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jochrupp
Advanced Cruncher Germany Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 58 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi WCG techs,
----------------------------------------I don't know, wether this was asked before or this info is available somewhere (didn't find it) or if it's top secret for security reasons: as a tech nerd, I'm just curious about the WCG server and network infrastructure: - how many servers are behind the scenes? - where are they located? - which OSs are they running? - what are they doing? - how powerful are they (CPU; RAM, Storage, ...)? - how much network bandwith does WCG have? Would be interesting to get some insight. Thanks and keep up that great work, Jochen  |
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Former Member
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Some years back we switched from a Colorado hosting service to one in Canada. (I think Montreal, but my memory is not reliable.) That is all the detail that I know.
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jonnieb-uk
Ace Cruncher England Joined: Nov 30, 2011 Post Count: 6105 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Close Lawrence
---------------------------------------- knreed - Jul 9, 2013 World Community Grid's servers are located in a data center in Toronto Canada. |
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 Toronto was my second choice.  |
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petnek
Advanced Cruncher Czech Republic Joined: Mar 17, 2008 Post Count: 89 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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And some HW specifications are known?
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Former Member
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And some HW specifications are known? I have never heard any specs. I expect our people work closely with the hosting staff on that. Lawrence |
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Viktors
Former World Community Grid Tech Joined: Sep 20, 2004 Post Count: 653 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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While we work to keep World Community Grid very secure, we prefer not to give out details about our server infrastructure. Knowing those might make it easier for someone to mount a more effective denial-of-service attack, for example. If you are interested because you might be creating your own BOINC server intrastructure, there is sufficient information at the boinc.berkeley.edu site.
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While we work to keep World Community Grid very secure, we prefer not to give out details about our server infrastructure. .................. Sensible |
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Sgt.Joe
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While we work to keep World Community Grid very secure, we prefer not to give out details about our server infrastructure. Right on. Keep it secure. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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Sabrina Tarson
Advanced Cruncher United States Joined: Jun 27, 2012 Post Count: 149 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I'm surprised that DDOS attacks against a Computing Grid for Charity is actually a threat that apparently has had to been dealt with in the past, let alone on a daily basis.
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