Harvard University Computer Science Colloquium Series 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:00PM Colloquium Up and Running (Fast): Building and operating a large-scale computing infrastructure Luiz André Barroso Google http://labs.google.com/papers http://barroso.org Maxwell Dworkin G125 (Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area) Abstract Google is quite a bit more than a typical Internet company in that we spend a significant effort architecting our computing infrastructure for maximum efficiency. In this talk we will discuss some of the challenges involved in handling failures and optimizing performance for large-scale services, and how dealing with such issues requires a broad range of expertise and the development of new, sophisticated tools. _______________________________________________ iic-seminars mailing list iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars