HWS has four servers which are located in
- Germany (HWS+ EU)
- Canada (HWS+ NA)
- Germany (HWS RE EU)
- Canada (HWS RE NA)
Hardware Specifications & Costs
HWS+ EU
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AMD Epyc 7502P | 32c / 64t | 2.5GHz / 3.35GHz
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256 GB RAM DDR4 ECC
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2TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition
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1 Gbit/s
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Cost: 230,27€ per month*
HWS+ NA
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AMD Epyc 7371 | 16 / 32t | 3.1GHz / 3.8GHz
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256 GB RAM DDR4 ECC
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1TB NVMe SSD
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10 Gbit/s
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Cost: $295,95 per month
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:
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HWS RE NA
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AMD Epyc 7371 | 16c / 32t | 3.1GHz / 3.8GHz
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256 GB RAM DDR4 ECC
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1TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition
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500 Mbit/s
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Cost: $241,14 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)
Summary
Though free to HWS players, the cost of providing this premium Empyrion experience exceeds 1304+€ / $1297+ 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!