Google's new search appliance can index 10 million files

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Google has upgraded its hardware sarch appliance, the product it sells to companies that want Google-like search cababilities within their own networks.

The web search leader said the latest version of the Google Search Appliance, a pizza box server that holds a self-contained search application and database, can index up to 10 million documents per appliance.

The new product has the same capacity as a previous version that came in a five-box rack. Google already sells a 12-box version of the appliance in a rack the size of a refrigerator that can search up to 30 million documents.

The appliances contain Google software to power the search services, running on storage hardware from Dell.

Once installed in a network, the appliances help staff find documents in various different content management systems and repositories, including EMC's Documentum, IBM's FileNet, Open Text's LiveLink and Microsoft SharePoint.

New features in the latest model include better encryption and the ability for Google Alerts to notify users when new documents are stored on the network by colleagues.

Network administrators will be able to manage Google Search Appliances in 27 languages, including Turkish, Czech, Vietnamese and Portuguese. The boxes can, in turn, deliver search results to office workers in 40 different languages.

Google does not disclose revenue for search appliances, which are part of its enterprise software and services business aimed at corporate buyers. Roughly 98 per cent of its revenue comes from advertising sold alongside services on Google own and affiliated web sites.

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