Help PranK with SAU web server:

[B-Man]

OK, I've just added it up and in my opinion does not , even nearly, cover costs. (Even with un-known advertising income taken into acount)

$AUD

Duncan $166.67

Nismo_Freak $1.67

GraemeWi $8.33

sidewaymambo $16.67

Nightcrawler $16.67

two40 $33.33

Boostzor $20.00

General W.A residents $20.00

YO880 $20.00

Just Jap $500.00

rs73 $83.33

Pva_Glue $20.00

B-Man $80.00

Baron Bohr $20.00

MRE $10.00

Jay95R33 $50.00

Primo $100.00

GTSt VSPEC $16.67

dan_the_man $183.33

Neil $50.00

Adzmax $16.67

clarkey $20.00

williamc $16.67

dAVE $25.00

MM2Death $10.00

Jimbo2000 $10.00

P1E (Tshirt Text) $370.00

Spoolup $100.00

slayer_1971 $-

caminperth $30.00

Endorean $100.00

JUDGED $10.00

Predator $20.00

Majanal $50.00

SW20-GT $20.00

Nizmo $40.00

NismoR34 $20.00

Nexus_siX $20.00

RedlineGTR $30.00

inark $20.00

Al $50.00

Carlo $30.00

GZ R33 $20.00

phorj $50.00

R34 $50.00

51jay $100.00

TOTAL AUS$2,645.00

With New Server ordered plus hosting costs, etc - I reckon we should be helping contribute:

Other States are : See here :

VIC: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&threadid=28186

WA: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&threadid=28043

BTW - Recognition for the T-Shirts donation should really go 50:50 to P1E and those who bought T-Shirts as it was a team excersise.

So donate people !

[DoughBoy]

Is the purchase of the new server an actual physical server or just another co-location hosting option? Am able to get SCA drives + other goodies if it's an actual server.

[B-Man]

I would presume that 'a new server' means a dedicated, real , live phyical server !

I dunno what SCA drives are - is that the same as Serial ATA ?

But Web Server drives should be SCSI - ATA drives are no good for multi user environments

Server NICs should be multi-homed / teamed.

ISP Service provider should provide load balancing at layer 2 & 3.

Web server should be backed up daily to local tape drive

MySQL database should be shut down (Sau unavailable) during backup windows. ( or hot backup enabled)

Full change control should be implemented.

etc, etc.

my 2c

[benm]

IMHO the SAU website should be hosted in the USA where it is much much more powerful and much less expensive

[DoughBoy]

Originally posted by B-Man

I would presume that 'a new server' means a dedicated, real , live phyical server !

I dunno what SCA drives are  - is that the same as Serial ATA ?

But Web Server drives should be SCSI - ATA drives are no good for multi user environments

Server NICs should be multi-homed / teamed.

ISP Service provider should provide load balancing at layer 2 & 3.

Web server should be backed up daily to local tape drive

MySQL database should be shut down (Sau unavailable) during backup windows. ( or hot backup enabled)

Full change control should be implemented.

etc, etc.

my 2c

Woa, did you just quote me this out of a textbook? That's Project Management material sir!

SCA are the 80 pin honda hotswap connectors used on SCSI drives.

There have been a few writeups on ATA/SATA raid configs used in large live environments, given the cost I don't really see the need for SCSI drives anymore... unless you get them at an _extremely_ good price (like free ).

[Jay95R33]

Just as a side note, I think that list might be a little old. I know I've sent about 150-200 all up now...

But your right.. More people should donate instead of taking this site for granted.

Prank does a great job, spends a fair wack of time doing it, and get's paid nothing !!

J

[fatz]

nerd up!!!!

[PranK]

wow - thanks guys!! I really appreciate it!!

Regarding the server, as donations come in quite sporadically, I have opted for a HP P4 2.0Ghz (IDE) 80GB drive and have just upgraded to 1 gig of RAM.. If I get enough donations and more, I will put it on a Dual Xeon server next year with SCSI drives. It is entirely SAU's server with nothing else going on it (apart from 5mb blocks of webspace for donaters) and the physical server is in the US. It should make everything much better and we can upgrade again later if we need to.

Thanks again guys.

Christian

[Tosh]

w00t

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Prank, Do a breakdown based on state, then we can all battle to be the most generous state:D On the next cruise we'll be asking for donations from people, we want everyone in WA to have a gold star:D

[Guest RedLineGTR]

good stuff...

[Brody]

Don't wish to sound rude, though u sure the box has been configured properly? With hardware like that (bar the ide drive), it should absolutely scream for just this website.

Im happy to offer any help to get things running better, got a fair bit of experience with it all, though im sure many others are in IT here as well.

On a side note Ill donate in a month or 2 when I have abit more cash These forums have provided an endles amount of very handy knowledge.

[PranK]

Hey Brody - the sites not on there yet. It will be transfered over the weekend (hopefully, i have just order more ram and am waiting for them to get back to me).

If I have any probs, i'll let you know. Cheers.

[MissS13]

Just added to the funds..

Thought it was time to get my lazy ass in gear and donate to a site which I use so much..

Thanks Prank for all the hard work, that also goes to the admins... Good site, great people

[Duncan]

Originally posted by PranK

If I have any probs, i'll let you know. Cheers.

Hey Christian, would we notice if there was any problem with the forums? Coz I've had some problems in the last few days :confused:

[Kinks]

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