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Why load balancing? HN used to run on a single computer with 16GB of RAM[1]. I think this may still be the case. Not so? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

Why load balancing? HN used to run on a single computer with 16GB of RAM[1]. I think this may still be the case. Not so? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9222006

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ajdlinux 6y ago
I thought 16GB sounded rather low - it's 8*16 = 128GB.
- IndrekR 6y ago
  I stand corrected, thanks! I wonder what the resource usage is on that machine; and if it has had any updates in last 4 years.