On April fools dat, Google unveiled the hardware behind it's website and data. Not only are their servers homemade, but also that there are hundreds of thousands of them. They pack them into ship containers - 1,160 per container, and the Google Chief electronic Engineer took two and half years of working 14 hour days to build some of them! Now thats a job.

Whether or not this is an April fools joke, the point will still remain - if you want to run a website, not only does it have to be coded efficiently, but there is only so much you can do with a small hosting solution. If you want to engage with as many users as possible, you'll either need lots of cheap simple servers or you'll need a beast of a machine!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html