What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

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What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #45 – April 25, 2007, 01:33:25 PM

I'm a little late, but I'd pay for a membership as well. I currently have two memberships at other forums and I don't frequent them nearly as often as this one.

One cool thing about memberships is that you can get sweet perks like an increased amount of PM storage, and the ability to delete your posts, or lock your own thread... little things like that can go a long way. It doesn't really have to be anything of monetary value.

And even if there's aren't any perks, I'd still pay for a membership.
:)

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #46 – April 25, 2007, 01:53:38 PM

Quote from: 83-88T-Bird Guy;139919

I would be willing to pitch in to help keep this site. (my favorite)

Plus, I have no problem with advertisers paying for ads. (as long as they relate to the fox ThunderCats.)

I agree. I think we should do this. Stuff/parts for us might not be a bad thing.

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Reply #47 – April 25, 2007, 08:07:05 PM

I can host it...... for free

Server is a Dell Poweredge Dual PIII 800's with 1gig of ram and its own dedicated UPS. Connected to a T1 line. At the moment this would be the only site on that server.

It will be sitting here.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #48 – April 25, 2007, 10:32:54 PM

Wow, now thats quite an offer.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #49 – April 25, 2007, 10:34:02 PM

I would hit that.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #50 – April 25, 2007, 10:38:13 PM

I'm not much of a computer guy, but........wow.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #51 – April 25, 2007, 10:47:26 PM

Holy cow! That's pretty cool Claude!

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #52 – April 26, 2007, 08:22:57 AM

Dayum son! :D

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #53 – April 26, 2007, 09:12:02 AM

Now that is one nice RACK. And i'm not talking about your ies! LOL

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #54 – April 26, 2007, 10:52:11 AM

Quote from: CougarSE;142821

I can host it...... for free

Server is a Dell Poweredge Dual PIII 800's with 1gig of ram and its own dedicated UPS. Connected to a T1 line. At the moment this would be the only site on that server.

It will be sitting here.

To quote a man amongst men, Meh! I've seen better *turns around to look behind me* !

[Constructive criticism]
Seriously, I don't believe that is going to be enough horsepower to handle this server. Show me at least a dual core Xeon with at least 2gb's of ram minimum with 2 hard drives in a Raid 1 config, and possibly a Dedicated T1/T3 or optical connection, and then I'd say go for it. Mind you I can not find any info on what our server is hosted on spec wise over @ GoDaddy, but I gotta feeling it's more than that.

Now, on the other hand, that server would be good for some sort of Cache server, either for photo/attachment storage, or if part of the board's database could be linked to that server to help with load times. If that idea is viable, then I think it be foolsih to not take advantage of that resource.
[/Constructive criticism]

Beyond this, (and I may have already stated this before) I also am willing to pay a membership fee, or offer a donation, to be apart of this site.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #55 – April 26, 2007, 07:20:52 PM

Still mulling possibilities. No offense, Claude, but I'll have to decline your offer. Price isn't the issue - reliability is. I'd gladly pay more for hosting knowing that the host is still gonna be there tomorrow (we already went through the ordeal of having the host disappear once, and I never want to do it again). I've actually been checking things out and Dreamhost (suggested by someone in this thread and by baxo in another) seems to be a good deal and a fairly stable company.

What happened today - an explanation. EVERYONE PLEASE READ

Reply #56 – April 26, 2007, 10:16:17 PM

So after that 60 days this site is going to become slow? Are we on a dedicated server right now (for these 60 days)?

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Reply #57 – April 27, 2007, 08:16:44 AM

Meh have it youre way.

And with the usual 20 people logged into this board that machine would do fine. There is no way in hell you're going to get a dedicated T1 line for this website. Hello $600 a month hosting fee's.

Oh by the way.... A raid 1 array will not improve "horsepower".

Yeah GoDaddy's server might be more "horsepowery" but it also is hosting upwards of 10 websites.

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Reply #58 – April 27, 2007, 08:55:10 AM

Quote from: CougarSE;143125

... Hello $600 a month hosting fee's.

Oh by the way.... A raid 1 array will not improve "horsepower".

Yeah GoDaddy's server might be more "horsepowery" but it also is hosting upwards of 10 websites.

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Price isn't the issue - reliability is.

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what we have here is a failure to communicate

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Reply #59 – April 27, 2007, 03:31:45 PM

I haven't seen many problems lately except that one day.
I donate to any cause.