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Google拥有多少服务器？虽然确切的数据外人当然无法获知，但多年来却一直是外界猜测的焦点。最常见的 2006年预计Google大约有45万台服务器，但这已是三年前的数据了。 此外，分析公司Gartner2007年预计Google公司的服务器大约一百万台。

鉴于这两个数据都有点历史了，而且从那以后Google数据中心的发展也非常迅速， 我们可大胆预计目前Google全球的服务器数量(30多个数据中心)至少达到一百万。这是最保守估计，当然我们得对这个数据做个分析比较，才知道是怎么样一个概念。

Google在全球服务器中份额

假如Google的服务器数量达到一百万，这跟全球服务器数量相比如何呢？有机构近日预计全球服务器总数为四千四百万。 如果这些数据都是准确的话，意味着Google占据了全球服务器总数的2%。

虽然Google全都是关于互联网的，完全有理由拥有非常多的服务器，但是就单单一个公司而言，这个数据是相当大了。称其为互联网巨人似乎一点都不为过。

微软、苹果如何呢？

Google应该算是占据最大份额了，但也不是他一个人在演独角戏。微软的服务器数量也不在少数，还有苹果、亚马逊、雅虎以及其它一些正大规模投资于云计算的公司。

一年前比尔盖茨就称微软有数十万台服务器并很快就要达到数百万台，很明显微软的服务器也在不断发展。虽然微软不太可能拥有像Google如此多的服务器数量，但是可以肯定的是它的服务器数量正在迅猛增加。

增加最快的肯定是有云计算野心的大公司– 诸如：Google、微软、亚马逊、苹果等，这些公司由于云计算服务的增加势必会提高其在全球服务器中份额。不得不承认，我们所有人、整个互联网越来越依靠这些巨头公司以及他们提供的服务。期待他们有更好的表现！

Google may own more than 2% of all servers in the world

How many servers does Google have? Nobody outside Google knows exactly how many servers the company has, but there have been a number of estimates through the years. One of the most quoted ones is from 2006, when it was estimated that Google had approximately 450,000 servers. And that was three years ago.Another estimate showed up in 2007, this time from the analyst firm Gartner, estimating the number of Google servers to one million.

Considering that both these estimates are from a long time ago and Google has grown its data centers significantly since then, it’s not unreasonable to assume that Google today has at least one million servers worldwide (in more than 30 data centers). This may even be a conservative estimate, but let’s settle for that number and not get too carried away.

Google’s portion of the world’s server pool

So if Google has a million servers, how does this relate to the total number of servers in the world? There are recent estimates that put the total number of servers in the world to 44 million.

If these numbers are correct, that would mean that Google owns more than 2% of all servers in the world.

Google is all about the Internet, but that’s still a pretty big number for any one company. To call Google an Internet giant is starting to sound like an understatement.

What about Microsoft, Apple, etc?

Google may be the biggest, but it’s not the only player in town. Microsoft has a ton of servers, and then you have Apple, Amazon, Yahoo and several others companies that are investing heavily in the cloud (we couldn’t write this article without that ever-present buzzword, could we…?).

Bill Gates said about a year ago that Microsoft had hundreds of thousands of servers, and would soon have many millions of servers, so it’s clear where things are heading. While Microsoft most likely doesn’t have as many servers as Google, it is certainly expanding rapidly.

Since the biggest expansions are bound to be made by large companies with massive cloud ambitions – such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and many more – their share of the overall world server pie will continue to increase to feed various cloud services. Inevitably we, and the Internet, will depend more and more on these companies and the infrastructure they provide. So let’s hope they do a good job!