The first Google server

Original hardware

The original hardware (circa 1998) that was used by Google when it was located at Stanford Unizersity included

• Sun Microsystem Ultra 2 with dual 200 MHz processors, and 256 MB of RAM. This was the main machine for the original Backrub system.
• 2 × 300 MHz dual Pentium 2 servers donated by Intel, they included 512 MB of RAM and 10 × 9 GB hard drives between the two. It was on these that the main search ran.
• F50 IBM RS/6000 donated by IBM, included 4 processors, 512 MB of memory and 8 × 9 GB hard disk drives.
• Two additional boxes included 3 × 9 GB hard drives and 6 x 4 GB hard disk drives respectively (the original storage for Backrub). These were attached to the Sun Ultra II.
• IBM disk expansion box with another 8 × 9 GB hard disk drives donated by IBM.
• Homemade disk box which contained 10 × 9 GB SCSI hard disk drives.