Hardware

• "Dragon" - Master Database Server - Dual Quad Core Xeon E5430 Processor2x6MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 32GB RAM, 6x73GB 15k RPM SCSI
• "Phoenix" - File Server - Dual Quad Core Xeon E5430 Processor 2x6MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 16GB RAM, 6x750GB SATA x 6
• "Dog" - Application Server - Dual Quad Core Xeon E5430 Processor 2x6MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 32GB RAM
• "Mahjong" - Application Server - Dual Quad Core Xeon E5430 Processor 2x6MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 32GB RAM

Added 6/2007

• "Tigris" - Load Balancer - Quad Core Xeon X3220 Processor 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 64GB HD PowerEdge 860
• "Euphrates" - Application Server - Quad Core Xeon X3220 Processor 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 64GB HD PowerEdge 860
• "Arkham" - Application Server - Quad Core Xeon X3220 Processor 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 64GB HD PowerEdge 860
• "Meeple" - Application Server - Quad Core Xeon X3220 Processor 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 64GB HD PowerEdge 860
• "Plumpsack" - Application Server - Quad Core Xeon X3220 Processor 2x4M Cache, 2.40GHz, 8GB RAM, 64GB HD PowerEdge 860

Added 9/2006

• "Bruno" - Web Server - Dual Core Pentium D, 930 Processor, 2X2MB Cache, 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB, 4GB RAM, 250GB HD PowerEdge 850
• "Breese" - Web Server - Dual Core Pentium D, 930 Processor, 2X2MB Cache, 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB, 4GB RAM, 250GB HD PowerEdge 850
• "Klaus" - Web Server - Dual Core Pentium D, 930 Processor, 2X2MB Cache, 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB, 4GB RAM, 250GB HD PowerEdge 850

Added 8/2006

• "Sackson" - Backup/Slave Database Server - 16GB RAM

Out of Service

• "Borg" - Web Server - 4GB RAM (currently out of service)
• "Kramer" - Web Server - 4GB RAM (currently out of service)
• "Moon" - Ad Server - 4GB RAM (currently out of service)
• "Knizia" - Test Server - 2GB RAM
• "Wallace" - Web Server - 8GB RAM
• "Karl" - Backup File Server - 6GB RAM - 1.2TB HD

BoardGameGeek's software is mostly all custom designed. Here are some things that make that a reality:

• Linux (various flavors - CentOS, Fedora Core, Ubuntu)
• MySQL - http://www.mysql.com
• PHP - http://www.php.net
• PEAR - http://pear.php.net
• PECL - http://pecl.php.net
• Cacti - http://www.cacti.net
• Nagios - http://www.nagios.org
• Munin - http://munin.projects.linpro.no/
• memcached - http://www.danga.com/memcached/
• HAProxy - http://haproxy.1wt.eu
• phpAdsNew - http://phpadsnew.com
• Silk Icon Set - http://famfamfam.com
• overlib - http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib