Google file system

Hi all...google has come up with a new file system called google file system. This is capable of
handling large 64 megablocks of data. Significantly, the file system was designed to assume that a failure, such as a failed disk or unplugged network cable, can happen at any time.

Google's PC servers, which number in the thousands, run a stripped-down version of Linux, which is based on the Red Hat distribution but is really just the operating system kernel modified for Google, he added.
Urs HoelzleVP of operationsand of engineering,Google

The company has also devised a system for handling massive amounts of data and returning rapid responses to queries. Google splits the Web into millions of pieces, or "shards" in Google tech speak, which are replicated in case of failure.