| Server Name | Services |
| GWS (Google Web Server) | Web Search, Image Search and many other services |
| GFE/1.3 (Google Front-End) | Gmail, Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, Docs, Blogger, orkut, Reader and many other services |
| GWS-GRFE/0.50 | Groups |
| bsfe (Blog Search Front-End) | Blog Search |
| OFE/0.1 (Ocean Front-End) | Book Search, Patent Search, Catalogs (Ocean is Google Book Search's code-name) |
| SMS search frontend 1.0 | Google SMS |
| Search-History HTTP Server | Web History |
| Auto-Completion Server | Google Suggest, Firefox/Google Toolbar auto-complete |
| TrustRank Frontend | Safe Browsing |
| GCS/1.0 | Safe Browsing |
| SFE/0.8 | Finance |
| FTS (C)1997-2007 Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG | Finance charts |
| asfe | Base |
| mediaserver | Base (images) |
| cffe | Product Search (Froogle) |
| btfe | Thumbnails: Image Search, Google Video, Youtube |
| Video Stats Server | Google Video |
| cachefe:image (Cache Front-End) | Picasa Web photos |
| staticfe | interface images (Picasa Web) |
| ctcserver | Google Call ( www.google.com/call ) |
| GoogleChartServer/1.0 | used for dynamically-generated charts (e.g.: Google Video's stats) |
| NFE/1.0 (News Front-End) | News |
| mfe (Maps Front-End) | Maps |
| Keyhole Server 2.4 | Maps, Earth (imagery) |
| PSFE/4.0 | Alerts |
| igfe (iGoogle Front-End) | iGoogle |
| COMINST/1.0 | Testing software installation (Pack, Picasa) |
| TWS/0.9 (Translation Web Server) | Translate |
| mws (Music Web Server) | Music Search |
| R2FE/1.0 (Reviews Front-End) | Reviews (Music, Movies) |
| zfe | Reviews |
| pfe | Co-op |
| codesite/5477219 | Code |
| ga-reporting-fe | Analytics reporting |
| ucfe | Analytics |
| lpfe | Analytics (www.google-analytics.com/siteopt.js) |
| Toolbar Gaia User Service Server | Google Toolbar authentication |
| cafe (Ad Conversion Front-End) | Conversions |
| AdClickServer | Google test ad server |
| Google Trends | Google Trends |
| TFE/0.0 (Transliteration Front-End) | Google Indic Transliteration |
| Apache | most Labs services |
{ Thanks, Tony. }
Interesting stuff. I've been meaning to put a list like this together for years!
ReplyDeleteNo trace of upcoming Jotspot?
ReplyDeleteHere are a few more:
ReplyDeleteServer: 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
ReplyDeleteWell, 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?)
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDelete"Google Web Server is a modified version of Apache"
ReplyDeleteThat'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.
ReplyDeleteHow 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
ReplyDeletehttp://www.domaintools.com/products/reports/nameserver-report.html?ns=foundationapi.com
ReplyDeleteJust 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
ReplyDeleteEven 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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?
ReplyDeleteAhh 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?
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Some of the Googlemaps are also using btfe (interacting with the API).
ReplyDeleteIs google using windows servers.? pls tell me if anyone know..
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