Data centers
These are data centers used by the Wikimedia Foundation, in which it has colo space where its operates server clusters.
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
"Caching" data centers serve as points of presence (PoP) for the Wikimedia CDN.
"Application" data centers host MediaWiki servers, databases, and other services.
| Nr | Name | Location | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
#1
|
Eqiad | Ashburn, Virginia, USA | Application + Caching | 2010 |
#2
|
Codfw | Carrollton, Texas, USA | Application + Caching | 2014 |
#3
|
Esams | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Caching | 2005?[1] |
#4
|
Ulsfo | San Francisco, California, USA | Caching | 2014[2] |
#5
|
Eqsin | Singapore | Caching | 2017[3] |
#6
|
Drmrs | Marseille, France | Caching | 2022[4] |
#7
|
Magru | São Paulo, Brazil | Caching | 2024[5] |
| Name | Location | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| eqord | Chicago, Illinois, United States (North America) | Networking | 2015[6][7] |
| eqdfw | Dallas, Texas, United States (North America) | Networking | 2015[6][7] |
Past
| Name | Location | Usage | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pmtpa | Tampa, Florida, United States | Core services | 2004 – 2014 |
| Yaseo | Seoul, South Korea | Core services (zhwiki, kowiki) | 2005 – 2009[8][9] |
| Lopar | Paris, France | Edge caching | 2005 |
| San Diego | San Diego, California, United States | "The server" | 2001 – 2004 |
| Name | Location | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdtpa | Tampa, Florida, United States | Networking (for pmtpa) | 2004 – 2014 |
See also
- SRE/Infrastructure naming conventions#Data centers
- Infographics - server layout diagrams
Further reading
- Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia by Guillaume Paumier, Wikimedia Blog, 2013.
- Wikimedia Foundation selects CyrusOne in Dallas as new data center by Mark Bergsma, Wikimedia Blog, 2014.
- Making Wikimedia sites faster — our new data center, Wikimedia Blog, 2014.
- A new data center in Singapore by Brandon Black, Wikimedia Blog, 2018.
- Building DReaMeRS: How and why we opened a datacenter in France by Arzhel Younsi, Wikimedia Techblog, 2022.
- The journey to open our first data center in South America, Wikimedia Diff blog, 2024.
References
- ↑ First edit to "Kennisnet rackspace" on Wikitech, Mark Bergsma, 31 May 2005.
- ↑ "ULSFO going online", Deployments calendar, Week of 3 February 2014.
- ↑ T156028: Name Asia cache DC, Brandon Black, 26 September 2017.
- ↑ T282787: Configuration for new drmrs datacenter, Brandon Black, 13 May 2021.
- ↑ T346722: South America POP, Arzhel Younsi.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 WMF Infrastructure Quarterly Review 2015 FQ1, page 66 "TechOps - Appendix", 15 October 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.