That message is coming through loud and clear, at least to some of us.
What about specific goals for donations though? What about a specific goal to replace the 8th server, for instance? What about a price and a timeline to get that up and running? That would give us a concrete goal to donate for, and something that we could see as an accomplishment once it is up and running.
I, for one, have no illusion about forcing anything down anyone's throat here, especially yours Jim. We are powerless as we should be.
But I think there are a lot of people who can kick in more money and more in-kind services without destroying your vision of FR. Is it possible for us to do so?
That message is coming through loud and clear, at least to some of us.
What about specific goals for donations though? What about a specific goal to replace the 8th server, for instance? What about a price and a timeline to get that up and running? That would give us a concrete goal to donate for, and something that we could see as an accomplishment once it is up and running.
I, for one, have no illusion about forcing anything down anyone's throat here, especially yours Jim. We are powerless as we should be.
But I think there are a lot of people who can kick in more money and more in-kind services without destroying your vision of FR. Is it possible for us to do so?
at the risk of overuse on this thread . . .
It’s not the cost, it’s more about the time. John has redistributed and balanced the load over our existing servers and has the situation well under control. We typically replace part of our plant every couple of years or so. We just added two big new servers a couple years ago and added a whole lot more memory and disk resources. I’ve asked John to get some quotes on a major system upgrade, but he hasn’t got a round tuit yet. I was thinking earlier that he’d probably be in a hurry to replace the dead server but he doesn’t seem to be. He did hint a year or so ago that he might like to replace a big part of our system, but haven’t heard much from him about it since. I’m guessing now that he’ll just wait until our next major upgrade. He’s even more tight lipped about this stuff than I am. Typically answers my questions with one word or grunt (if at all). Yes, no, ok, done, not now, etc.
And actually I’ve lost count of the exact number of servers in our system. At one time I believe we had as many as twelve. Over the years we’ve added some new larger and more powerful servers and rotated out some of the older ones. Whether the current number is 7 or 8 or even nine or ten I don’t know and don’t know if it makes any difference.
When John decides to tackle the update project, I’m sure he will and then it’ll happen in a hurry. He’s my major partner and that’s his part of the business and I trust him completely