What does it take to host MyBroadband?

Aww I was just getting into this and the article ended ...

A bit light on detail.
 
For security reasons the finer details about the hosting environment cannot be revealed, but the diagram below provides an overview of MyBroadband’s server cluster.
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lol
 
MyBroadband makes use of high-end servers, featuring Intel Xeon Quad Core CPUs, 32 GB ECC RAM and SSDs for high disk IO (input/output) components.
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Or, as they're called in the enterprise world, "entry level servers".
 
The_Librarian said:
64k a pop... Not cheap stuff.
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Okay, then "overpriced entry level servers" :)

Seriously, though - I run an SME and even we wouldn't think of putting together a server with less than 64gig RAM, and at least 2 CPUs (32gig for 2CPUs is pushing it), and I have never considered that a "high-end server". The specs might look high-end for someone that's just worked with gaming PCs, but for someone who's spent some time in a datacentre, this is about the bare minimum server you'd want to get.
 
elvis_presley said:
Okay, then "overpriced entry level servers" :)

Seriously, though - I run an SME and even we wouldn't think of putting together a server with less than 64gig RAM, and at least 2 CPUs (32gig for 2CPUs is pushing it), and I have never considered that a "high-end server". The specs might look high-end for someone that's just worked with gaming PCs, but for someone who's spent some time in a datacentre, this is about the bare minimum server you'd want to get.
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Jip in the environment I manage my smallest server has 256GB ram.
 
Those servers are very entry level enterprise kit... I can't think of the last time I touched a physical production server with less than 256gb of ram...


Would be nice to see a bit more detail on the mybb server setup... Can leave the data center details out.
 
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