Google File System

tjoyce · 07-03-2004, 07:35 AM

I engaged in conversation about the Google File System with a College student in one of the Computer Science Department's lab. I learned a lot, and it's quite fascinating. Their file system has to manage multi-gigabyte size files. It's amazing! Anyone else have some thoughts on the Google file system?

intelliot · 07-03-2004, 07:58 AM

Well, they do index some 3 billion web pages, while caching most of them at the same time. It's perfect for their type of application.

tjoyce · 07-03-2004, 08:27 AM

GMail actually stores messages, but when you flag a message, it will APPEND to the file. The file system is designed to APPEND quickly, but not write (which would involve making room for what you're going to write by moving everything down, then writing, here it just writes everything) and then displays it...it's hard to explain. But it's REALLY neat!

cvrk3 · 07-08-2004, 04:43 AM

interesting.

Randuin · 10-11-2004, 07:45 PM

Despite the tone of what my message may come out to be

This is actually quite interesting... I had no idea that Google actually had its own file system

Stuff2Do · 12-02-2004, 05:40 AM

i know im late, but now google does 8 billion

adok · 12-12-2004, 07:34 PM

I didn't know google has its own file system either. Does anyone have where's a site focusing on this?

Lupine1647 · 12-31-2004, 02:40 AM

Something interesting to read http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...5-ghemawat.pdf

07-03-2004, 07:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
tjoyce Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google File System I engaged in conversation about the Google File System with a College student in one of the Computer Science Department's lab. I learned a lot, and it's quite fascinating. Their file system has to manage multi-gigabyte size files. It's amazing! Anyone else have some thoughts on the Google file system?

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07-03-2004, 07:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,527 Thanks: 15 Thanked 46 Times in 26 Posts	Well, they do index some 3 billion web pages, while caching most of them at the same time. It's perfect for their type of application.

07-03-2004, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
tjoyce Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	GMail actually stores messages, but when you flag a message, it will APPEND to the file. The file system is designed to APPEND quickly, but not write (which would involve making room for what you're going to write by moving everything down, then writing, here it just writes everything) and then displays it...it's hard to explain. But it's REALLY neat!

07-08-2004, 04:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	interesting.

10-11-2004, 07:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
Randuin Noogle Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Despite the tone of what my message may come out to be This is actually quite interesting... I had no idea that Google actually had its own file system

12-02-2004, 05:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stuff2Do Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i know im late, but now google does 8 billion

12-12-2004, 07:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
adok Junior Googler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Taiwan Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I didn't know google has its own file system either. Does anyone have where's a site focusing on this?

12-31-2004, 02:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
Lupine1647 Elite Googler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Something interesting to read http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...5-ghemawat.pdf

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