Python - what is the fastest database ?

[km]

Hi all,

 Google has specially designed file system 'Goolgle File System' too.

KM
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:43:53PM -0500, Terry Reedy wrote:
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> <martijn at gamecreators.nl> wrote in message 
> news:1109592623.116661.101880 at g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> How is it possible that google (super big database) is super fast?
> > What type database do they use / software ?
> 
> On the hardware side, Google's secret is massively parallel cluster 
> computing, coupled with proprietary software for splitting tasks and 
> joining results.  They have perhaps 200,000 CPUs.  A query might be given 
> to hundreds of them for a fraction of a second.
> 
> Terry J. Reedy
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