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Wow. Everything I've read and heard indicates that Google has built a global, fault-tolerant, self-healing, low-cost file system and server cluster, designed by the best PhDs in computer science money can buy. Someone once said "Complex systems fail in complex ways." /rich On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Harper, Chris <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Anyone notice Google and the ‘net in general was a little slow earlier > today? > > > > > http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/14/google-says-googlefail-outages-are-over/ > > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/google-confirms-problems-accessing-its-services/?hp > > > > Just goes to show you how intertwined everything is, and Google is right at > the center. > > > > *Christopher M. Harper* > MANAGER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY > > University Relations, Michigan State University > > 401 Olds Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1047 > > *Email: *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> / *Direct:* (517) > 355-9980 > *Web:* http://ur.msu.edu / *Cell:* (517) 290-5496 > > > > >