# A History of EVE Database Server Hardware **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** official, devblog\ **Created:** [April 19, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553 "2022-04-19T15:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCP\_Dopamine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_dopamine/32/280835_2.png) [@CCP\_Dopamine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Dopamine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/1 "2022-04-19T15:00:09Z")
![EVE_News_1920x1080](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/c/c/4/cc4ad9f3e5a047113e3f6c2de977e8b8f2a134fb.jpeg) Greetings, We have [released a development blog](https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware) about the history of EVE servers. There is a lot of technical information for everyone to check and discover the journey the hardware supporting EVE has taken. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Saki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_saki/32/486142_2.png) [@Alice\_Saki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Saki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/2 "2022-04-19T15:06:50Z")
Whatever you do don’t delete system32. If I rememeber correctly you gave some of the original boards are a gift to PermaSubbers at one of the Fanfest, Can’t remember which FF been to too many. Great Gesture ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Ronuken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/steve_ronuken/32/373894_2.png) [@Steve\_Ronuken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Steve_Ronuken)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/3 "2022-04-19T15:16:13Z")
Meow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/4 "2022-04-19T15:31:03Z")
So, when are you donating some of that old server hardware to the playerbase as a memento, could even use a charity auction to donate the proceeds to a certain current event that needs monies Or you could just slap an EO sticker on a CPU and send it to me so i can admire the thing i’ve been involved with for the last 18 years ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/5 "2022-04-19T15:36:55Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/e/6/b/e6bfdd78d09d7366bbd2fad48f9567273f99c6cc.jpeg "Office Space - Printer Scenes (uncensored) Intro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2xBXm4y70) ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/6 "2022-04-19T15:38:28Z")
So when do we get to celebrate the removal of Python from the game ecosystem? Update: Irony as I posted this an article appeared mentioning Eve and Python lol See [Game developers shouldn't overlook Python's potential](https://betanews.com/2022/04/19/game-developers-python/) Be gone Python. ---
**Author:** ![Chribba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chribba/32/396873_2.png) [@Chribba](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chribba)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/7 "2022-04-19T15:47:52Z")
Hardware porn! ❤ I remember a PSU that went up in flames… I remember one hour downtimes every day. The memories! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Saki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_saki/32/486142_2.png) [@Alice\_Saki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Saki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/8 "2022-04-19T15:48:58Z")
Ah nice to see your still around ❤ ---
**Author:** ![Osaka\_Takawaki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/osaka_takawaki/32/410307_2.png) [@Osaka\_Takawaki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Osaka_Takawaki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/9 "2022-04-19T15:57:41Z")
Any reason why you’re choosing an Intel CPU over AMD? Or your own server instead of cloud services? Interesting article. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Ronuken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/steve_ronuken/32/373894_2.png) [@Steve\_Ronuken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Steve_Ronuken)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/10 "2022-04-19T16:06:27Z")
Cloud Services are expensive. The saving only shows if you can scale up and down dynamically. There’s also significant latency issues you have to consider when you’re not in total control of your infrastructure and your servers. Cloud services have their place, but they’d cost CCP an absolute fortune, for no real benefit. They could _possibly_ rework their service to work better with them, but we’re talking a _lot_ of work. It’s also a matter of capital expenditure vs operational expenditure. ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/11 "2022-04-19T16:12:04Z")
Eve chat is already on AWS is it not? ED also runs on AWS. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Saki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_saki/32/486142_2.png) [@Alice\_Saki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Saki)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/12 "2022-04-19T16:14:30Z")
Oh good times when the chat server messed up, local broke and Null ended up like Wormhole space like that event. Nom Nom Nom Easy Kills 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/13 "2022-04-19T16:15:04Z")
Plausible deniability, a method of delaying local and blaming Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/14 "2022-04-19T16:28:55Z")
Any parts of Eve uses no-sql databases and if so, which parts and type of no-sql? ---
**Author:** ![EM00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/em00/32/416391_2.png) [@EM00](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/EM00)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/15 "2022-04-19T16:28:57Z")
It is nice to see the history of the server and how it was improved and upgraded. It was also nice to read the small bits of background stories and reasons behind changes. 🙂 👍 Lots of technical information which sounded very complicated and clever. (some of it confused me, but I would never admit it, hehe!) ---
**Author:** ![Aisha\_Katalen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aisha_katalen/32/387724_2.png) [@Aisha\_Katalen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aisha_Katalen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/16 "2022-04-19T16:29:13Z")
Clearly missing the most important part of the server: a Do not touch sign hanging from the Big Red Button. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Ronuken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/steve_ronuken/32/373894_2.png) [@Steve\_Ronuken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Steve_Ronuken)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/17 "2022-04-19T16:29:48Z")
Chat is a very different ballgame. And EDs multiplay model is incredibly different ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/18 "2022-04-19T16:30:57Z")
Perhaps they can just host Jita on AWS then. ---
**Author:** ![Vexxor\_Aivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vexxor_aivo/32/442061_2.png) [@Vexxor\_Aivo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vexxor_Aivo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/19 "2022-04-19T16:43:02Z")
Thanks for the information and background! ---
**Author:** ![Elsebeth\_Rhiannon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/elsebeth_rhiannon/32/418836_2.png) [@Elsebeth\_Rhiannon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Elsebeth_Rhiannon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553/20 "2022-04-19T16:55:00Z")
Thank you, very interesting read! [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-history-of-eve-database-server-hardware/358553.md?page=2)