This chapter provides an architectural overview of warehouse-scale computers (WSCs). It starts with a discussion of how WSCs are geo-located and explains their physical infrastructure, including buildings, power, and cooling. It then provides an overview of the computing inside WSCs, including servers, storage, and networking. It concludes with a discussion of key WSC tradeoffs around energy efficiency and resilience.

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Overview of WSC Architecture

  • Luiz André Barroso,
  • Urs Hölzle,
  • Parthasarathy Ranganathan

摘要

This chapter provides an architectural overview of warehouse-scale computers (WSCs). It starts with a discussion of how WSCs are geo-located and explains their physical infrastructure, including buildings, power, and cooling. It then provides an overview of the computing inside WSCs, including servers, storage, and networking. It concludes with a discussion of key WSC tradeoffs around energy efficiency and resilience.