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Google actually built its own database from scratch, and it's a wholly different type of software, called a &quot;flat file&quot; database, according to Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology. <br />
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<a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/techmarket/index.cfm?story=20000706" rel="ugc">http://www.smartmoney.com/techmarket/index.cfm?story=20000706</a>
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Google actually built its own database from scratch, and it's a wholly different type of software, called a "flat file" database, according to Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology.

http://www.smartmoney.com/techmarket/index.cfm?story=20000706 [http://www.smartmoney.com/techmarket/index.cfm?story=20000706]

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Google presentation by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page (Google Founders) for the Computer Science Department, Stanford University :<br />
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<a href="http://www-db.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html" rel="ugc">http://www-db.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html</a>
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Google presentation by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page (Google Founders) for the Computer Science Department, Stanford University :

http://www-db.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html [http://www-db.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html]

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Has Google published details of what their back end Database technology is? &nbsp;Is their database based on a standard RDBMS (Oracle/DB2?) or a proprietry indexing system?<br />
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I am working with optimization engines and facing difficulties scaling using a standard RDBMS and I suspect I need a tool with a more specialised index structure as our data is typically very flat rather than highly relationship driven. &nbsp;<br />
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Has Google published details of what their back end Database technology is?  Is their database based on a standard RDBMS (Oracle/DB2?) or a proprietry indexing system?

I am working with optimization engines and facing difficulties scaling using a standard RDBMS and I suspect I need a tool with a more specialised index structure as our data is typically very flat rather than highly relationship driven.  



What database engine does Google use?

Databases are organized collections of data, most commonly accessed through management systems including schemas, tables, queries and processes that allow users to enter and manipulate the information or utilize it in other fashions, such as with web applications or for reporting purposes.