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Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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Re: Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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Post by itcmcgrath »

scoopr wrote: post #2

Heh, I'm completely baffled why it has Finnish text on it. From the blurrypic I can make out "Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimella varustettuun pistorasiaan", which basically means "Device must be connected to grounded outlet"

Does Google have a data-center in Finland?

Re: Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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itcmcgrath wrote: post #4

I often hear about Google's custom hardware. Are there any other large tech companies (who are not hardware companies) that build/design their own hardware to run internally?

Facebook's Open Compute Project released plans for their custom hardware: http://opencompute.org/

Back Blaze open sourced their storage server designs (commodity parts in custom cases): http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v...

Re: Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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Post by patdennis »

itcmcgrath wrote: post #5
scoopr wrote: post #2

Heh, I'm completely baffled why it has Finnish text on it. From the blurrypic I can make out "Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimella varustettuun pistorasiaan", which basically means "Device must be connected to grounded outlet"

Does Google have a data-center in Finland?

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/hamina/

Re: Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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itcmcgrath wrote: post #5
scoopr wrote: post #2

Heh, I'm completely baffled why it has Finnish text on it. From the blurrypic I can make out "Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimella varustettuun pistorasiaan", which basically means "Device must be connected to grounded outlet"

Does Google have a data-center in Finland?

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Re: Google Networking Device Appears in Small-Town Iowa

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Post by itcmcgrath »

patdennis wrote: post #7
itcmcgrath wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does Google have a data-center in Finland?

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/hamina/

Early 2009. Date lines up with how old the ex-engineer thinks the device might be (3ish years old). So perhaps the Finnish text is explained by this being a piece of Hamina Data Center's original networking gear.

"Ex-Google engineer J.R. Rivers — who now runs a networking outfit called Cumulus Networks — says this appears to be an older switch, something that has been used for about three years or so"

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