tedster - 5:07 pm on May 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

Here's a fuller version of the quote:

As Google grows, so does its need to store and handle more Web site information, video and e-mail content on its servers. "Those machines are full," Mr. Schmidt, the chief executive, said in an interview last month. "We have a huge machine crisis."

This is exactly what Big Daddy is purposed to fix, I thought. And we are now seeing the effect of "filling" the new machines on an expanded infrastructure. This is data handling on a mega-scale that scares the stuffing out of me, and I'm not surprised to see some bits and bytes falling off the new baskets from time to time. Doesn't mean I like it, but I do feel it's aimed at a future improvement and is a necessity for Google.