Lots and Lots of Servers!

A big thing when it comes to building a top-class search engine is the hardware that goes into the project. To be able to cope with millions of search queries every day, choosing correct hardware is a major decision.

For this new search engine we have decided to work with Dell as our hardware provider, based on past experience of both their machines but also their excellent customer support. The deal we have struck with Dell will provide us with the comfort that we need when building this search engine.
 

 

So, how much hardware are we talking about?

Well, as in all large scale projects, hardware is a critical thing, but we are very proud to have built a very cost effective technology, meaning that we will not need tens of thousands of servers, like some of our competitors, to reach our goal. Instead, we have developed a technology that optimizes the way we use the hardware. This will also minimize the environmental impact of running the search engine, a very important goal for us.

Building what we think will be the best search engine in the world, with a very large search index, will primarily mean that we will expand our current data center here in Halmstad, Sweden, with a large number of Dell servers.

We look forward to share more information about our high-performance computing platform in this blog, so stay tuned!