Interesting stuff. I've been meaning to put a list like this together for years!

No trace of upcoming Jotspot?

Here are a few more:

Server: ucfe
www.google-analytics.com

Server: lpfe
www.google-analytics.com/siteopt.js

Server: Google Frontend
editor.googlemashups.com

Server: Toolbar Gaia User Service
www.google.com/tbproxy/getaccountinfo

Of course, they also use IIS and Apache.

The CTC server use to be for the now shut down "click-to-call" service

Well, it's interesting that the rest of the world is using Apache, LightHTTPD or IIS for almost everything, just sometimes they do a little changes into a source code of the web server, but it looks like google develops a new web server for every new google service :) (or is it the same just the name is different?)

I don't know how are these servers developed but I think it can lead to more boggy software - because different engineers are writing different web servers and maybe if one group of developers find out that "oh, this is not so safe code", maybe the different development groups get that information with a little lag. But this is more just like thoughts because I really don't know what is in the background :)

I think they're modified versions of Apache, optimized for different needs. For example, the thumbnail server is optimized for delivering a lot of small files.

"Google Web Server is a modified version of Apache"

That's not correct. I believe GWS is a custom web server, not a modified version of Apache.

I tested it (http://zotagsearch.com/blog/2008/05/26/google-runs-apache-and-cpanel/) but I know I proxied Nginx to Google.com:80 and I even monitored my network connections when I did it, and it requested for Google.com:80.

How could I have proxied it to the wrong location and gotten that error when thats all I had in my nginx configuration file and I dont have a web server with Cpanel on it?

Oh and BTW Apache is open source, so that gives you the right to call it something else and tell anyone you want its not Apache

http://www.domaintools.com/products/reports/nameserver-report.html?ns=foundationapi.com

Just press the link where it says "Download Sample Report"

It will give you a list of 3784 "Name Server details for google.com"

Would you image if google was managed by Windows Server ? How lame would be that website ? lol

Even if Google developed their own servers they likely used bits of other open source server code. They at least studied Apache to find its major weaknesses.

I wonder what the efficiency differences are between Google's custom servers and the open source stuff out there like Apache?

Why doesnt Google release as open source their own servers?

Ahh wait, its closed source. Just like Microsoft is.

Dont be fooled into Google grace to give everything for free and so open source. They only give away free things that will bring more money into their platform. They keep as secret and as close the software that makes them money. So there you go it, Google is closed code as well.

who knows when you go on your ipod and put in a new email what do you put in for host name?

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the Googlemaps are also using btfe (interacting with the API).

Is google using windows servers.? pls tell me if anyone know..

Anyone here

Anyone here