HWS has two servers which are located in
- Germany (HWS+ RE EU)
- Canada (HWS+ RE NA)
Hardware Specifications & Costs
HWS+ RE EU
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AMD Epyc 7502P | 32c / 64t | 2.5GHz / 3.35GHz
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512 GB RAM DDR4 ECC
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2TB + 2TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition
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1 Gbit/s
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Cost: 372,47€ per month
HWS+ EU and RE EU:
HWS+ RE NA
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AMD Epyc 7413 | 24c / 48t | 2.65 GHz/3.6 GHz
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512 GB RAM DDR4 ECC
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2TB NVMe SSD
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1 Gbit/s
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Cost: $574,41 per month
Web Infrastructure Costs (everything else)
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$58+ per month for the website / forum
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$9 per month for Integromat (automating Tasks like RSS)
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$15 per month for domains (e.g. https://hws.global)
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$18 per month for Mailjet (SMTP Mails for Forum)
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10€ per month for Google Drive
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$51 per year for Discord Bot(s)
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$20 per month for AI coding
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couple of other on and off subscriptions when needed (e.g. 3D, assets generation)
Summary
Though free to HWS players, the cost of providing this premium Empyrion experience exceeds 1539+€ / $1697+ per month (excluded are costs more than that for people helping us like Full Admins, etc.) and is funded by the HWS Team with the help of Your support!
Thanks so much for helping to support HWS!