Specs: Dropbox’s Sixth Generation of Custom-Built Servers

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File hosting service https://www.dropbox.com/ released the details on its sixth generation of servers, a fleet optimized for a higher capacity, and lower latency. Dropbox began running its own hardware infrastructure nearly a decade ago with the introduction of https://dropbox.tech/infrastructure/inside-the-magic-pocket, an in-house multi-exabyte storage system.

But since Dropbox has over 100 services, that would be a lot of fancy cars optimized for individual trips.

There are three classifications for the server tiers for core applications and one tier for serving their Edge network.

Eight chassis fit in a rack offering the highest amount of performance per rack when compared to previous generations.

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