1. Who Has the Most Web Servers?

    Data Center Knowledge (May 14 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

    1. Who Has the Most Web Servers? There was a milestone buried deep within the earnings tables in this week’s first quarter results from Rackspace: the San Antonio company has become one of a select number of companies that have more than 50,000 servers. Rackspace reports that as of March 30 the company’s data centers house 50,038 servers, up from 47,518 at the end of 2008. Of the companies that publicly report their server counts, only Germany’s 1&1 Internet has more than Rackspace. Here’s a look at some of the providers with high server counts, gleaned from public reports and partial data from a recent Netcraft server count report: (Read Full Article)

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    On 7/27/09 arielliu said:
    "I don't think the number of servers matters the most. It is always the PUE that tells the real energy consumption. And it is easy to calculate, as there are plenty free tools online. This one from 42u.com is quite good (http://www.42u.com/efficiency/energy-efficiency-calculator.htm), or just google “data center efficiency calculator”."

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