Google's proprietary method of storing search indexes on disk. It is a distributed file system used in Google's own datacenters, and it is embedded in the Google Search Appliance, which is as a ...

Now, instead of feeling overwhelmed every time I log in, I’m met with a calm, clutter-free screen that sets the tone for a ...

The platform evolved from the Google File System project, a distributed storage system for managing large, data-intensive applications, making things more manageable. Surprisingly, Google ...

Using Google's proprietary Google File System (GFS), appliances were available that indexed from a half million to millions of documents. The devices supported searching across servers ...