Andre Engels wrote:
2007/1/2, David Strauss david@fourkitchens.com:
Storing Wikipedia is not the problem:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/What_we_need_the_money_for
I think this says little about what part is paid on storage. In particular, there is a 'goal for hardware' section which does not say to what extent it is storage that we need the hardware for. More informative I find http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers - Wikimedia currently runs 240 computers. Of these, 14 are in use to store data on, and of those 14, 12 are 'slave' database servers. And the only reason we have two masters, is for geographical reasons: One is in Florida, the other in Korea. In short, it still fits all on a single computer, although we have that one computer a dozen times over for easier database access. There's however almost 20 times as many computers working to get this data out to the world.
Yes. General outcome correct.
But... I fear this page is outdated... if I remember well, there is no more master in Korea and I am pretty sure we purchased db servers recently (nov or december). The general resolution to approve this purchase is here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution_Hardware_sept_2006
Unless I am wrong, part 1, 2 and 3 have been purchased. Part 4 is waiting for cash to flow in. Unless it was recently ordered. Brion should know that and correct me if necessary.
I do not know if db servers are installed yet. Are they ?
It would be real nice Brion, if some one could give it a couple of minutes to update the meta page. Can you put that on yours or Mark agenda please ?
Ant