What are the server specs DP forum is running on?

Hi,

I don't know if anybody knows this, but on what server (or servers) is this forum running?

How many cpu's?
How many RAM?
HDD's?

Just curious .

Thanks,

 

* rack-mount form factor (7U)
* 20 dual core 64-bit Xeon processors (40 total cores)
* 2.9 TB of hot swappable 15k rpm disk space with hardware mirroring
* 120GB RAM
* dual gigabit Ethernet ports
* Running SuSE Linux Enterprise

you can read all about it here http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/donate.html

 

Thats a loooooooooooooootttttttttttttt

 

wow .. thats awsome :O

 

$84,000 worth, plus change

 

Yeah...I want that. Maybe someday...

 

Yeah, I bet it costs a bundle to keep DP going! But I wonder how much profit ( If Any ) DP actually makes from the forums. As I doubt there main site is taking up all that bandwidth

 

DP doesn't make a profit, it keeps shawn going in snow boarding, sailing, plus change

 

That's crazy...

 

that's a ton of hardware, but I bet Shawn has easily made that much money off selling ads on the forum..and those specs aren't unreasonable when you consider how much traffic DP gets daily.

 

just thinking what can you do if you use those spec as a personal PC.

 

Wow, I don't know if I want to get to that point now? Couldn't this board run on less than that? Just seems like overkill!!! Maybe not though considering online users and guests. What year was the forum started?

 

This forum was started in 2004 for support for digitalpoints products

 

How can it not make a profit yet be able to sustain his hobbies +change?
I don't get it.

 

the forum would make very little if you ask me, but the forum takes less than 5% of the servers resources i would say. when you think of all the members sites the keyword tracker follows, and all the ads the co-op ad network serves an hour, then you'll start to see where the servers resources go.

everyone thinks that DP is just a webmaster forum, but it's not, it is far from it. most new people that use the forum to chat, have little idea whatelse DP has to offer unless they look at the main site http://digitalpoint.com then you start to see how big DP really is, and why a "forum" needs so much hardware to run it lol

 

No profits?? I don't get it ... surely he's earning a lot from all this

 

i think the humor was way above some heads, never mind

 

Thanks for the info. But what is the forum ONLY using? Not the main site or other things...

 

i think it is safe to say the forum uses less than 10% of the resources

 

thanks for the info, samantha.