World's Fastest Server
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What is the World's Fastest Server?

The World's Fastest Server is hard to categorize because nothing like this has ever been done before. The short answer is that The World's Fastest server is an advanced web server built into a fully electric drag bike. The more technical answer is that The World's Fastest Server is a load balanced and virtualized web server that utilizes 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Quad processors, 4GB of memory, 3G wireless integration, SQL Server on it's own virtual machine, data collection for bike activity such as speed and RPM and GPS integration. The chassis for the servers is a fully electric drag bike with a Netgain WarP 9 Impulse electric motor that produces approximately 70 horsepower and 116 foot pounds of torque. When the bike is in action, multiple video cameras will stream live video to the server for everyone around the world to see.

Why build The World's Fastest Server?

Because we can! Web hosting and Drag bikes are two things that are not usually associated with each other. A project like this requires a team of people with some very specific skills who are not normally coworkers. We have a group of individuals, that when brought together form the perfect team to build The World's Fastest Server. We have specialists in server architecture, application development, wireless networking and every other field that is required to build high end hosting. On top of that, we have a Master Bike Builder who has the skills and resources to build a world class drag bike. And don't think we brought him in as a ringer. He worked for HostMySite.com before The World's Fastest Server was even a concept and has many years of technical background as well. So again, the reason we are building The World's Fastest server is because we can. Our Executive Producer Rob Cassidy may have summed it up best. “Putting high-end server infrastructure on an electric drag bike has never been done, sounded like fun, and we have a team capable of doing it. We simply wanted to create the World’s Fastest Server.”

The Team

Earl Smith

Earl Smith was born in Kansas, and currently lives in Maryland while working full time at HostMySite. He was recently promoted to the Inventory Manager position, having served over a year as a support center manager.

Earl has also worked as a self described 'Wrench Head' and 'Computer Geek,' but officially worked as a manager for UPS Shipping before coming to HostMySite.com. He is the Project Lead Coordinator, and has brought together the World's Fastest Server team to complete this amazing project.

Shawn Darby

Shawn Darby is the owner of Darby Customs, a custom shop based out of Baltimore, MD. He's been riding since he was 5 years old, customizing bikes since he was 14, and has built over 30 bikes from the ground up. He has worked at several shops throughout his lifetime, but decided that he 'could not do business the underhanded way others wanted it done,' and has since toured primarily with Exile Cycles while maintaining his own garage.

Darby holds a degree in computer science from Towson University in Maryland, and has worked in the tech support field for over 15 years. He has worked for such Fortune 500 companies as Legg Mason investments, Merry Go Round clothing stores, and FILA shoes. He currently works nights for a website hosting company, HostMySite.com, while working on the drag bike during the day. Shawn has been married to Dawn Weaver for 13 years, and has one child, Cash, who is four and a half years old.

Kev "The Rev" McCarthy

Born in New Orleans, 52 year old Kev "The Rev" has been building things that “go really fast!” since he was a child. He is the owner of Steel Breeze Fabrication and a solid partner of Darby Customs. He is also a professional prop maker for the movie industry and a Custom Design Innovator by trade.

In his own words, Kevin has "had the fastest motorcycles and cars around. Drag Racing was, and is, a huge part of my life, and now my focus is on The World’s Fastest Server."

Jamie Money

Jamie Money, born February 24th, 1985, has lived in Delaware all his life. Born in Christiana, Jamie currently resides in Newark while working for HostMySite.com. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 2008 with a BS in Information Systems -- he also worked for the U of D IT department, and at a mechanical design firm.

Jamie is in charge of designing the server systems, and the live streaming video for the bike. You can already see some of his work in the new server pictures we have up!

Brett Bolling

Brett Bolling is the wireless communication and networking specialist for the World's Fastest Server. Born in Libertyvile, IL on February 19, 1985, he currently lives in Wilmington, DE, while working full time as a Junior Server Engineer for HostMySite.com. He attended the Unversity of Central Florida until 2007, when he graduated with a BSBA in Management Information Systems.

Brett sold wireless phones throughout college, and became the IT admin of Cellular Sales stores in Orlando and the surrounding areas. His expertise lies in Hosted Messaging and Collaboration, and also network connectivity and wireless communication.

Rob Cassidy

Rob Cassidy is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Product development at HostMySite.com. His 15 year background in Senior Management unique thanks to its blend of general, product, and marketing management, and his marketing and business development experience, as well.

Rob has managed Walmart.com's Store Integration Team, was Director of Sales Operations and Product Development for Inflow, Inc (now SunGard), and was a Senior Business Analyst for StorageTek Solutions Development. Rob holds a degree in Economics from Princeton University, and has his MBA and M.A. from the University of Colorado. He is the executive director of the World's Fastest Server team.

Matt Diamondstone

Matt Diamondstone was born January 14th, 1989. He attended school at the University of Delaware for chemical engineering, and has plans to return to school for a computer science degree.

Prior to his employment with HostMySite.com, Matt worked as a repair tech and retail manager for Beam's Music, a small music store in West Chester, PA. Matt is the personnel coordinator and content manager for the World's Fastest Server webpage, and all pictures and biographies are his work.

Dave Forgac

Dave Forgac was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 28th, 1980. He currently lives in Wilmington, DE while working full time at HostMySite. Floorjack went to school for Computer Science after graduating High school, then transferred to Delaware Tech to get his Associate's degree for Computer and Information Systems.

Dave currently is working on a BS in Web Information Systems at Wilmington University. He is the data acquisition expert for the team, making sure that the GPS, accelerometer, and temperature controls are all reporting correctly to the server.

Brent Frye

Brent Frye came to HostMySite.com in 2007. He quickly rose through the ranks to 'Server Engineer,' the top level of support offered. Brent holds a Bachelor's of Science in Information Technology from California University of Pennsylvania (that's in Pennsylvania in case you were wondering). After graduating in 2005, he worked for a defense contractor as a data administrator and ColdFusion developer prior to starting with Hostmysite.com. Now Brent fixes ColdFusion tickets and maintains The World's Fastest Server site.

Bryan Kutoloski

Bryan "BK" Kutoloski was born April 22, 1985, in Allentown, PA. He currently resides in Newark, DE, and has been working full time for HostMySite.com since September of 2007. He rose through the ranks quickly, starting his work as a Technical Support Rep, and rising to the prestigious Server Engineer title within a year of his employment.

BK holds a Bachelor's of Science in Information Service and Technology from Penn State University. His specialties lie in database administration; he is working as the DBA for the drag bike, managing replication and SQL server setup.

Shannon Mackie

Shannon Mackie was born in Wilmington, DE on October 22, 1982. She currently lives in Townsend, DE while working full time at HostMySite.com. She has worked for Apple, AIG, and Fort Delaware State Park, and attended the University of Delaware for English Lit.

Shannon is the self proclaimed 'Twitter-er' for the World's Fastest Server.

Robert Staton

Robert Staton, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently resides in Pennsylvania, while working full time for HostMySite.com. He has a degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for Aeronautical Engineering, and is attending school currently for Computer Aided Design (CADD).

Staton has worked for both Best Buy and Geek Squad as a technical support representative, and has a specialty in custom build desktops. He is currently working on the Hardware Functionality portion of the world's fastest server.

Brendan Waters

Brendan waters was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and currently lives in Newark, DE, while working full time for HostMySite.com. Brendan worked at RadioShack both as a sales representative, and the assistant manager. He worked there for over a decade.

Brendan's has described his education history as 'the school of hard knocks,' and is working as the Wiki God for the World's Fastest Server team. He has put together the entire wiki page for the bike, and continues to maintain it throughout the build.

Bryan Wilson

Wilson was born and raised in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. He moved to Maryland in 2005 while working as a Security and Loss Prevention Executive for a major retailer. In October of 2007, Wilson left Security and Loss Prevention and began his career working with HostMySite.com.

Wilson has prior technical experience through employment at Best Buy, and has enjoyed working with information technologies since teaching himself HTML using a WebTV in 1996. He is the current MySpace Master for the World's Fastest Server.

Ethan Wolkowicz

Ethan Wolkowicz was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on December 31st, 1985. He attended Wilmington University, and received his Bachelor's of Science in Information Resource Management. Ethan was an employee of Aquatic Management Systems for 8 years before coming to HostMySite -- he was both a lifeguard and a supervisor.

He currently lives in Newark, DE, while working full time for HostMySite.com. He is working on the modding and customization of the server and server case for the World's Fastest Server.