them for a fraction of a second.
>
> Terry J. Reedy
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