Google Search Appliance Inquiries

Post date: Jan 03, 2011 6:29:48 AM

The new high-end Google Enterprise Search Appliance looks cute, like Swiss cheese!

GSA-related Q&A for Quora

"Are the Google Search Appliance and the Google Mini built in a Google factory?", I wondered. Does Google sell other hardware to enterprises? It was my second question on Quora, on 29 June 2010. I received a nice answer!

Myroslav Opyr, CTO of Quintagroup

1 upvote by Ellie Kesselman

As of 2005 and according to http://www.anandtech.com/show/17... Gigabyte was actual producer. Hardware was sold exclusively via Google Store. New Generation Google Mini and GSA are most likely produced by Dell (see http://accessories.us.dell.com/s...). Dell prices are a bit cheaper then Google Store ones.

This was my very first question on Quora:

Is the Google Search Appliance the only Google hardware? If not, what other Google hardware products are available and for what purpose?

I received several prompt answers. The second was from Charlie Cheever.

Andrew Stagg, Xoogler (worked there for 1 year)

4 upvotes by Ellie Kesselman, Hema Manickavasagam, Patrick Harrington, and Kyle Hogan

Google builds their own servers and other data center hardware, but none of this hardware is publicly available.

I also have a Google branded USB mouse and USB flash drive, and I believe they may still be available at the Google Store, however, neither were developed by Google.

Charlie Cheever, Quora

3 upvotes by Ellie Kesselman, Kartik Ayyar, and Hema Manickavasagam

The Nexus One is Google branded. It is a smartphone that runs Android.

Bharat Rajan

1 upvote by Ellie Kesselman

No. There are Chromecast and Nexus.

Charlie is gone. He left a long time ago. Of the two Quora founders, Charlie Cheever was the one who should have stayed. Unfortunately, I think Adam D'Angelo has most of the money, as Facebook's first CTO. I miss Charlie.