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These are server clusters used by the Wikimedia Foundation, grouped by colocation facilities.
To read about the history behind current and previous hosting facilities and technology choices, see "Wikimedia Foundation#Technology" on Wikipedia, and Wikimedia servers on Meta-Wiki.
Present
For an explanation of the cluster names, see Infrastructure naming conventions#Server clusters.
One of the Wikimedia server racks at CyrusOne (codfw).
Servers in Ashburn, Virginia (eqiad).
Cluster
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Location
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Usage
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Since
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Eqiad cluster
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Ashburn, Virginia, United States (North America)
|
Core services
|
2010
|
Codfw cluster
|
Carrollton, Texas, United States (North America)
|
Core services
|
2014
|
Esams cluster
|
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Europe)
|
Edge caching
|
2009[1]
|
Ulsfo cluster
|
San Francisco, California, United States (North America)
|
Edge caching
|
2014[2]
|
Eqsin cluster
|
Singapore (Asia)
|
Edge caching
|
2017[3]
|
Networking
Cluster
|
Location
|
Usage
|
Since
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knams
|
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
|
Networking (for esams)
|
2005?[4]
|
eqord
|
Chicago, Illinois (United States)
|
Networking
|
2015[5][6]
|
eqdfw
|
Dallas, Texas (United States)
|
Networking
|
2015[5][6]
|
Past
Cluster
|
Location
|
Usage
|
Years
|
Pmtpa cluster
|
Tampa, Florida (United States)
|
Core services
|
2004 – 2014
|
Yaseo cluster
|
Seoul (South Korea)
|
Core services (for zhwiki and kowiki)
|
2005 – 2009[7][8]
|
Lopar cluster
|
Paris (France)
|
Edge caching
|
2005
|
San Diego
|
San Diego (United States)
|
"The server"
|
2001 – 2004
|
Networking
Cluster
|
Location
|
Usage
|
Since
|
sdtpa
|
Tampa, Florida (United States)
|
Networking (for pmtpa)
|
2004 – 2014
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See also
References
- ↑ Evoswitch helps us improve project access in Europe and beyond (22 June 2009), Wikimedia Blog.
- ↑ "ULSFO going online", Deployments calendar, Week of 3 February 2014.
- ↑ T156028: Name Asia Cache DC, Wikimedia Phabricator, 26 September 2017
- ↑ https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kennisnet_rackspace&oldid=13519
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 WMF Infrastructure Quarterly Review 2015 FQ1, page 66 "TechOps - Appendix", 15 October 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 T91077: EQDFW/EQORD Deployment, Wikimedia Phabricator, 27 February 2015
- ↑ Started on September 2005. Oldest mention in Server admin log, 9 September 2005.
- ↑ "Decommissioned all yaseo servers", Server admin log, 23 July 2009.