Google's First Server!

[Blackhawk47]

One thing sprang stright to mind with the rack, ComparetheMeerkats.com "simples" ha ha.

Ah yes, Google have new Computermabob.

 

[Fourstar]

whats with the LEDs croc-clipped to the cardboard that the HDDs are on? Blinkenlights?

They are the power switches + power on lights.

So that's where the Stomp Monster went

Snap, made me think of the old beast too. Mind you the Stomp Monster was much neater than google's effort

 

[shauncr91]

^wtf is that

 

[Blackhawk47]

Wasn't that used for Seti@Home?

 

[EdAllonby]

It looks like some weird school project.

 

[slylittlefox]

Ah the stomp monster... Where did it go?

 

[Rotty]

Wasn't that used for Seti@Home?

yes

 

[shauncr91]

yes

Just found the original thread from Google.

I wonder where it is now :/

 

[Fourstar]

Wasn't that used for Seti@Home?

Yep, bought by members of this forum and hosted at OcUK. It spent its time crunching for SETI and stomping all comers in the rankings.

Well it did until there was a fire (unrelated) and the insurance assessors had a heart attack upon setting eyes on this unclothed electrical beast It had to go

 

[Strife212]

There should be a Stomp Monster 2.0 with 14 Core i7's

 

[Spie]

So that's where the Stomp Monster went

Haha, just what I was thinking

 

[Fido McNasty]

Does OcUK still have the equivilent of ye olde Stomp Monster ? Curious

only because the thing was completely mad

 

[NightmareXX]

There should be a Stomp Monster 2.0 with 14 Core i7's

This. I'm sure there's a lot of us who'd happily pay up for the CPU time, myself included

 

[malef!c]

Bet that thing kept the OcUK offices warm in winter!

 

[bledd]

heh, i remember ocuk selling the 'shares' for the stomp monster, one guy bought about £200's worth