Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by blatant » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 8:49 PM UTC

talles wrote: post #10

retube wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it is Arc, a lisp dialect that Paul Graham developed http://www.paulgraham.com/arc.html

Is Arc used for anything else besides powering HN?

Not really, it is still being "developed."[O] But some HN clones or forums built like HN use it.

[O] http://arclanguage.org

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by r2dnb » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 8:49 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #9

It's (edit: almost) the same since Nick posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 .

Thanks a lot

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by yousifa » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 8:50 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #9

It's (edit: almost) the same since Nick posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 .

what is the connection it is being served on?

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by mbrock » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 8:52 PM UTC

I'm curious about the total byte size of all HN content.

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

#15

Post by avikalpa » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:01 PM UTC

ekr wrote: post #2

My bet is on AWS, but I'm also rather curious about this.

You're rather mistaken my friend. Hacker News existed a long time before AWS. It has 2 servers - 1 production, 1 standby, running FreeBSD.

FreeBSD is the OS of choice for them.

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by smokel » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:15 PM UTC

avikalpa wrote: post #15

ekr wrote: post #2

My bet is on AWS, but I'm also rather curious about this.

You're rather mistaken my friend. Hacker News existed a long time before AWS. It has 2 servers - 1 production, 1 standby, running FreeBSD. FreeBSD is the OS of choice for them.

Perhaps I misunderstand your remark, but AWS (2006) predates Hacker News (2007). According to Wikipedia, that is.

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by pbreit » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #9

It's (edit: almost) the same since Nick posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 .

I'd be curious what AWS/DigitalOcean setup would be able to run HN. Any educated guesses?

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by thematt » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:36 PM UTC

smokel wrote: post #16

avikalpa wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're rather mistaken my friend. Hacker News existed a long time before AWS. It has 2 servers - 1 production, 1 standby, running FreeBSD. FreeBSD is the OS of choice for them.

Perhaps I misunderstand your remark, but AWS (2006) predates Hacker News (2007). According to Wikipedia, that is.

EC2 was only in limited beta back in 2006. It wasn't in full production until 2008.

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by cschep » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #9

It's (edit: almost) the same since Nick posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 .

wait.. how much RAM? 8x16 = 128gb?

Re: Ask HN: What is the hardware of Hacker News?

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Post by mschuster91 » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #9

It's (edit: almost) the same since Nick posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 .

What, 9TB disk space? And 128GB RAM?

How much of this is actually utilized? O.o