Top 10 Server Farms…
From @iTod, this article summarizes the count of the data centers with the largest number of web servers. Here’s the list:
- 1&1 Internet: 55,000 servers (company)
- Rackspace: 50,038 servers (company)
- The Planet: 48,500 servers (company)
- Akamai Technologies: 48,000 servers (company)
- OVH: 40,000 servers (company)
- SBC Communications: 29,193 servers (Netcraft)
- Verizon: 25,788 servers (Netcraft)
- Time Warner Cable: 24,817 servers (Netcraft)
- SoftLayer: 21,000 servers (company)
- AT&T: 20,268 servers (Netcraft)
- iWeb: 10,000 servers (company)
I find this a bit shocking. 55,000 servers? That’s an incredible number. Let’s say they are all rack-mounted at 20 per rack. That’s still more than 2,000 racks. Well, that’s not quite the way it works. The report is produced by Netcraft, is available for a fee, and counts hosted domains, not actual servers. Still, an interesting list…
– Dave
