Battlestar Wiki:Server specs

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The Servers

The two servers we have are named Apollo and Athena. Apollo hosts all our tools minus the SQL database, which is handled exclusively by Athena.

Apollo

Quantity	Type	Hardware Component
1	Motherboard	Dell \ Single socket 1067FSB - Dual Core capable \ PowerEdge 840
1	CPU	Intel \ 1.86 GHz 1066FSB - Conroe \ Xeon 3040 (Dual Core)
2	RAM	Generic \ 1024 MB \ DDR2 533 ECC Reg (Total 2 GB)
1	Hard Drive Controller	Unknown \ Onboard \ SATA
1	HDD	Maxtor \ 250GB:SATA:7200RPM \ MaxLine Plus II
1	WWW	100mb Uplink to Backbone
Version	Software
4.0	Redhat Enterprise Linux - OS ES
1.370	Webmin

Athena

Quantity	Type	Hardware Component
1	Motherboard	Gigabyte \ GA-8IG1000MK \ GA-8IG1000MK
1	CPU	Intel \ 2.4 Ghz \ P4 Celeron
2	RAM	Generic \ 1024 MB \ DDR 266 (Total 2 GB)
1	Hard Drive Controller	Unknown \ Onboard \ IDE
1	HDD	Seagate \ 80GB:IDE:7200RPM Barracuda \ ST380011a
1	WWW	100mb Uplink to Backbone
Version	Software
4.0	Redhat Enterprise Linux - OS ES
1.370	Webmin

Finances

These server are supported through the ads, in addition to donations from members and commissions from Amazon.com, iTunes, et al. All sites on these servers (with the exception of the Frak Media! website) have AdBrite or Google ads on them which support these servers. The breakdown is as follows. This was as of November 2007.

Server	Cost per Month
Apollo	$184.99 (not including taxes)
Athena	$109.99 (not including taxes)
Sub-Totals
Total Servers Per Month (Per Year)	~$303 (~$3,636.00, including taxes)
Domains (Yearly)	$15 (x3; .org, .net., .com)
Grand Total
	~$3,681.00 per year