Google's Data Center Infrastructure lives by the Gospel of Speed
It is interesting when some people say I have the best data center. Some are trying to building the cheapest data center. But, best and cheap don't necessarily drive the right behaviors. What should you focus on? What do the businesses need? Do they care if the data center is the best or cheapest around? What they do see other than outages is how fast things work every second of every day. Google's Urs Hoelzle has a post on Think With Google on The Google Gospel of Speed. The Google Gospel of Speed ‘Fast is better than slow’ is a cornerstone of Google’s philosophy. Here, search guru and SVP of Infrastructure Urs Hoelzle, explains why. WORDS BY Urs Hoelzle ILLUSTRATION BY Adam Simpson SHARE Email Print LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK Pick a query, any query. ‘Weather, New York City.’ ‘Nineteenth-century Russian literature.’ ‘When is the ...
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