# Inside the workings of the SDMB server.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-workings-of-the-sdmb-server/261978>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-workings-of-the-sdmb-server/261978 "2004-08-28T18:29:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-workings-of-the-sdmb-server/261978/1 "2004-08-28T18:29:12Z")

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If you want to see a small-scale version of the SDMB’s server in operation, go [here](http://www.otherpower.com/hamster.html).

Of course, to power an engine as large and powerful as the Dope, they obviously need many of these systems running together.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-the-workings-of-the-sdmb-server/261978/2 "2004-08-28T19:46:15Z")

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Nah, remember the SDMB’s on one box, and everything else is on the other.