Google’s massive growth and success have seen its existing infrastructure groan under the strain of its expansion. The Google File system is a bit like an operating system on a computer, we can see it but it powers everything Google does. The existing Google File System or GFS, was never built to run such a large system, new upgrades have seen code updates and bolt-on’s which are far from efficient. The new update of the GFS will be test driven as part of the new Google Search Engine update called Caffeine. And from what we have seen Caffeine is fast, really fast, in fact 100% faster than the Google Search Engine.

In an interview with the Association of Computer Machinery, Google’s Sean Quinlan, GFS tech leader for two years, explained that ten years on from its launch and the Google File System was still doing things they never dreamed were possible.

“Its staying power has been nothing short of remarkable given that Google’s operations have scaled orders of magnitude beyond anything the system had been designed to handle, while the application mix Google currently supports is not one that anyone could have possibly imagined back in the late 90s,” said Quinlan.

The GFS was never designed to work with Gmail or YouTube, it was designed for batch-orientated applications for web crawling and indexing. When it was first launched Google was purely a search engine and searching and indexing the web was its main priority. YouTube and Gmail are now working on the system, but they are using excessive resources and non efficient processes. The new version of the file system will tackle these issues and will be custom built to replace its predecessor.

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Google has unveiled a new secret project which is set to rock the very bedrock of the search engine marketplace.

The new Google upgrade, which was announced on Monday, will be part of Google’s ongoing development to maintain their industry leading online presence. Google Insiders have code named the new search engine as “Caffeine”. The company have opened up access to the new platform to developers.

The design of the new Google remains the same, but what is more important is the behind the scenes technology which has promised radical changes providing users with much more relevant results.

“For the past several months a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google’s web search,” taken from Google Blog.

“It’s the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions.”

Caffeine is set to allow Google to provide more relevant information to its users, improving the user experience, indexing and crawl rates without loss of quality.

Matt Cutts Writes in his blog. “I love competition in search and want lots of it, but this change has been in the works for months, I think the best way for Google to do well in search is to continue what we’ve done for the last decade or so: focus relentlessly on pushing our search quality forward.”

This new move to update Google comes hot on the heels of the launch of Microsoft’s Bing search engine and the Yahoo, Microsoft Partnership. Both Twitter and Facebook are now becoming involved in search and scientific new boy, Wolfram Alpha, is also a potential threat to Google’s dominance. It’s important for Google to keep doing what it’s doing so well, maintain its existing user experience while improving and developing functionality and result quality. This will help to maintain its existing users and attract new users from its competitors. Click here to test drive the new Google.

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