SAN FRANCISCO–The inner workings of Google just became a little less secret.

The search colossus has shed only occasional light on its data center operations, but on Wednesday, Google fellow Jeff Dean turned a spotlight on some parts of the operation. Speaking to an overflowing crowd at the Google I/O conference… here on Wednesday, Dean managed simultaneously to demystify Google a little while also showing just how exotic the company’s infrastructure really is.

Google fellow Jeff Dean
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On the one hand, Google uses more-or-less ordinary servers. Processors, hard drives, memory–you know the drill.

On the

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