Our favorite host, Engine Yard, snapped a picture of the GitHub hardware and I wanted to share:

Who likes a lot of blinking lights? I do! I do!
Our favorite host, Engine Yard, snapped a picture of the GitHub hardware and I wanted to share:

Who likes a lot of blinking lights? I do! I do!
I’m the one on the right
Let’s all push at the same time! This looks tiny, we have a chance to crash it.
Make ‘em work for their monies!
Wow all those for github alone? That’s fancy! Do you really need all that power?
6 compute/web nodes, 2 storage nodes and an Xserve.
What’s the XServe used for out of interest?
Good hardware, looks like all SuperMicro stuff except for the xserve. In fact I’ve been putting together one of those 24-bay units at work just this week :P