[xiaopingguo]

Wasn't Google at one point all about commodity/consumer level hardware for their servers? Seems a huge turnaround.

[sargun]

This is still largely at commodity prices / performance points. It's been quite some time since any of their hardware has looked consumer-oriented, but comparing this to what enterprises buy, it's apples and oranges.

[1] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920041528.do

[2] http://research.google.com/pubs/pub35290.html