Server history
From Wikitech
- 2001-05-02 Wikipedia moves to a new server
- 2001-08-25 Wikipedia is on 64.78.205.6
- 2001-09-15 ross is 64.78.205.6, serving wikipedia-l
- 2001-12-27 major migration from one server facility to another one. Definitely to San Diego, perhaps from Chicago?
- 2002-01-05 Wikipedia is on 130.94.122.195
- 2002-04-02 Wikipedia, Nupedia and the mailing lists are on ross.bomis.com, which is 130.94.122.195
- 2002-07-03 Pliny ready for testing on address 130.94.122.197
- 2002-07-20 Switchover to pliny
- 2003-04-29 Larousse ordered
- 2003-05-14 Larousse switched on
- 2003-06-20 pliny/larousse is still owned by Bomis after the creation of the Foundation
- 2004-01-13 Initial batch of 9 servers ordered
- 2004-02-12 Moved from San Diego to Tampa
- 2007-03-18: larousse is still in the rack in Florida.
So the most likely story is that ross was serving Wikipedia from 2001-05-02 until 2002-07-20, when pliny took over. Both of them now appear to be in Tim Shell's possession, leaving larousse as the earliest server still with us.
