Most of us are familiar with Google, the Internet search, cloud computing, and online advertising giant. Indeed, for some Google is the epitome of internet; an all conquering behemoth with tentacles in every sphere of modern human existence. However for most, Google predominantly remains a search engine, fetching results and enhancing our ability to learn and process information. At present, the system runs over one million servers in various data centers around the globe, catering to almost two billion searches and processing an equivalent of twenty-four
petabytes (that Petabytes with a “P”) of user generated data every day, and that’s just one element of Google.
However have you ever wondered how big Google actually is? Or how many iPods will it take to store the entire Google index? If you are the curious sort than you are in luck. Recently we stumbled upon an infograph, prepared by InternetTechies, shedding light on the “
palpable” size of Google. We are hopeful that you will find this infographics both informative & entertaining:
