Database Server Specs. for “MySpace.com” Debunked!
As a .NET Developer/Evangelist, I am quite interested in the kind of Server Specs. that might bode well for building a Very Scalable, High-Performance Web 2.0 App. using SQL Server 2005 as a DBMS – though I am quite open to other alternatives.
I can’t promise you much, but go ahead and eat up what I’m serving tonight anyway – MySpace.com’s standard database server configuration:
- Server Brand: Hewlett-Packard (HP) 585 servers
- Processors/CPUs: 4 AMD Opteron dual-core, 64-bit processors
- Memory: 64 Gigabytes of memory (recently upgraded from 32)
- Operating System (OS): Windows 2003, Service Pack 1
- Database software (DBMS): Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Service Pack (64-bit)
- Network Communication: 10-gigabit-per-second Ethernet network card
- SAN Communication: 2 host bus adapters for storage area network (SAN)communications
The infrastructure for the core user profiles application includes 65 of these database servers with a total capacity of more than 2 terabytes of memory, 520 processors and 130 gigabytes of network throughput.
Refer to my previous post: “MySpace.com: Running a MegaSite on SQL Server 2005“.
Source: MySpace.com user conference presentations
destroyer, and 
destroyer 4:17 pm on January 3, 2008 Permalink |
thanks dude, you save half of my life.
i have been searching for it.
i am looking for myspace and yahoo 360 server specs.
if you know about myspace server specs, is there anyway that you also know about yahoo 360 server specs?
if yes, please tell me!!!!
anyway, thank you for your blog post.
wish you good luck!!!
de-Hao 6:03 pm on January 7, 2008 Permalink |
Destroyer,
Unfortunately, I don’t have Yahoo 360’s server specs. I will see what I can find. If you come across any good info’ on server specs., don’t hesitate to throw it on here as well.
Thanks,
destroyer 12:25 pm on January 8, 2008 Permalink |
thank you for your consideration, but i’m already at the limit by now, for searching server specs.
actually i don’t know anything about servers, but i will. since i will be working as a network engineer or something like that.
if i come across any interesting server specs. in the future, i’ll drop by.
regards
ps: you REALLY did save HALF of my life. once again, thank you.