We have a new server being built for NNN. I just invested $268.90 for initial setup, upgrades, and first month’s lease. For you geeks out there:
Intel i7 Quad processor with hyperthreading (4 real + 4 virtual CPUs)
8GB of RAM
100 MBPS network link
Plenty of drive space
6000GB of bandwidth a month
Essentially it blows the doors off our current celeron machine. It should be ready for me to begin loading sometime Monday. We’ll have some down time one night once i have the server. Probably be down for the better part of a few hours, but it really depends on how fast the IP change takes and will be different for every one.
As far as donations to the site, you can feel free to hold off for now. I’ll be setting up an official campaign with goals, disclosure of operating costs, budget, and recognition for those that donate should they want it. That will be put in place once on the new server and I’ve done some software upgrades.
This new server should allow for lots of growth and stability. Monthly costs will go up to $85 a month essentially, although there are incidentals from time to time like domain registration.
[quote=“ninermac, post:1, topic:22794”]We have a new server being built for NNN. I just invested $268.90 for initial setup, upgrades, and first month’s lease. For you geeks out there:
Intel i7 Quad processor with hyperthreading (4 real + 4 virtual CPUs)
8GB of RAM
100 MBPS network link
Plenty of drive space
6000GB of bandwidth a month
Essentially it blows the doors off our current celeron machine. It should be ready for me to begin loading sometime Monday. We’ll have some down time one night once i have the server. Probably be down for the better part of a few hours, but it really depends on how fast the IP change takes and will be different for every one.
As far as donations to the site, you can feel free to hold off for now. I’ll be setting up an official campaign with goals, disclosure of operating costs, budget, and recognition for those that donate should they want it. That will be put in place once on the new server and I’ve done some software upgrades.
This new server should allow for lots of growth and stability. Monthly costs will go up to $85 a month essentially, although there are incidentals from time to time like domain registration.[/quote]
If you can, I would suggest changing the TTL of the DNS entry to 5 minutes so when you change the IP it is very quick for everyone.
I’d be happy to chip in a few bucks once you have that system in place. Thanks for all that you do!
[quote=“ninermac, post:1, topic:22794”]We have a new server being built for NNN. I just invested $268.90 for initial setup, upgrades, and first month’s lease. For you geeks out there:
Intel i7 Quad processor with hyperthreading (4 real + 4 virtual CPUs)
8GB of RAM
100 MBPS network link
Plenty of drive space
6000GB of bandwidth a month
Essentially it blows the doors off our current celeron machine. It should be ready for me to begin loading sometime Monday. We’ll have some down time one night once i have the server. Probably be down for the better part of a few hours, but it really depends on how fast the IP change takes and will be different for every one.
As far as donations to the site, you can feel free to hold off for now. I’ll be setting up an official campaign with goals, disclosure of operating costs, budget, and recognition for those that donate should they want it. That will be put in place once on the new server and I’ve done some software upgrades.
This new server should allow for lots of growth and stability. Monthly costs will go up to $85 a month essentially, although there are incidentals from time to time like domain registration.[/quote]great to hear Mac. Looking forward to helping with the costs. Hopefully I get this new job and can donate more than I have in the past. Also, does this mean the shoutbox will be back?
[quote=“eason49, post:2, topic:22794”]If you can, I would suggest changing the TTL of the DNS entry to 5 minutes so when you change the IP it is very quick for everyone.
I’d be happy to chip in a few bucks once you have that system in place. Thanks for all that you do![/quote]
I use a free DNS provider which gives me little control over TTL. Used to just run Bind myself on the server, but it was just such a PITA that I gave it up for the free solution… Eason, sorry I didn’t take you up on the possible server deal. The deal I grabbed here was just too good to pass up and it’s with my current provider which has been reliable from an up time perspective.
With that hardware, shoutbox will be no problem…
Bandwidth is on average a few gigabytes of data a day. We won’t come near our monthly allotment. We pretty much have unmetered bandwidth at the moment, but it’s on a 10MBPS link. So moving up to 100 will help a little on speed.
One suggestion, if possible, is to give info on alternative means of donation than paypal (or did I miss that before?). Had a poor experience with them and vowed not to use it again.
For the non technical types - our new server is gonna be a Ferrari. It’s overkill for what we’ve done with the site, even with the shoutbox and other features. It will allow for growth and interesting days such as Monday…
The growth is the key here guys. As we get closer to adding football I expect site traffic to grow dramatically. Mac has done a great job getting us a great deal. The site will be really set up to motor when he’s done with the upgrades.
