Google Chooses Foundry Networks for High-Performance Web Service Infrastructure

Strategic Insights -

Google, one of the fastest-growing search engines on the Web, has chosen Foundry Networks' high-performance network solution as its Web service infrastructure. Foundry's complete solution includes NetIron 800 Internet routers, BigIron 8000 Layer 3 switches, Packet Over SONET at OC12c speed, and ServerIron Internet traffic and content management switches. This deployment will enable Google to offer its visitors fast access to web content from more than 560 full-text webpages and 500 million partially indexed URLs.

Key Takeaways:

  • Google has chosen Foundry Networks' high-performance network solution to serve as its Web service infrastructure, enabling fast access to web content for its millions of daily visitors.
  • The deployment will include Foundry's NetIron 800 Internet routers, BigIron 8000 Layer 3 switches, and ServerIron Internet traffic and content management switches.
  • Google's search index contains more than one billion URLs, making it the world's most comprehensive collection of websites.
  • Foundry's solutions will serve a vital role in directing Google network traffic efficiently, providing fast access to web content from more than 560 full-text webpages and 500 million partially indexed URLs.
  • Google's architects leveraged Foundry's unique SwitchBack Direct Server Return technology to provide high-speed search results to its millions of daily visitors.
  • Foundry's NetIron 800 Internet routers can deliver up to 92 million packets per second (Mpps) for reliable packet delivery even under heavy Internet traffic loads.
  • Google selected Foundry's BigIron 8000 Layer 3 switch using Gigabit Over Copper as the non-blocking core switching fabric connecting Google's clustered server farms.
  • Foundry's industry-leading ServerIron Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content management switches will improve performance bottlenecks for high-performance server load balancing, enhancing overall reliability and availability while preserving server farm accessibility.
  • Foundry's network solution offers a scalable and highly available infrastructure to support Google's rapidly growing global user base.

Statistics:

  • Google's search index contains more than one billion URLs.
  • Google's search index offers the world's most comprehensive collection of websites, with more than 500 million partially indexed URLs.
  • Foundry's NetIron 800 Internet routers can deliver up to 92 million packets per second (Mpps).
  • Google's high-performance network infrastructure will support bandwidth demands of its worldwide users.
  • The ServerIron Internet traffic and content management switches are used to improve performance bottlenecks for high-performance server load balancing.

Sources:

  • Foundry Networks, Inc. Press Release: Google Chooses Foundry Networks for High-Performance Web Service Infrastructure. July 31, 2000.
  • Google Inc. About Google. http://www.google.com