Comments on: Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/ News from the Wikimedia Foundation and about the Wikimedia movement Fri, 17 May 2013 23:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta2-24176 By: Roan Kattouw http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-210169 Roan Kattouw Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:58:26 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-210169 @12: Latency should decrease for some requests, and stay the same for most. Prior to this migration, most traffic to Tampa was already routed via Ashburn, and cached pages (most anonymous page views) were already being served out of Ashburn. Most places have a lower latency to Ashburn than to Tampa.

Regarding your donation question, these servers were paid for (a few years ago, in fact; the Ashburn data center has been around for a while, but until yesterday it wasn’t able to run the site by itself with (almost) no help from Tampa) out of WMF’s own budget, which in turn is overwhelmingly (meaning much nore than 50% but not quite 100%; I don’t know the exact percentage) funded by individual donations.

]]> By: Nemo http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209812 Nemo Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:15:18 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209812 Lelala, as far as I know power saving has not been considered. It’s kind of assumed to be unnecessary because the number of servers used by the WMF is almost negligible relative to other websites with a similar amount of visits.

]]> By: Sameboat http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209779 Sameboat Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:44:56 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209779 When uploading new version of image, the source file and the description page preview still retain the older version instead of the updated. Guess I have to be bit more patient for few more days?

]]> By: Armor Games – Wikipedia may face disruptions as it migrates to Virginia data center http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209520 Armor Games – Wikipedia may face disruptions as it migrates to Virginia data center Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:52:47 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209520 [...] inaccessible,” wrote Guillaume Paumier, technical communications manager at Wikimedia in a blog post. Users have been asked to be patient during interruptions expected from Tuesday to Thursday, and [...]

]]> By: Hurricanefan24 http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209422 Hurricanefan24 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:46:04 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209422 How will server latency be affected by the change to the VA server? i.e., will the speed and reliability of the connection be better than that to of the FL server?

(P.S….was this server funded by WMF donations?)

]]> By: Zmiana lokalizacji serwerów Wikipedii – możliwe utrudnienia — Blog Stowarzyszenia Wikimedia Polska http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209385 Zmiana lokalizacji serwerów Wikipedii – możliwe utrudnienia — Blog Stowarzyszenia Wikimedia Polska Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:42:46 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209385 [...] Fundacji Wikimedia przygotowują się do operacji migracji serwerów od dawna, jednak najważniejsze zmiany dopiero nastąpią. W [...]

]]> By: GEY Pierre http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-2/#comment-209374 GEY Pierre Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:17:21 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209374 why always in english………..I’m French you see and I speak,read,only a few little your langage………………it’s for me very difficult follow you……….!

]]> By: inba http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-1/#comment-209337 inba Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:56:06 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209337 cool

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-1/#comment-209330 Jessica Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:37:46 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209330 I’m actually kinda excited about this- something REALLY awesome is being moved to my hometown.

]]> By: Lelala http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/comment-page-1/#comment-209284 Lelala Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:02:43 +0000 http://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21255#comment-209284 Hmmm… how much is the impact on energy consumption cost? I could imagine a lower|higher position for cooling/energy costs in the balance sheet?

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