3-3 HOW THE GOOGLE FILE SYSTEM WORKS
January 18,
2012
Name: ______________________________________________
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/google-file-system.htm
Google relies on a ___________________ ______________________ _________________ to provide users with
the infrastructure they need to access, create and alter data.
True / False Google buys state of the art computers and servers to keep their company running smoothly.
What are the primary operating system running on computers at Google _____________________________
True / False The Google File System can be purchased and is not unique to google.
Define SCALABILITY
Define AUTONOMIC COMPUTING
List the seven basic commands that google developers included so users would have access to use
them. 1. ___________________ 2. ______________________ 3. _____________________
4. ________________________ 5. _______________________6. ____________________
7. ________________________
What does the APPEND COMMAND do?
What does the SNAPSHOT COMMAND do?
True / False Google files are relatively small in size.
Define BANDWIDTH
What size chunks does Google file system (GFS) break files into to assist in transferring data from one
point to another._______________________ -bit.
Define CLUSTER of computers.
Within GFS clusters there are three kinds of entities:1. _______________________ 2. _____________________
3. _____________________________.
Define METADATA
Define REPLICA
Hardware: List the typical specification for a (1) google Master server, client and chunkservers
Processor type and speed. ____________________________
RAM _____________________________________________
Hard drive capacity _________________________________
Define LATENCY
True / False GOOGLES Master server, and chunk servers are high end very expensive computers.