Automattic Chooses HP and AMD for WordPress.com

    Automattic's Barry Abrahamson reveals some technical details about the new data center in Chicago. This is one of three data centers that make WordPress.com work.
    The iron that is installed in it:
    • 150 HP DL165 servers with two quad-core AMD 2354 and 2-4 GB of RAM
    • 50 HP DL365 Servers with Two Dual-Core AMD 2218 and 4-16 GB RAM
    • 5 HP DL185 servers with two quad-core AMD 2354 and 4 GB of RAM

    In total, these are 1,440 cores and something between 520 GB and 1.4 TB of RAM.

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