New faster server for GIM

[G-khan]

Looks like we will get our new server tonight or tomorrow..

There should be little or no down time for GIM - it will be as seamless as possible..

I am finalizing the deal with our hosts and they will be calling me back..

They expect the new servers to arrive today and providing they do we will most likely get it tonight.. maybe tomorrow..

Dedicated III AMD Opteron 64 bit Server - we now have a 2200 mhz Celeron.

Duel Sata 10,000 rpm 80 gig drives.. in raid configuration.. very fast!

2 gigs of memory... we now have 1.5

Unlimited bandwidth

Connected to Multiple OC-3's not T3's but OC-3's one OC-3 = 100 T1's at 155 megabits a second and a T1 is 1.44

Nightly backup of our site - I was doing it by hand and had to download it and it was so time consuming that I only did it twice a month. Plus it was not nearly as reliable as what they will do by backing it all up when I just did the dbase (we would lose attachments from the posts).. This added 30 a month to our costs.. but takes a load off of me and adds stability in case of crash or infection from virus or worm.

Looks like our total costs for this server will be $230 a month with backups and our current setup is $160 with no backups.. so we are paying 40 more for this server and then we add the cost of backups 30 = 70 more a month than now..

Go out and do a search for dedicated III servers and you will see we are getting a great price..

I will also pay the 30 bucks for our vBulletin software so we can continue to update and get that for the next year..

We will have money left over and need to decide what to do with it.. I will let you know what the totals are and what is left after I get through paying for all of this - should be a good chunk left for next year or I could add some months...

Russ

[Curtman]

I say you take the left over money and take your wife out to dinner at a fine restaurant and your kids and grandkids on a charter fishing trip. :banana:

[GoldWampum]

Great work G. Lottsa bang for the buck. I wouldn't complain if you took Curtman's advice.:wavey:

[crazychicken]

My own opinion is to convert the left-over into Au or Ag physical. Then you have the solid funds to utilize if you need it without having to wait or go back to the well.

This site is way to valuable to fool around with, meaning not being able to meet unforseen needs as they occur.

Keep up the good work.

I sure am happy that I found this place.

[G-khan]

I say you take the left over money and take your wife out to dinner at a fine restaurant and your kids and grandkids on a charter fishing trip. :banana:

Thanks but no thanks - it is just fun to be able to get the stuff we need to have a great site thanks to all of you guys and gals...

I am having fun ordering up something for us all...

We might want to get Silver with the left over funds - we have 52 oz now that have been donated?

[Keef]

Make sure you send this morning's portion of the bill to the 'newsbot'.

[Ponce Cuba]

Buy silver and next year you won't have to as for donations hahahaahahahah......I believe that you mentionied this before :clap2: good going.

[SirSilverOzzyyzzO]

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[Goldhedge]

Dedicated III AMD Opteron 64 bit Server - we now have a 2200 mhz Celeron.

How much you want for the old server? Can it be used as a regular computer?

[californiajeff]

That's a nice little setup.

[Tn...Andy]

G.....I vote you turn any excess into silver and add to the 52 ounces, IF you don't mind playing custodian.

[GoldWampum]

Make sure you send this morning's portion of the bill to the 'newsbot'.

LMAO! :haha:

The silver investment sounds good.

[Tn...Andy]

I don't know, Andy.

My wife once bought some silver from G-Khan - wired him the money and we said we'd pick it up next time we got together. He could only stand it for a couple days and started bugging me to get it.

We may have to turn it over to Scorpio or Torus if he starts getting nervous.....

Well, most likely he was afraid it was gonna get dusty and didn't want your wife getting dusty silver.....I can understand that...... :haha:

[G-khan]

Well now we wait for them to call me - they won't take the order till the servers arrive... I am going to take a nap now and keep the phone next to me just in case.. Hope it happens today.... L8r

[J.D.Rockinfeller]

Good work GK!:beer: Thanx again ,
JD. (ps i'm with curtman here)

[Joejeweler]

My vote would be to add to AG physical,.........but not so much because it will prove to be the best investment for this forum,.........

..........but to get some of the little available silver OFF the market,.......

.........so as to make my physical holdings the best investment for ME!!! :cheerful:

Seriously,......any choice you make is fine with me, and i suspect with just about everyone else on the forum.

[G-khan]

Here is an email I got from our hosts.. looks like it may be Tomorrow or Wednesday..........
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Hello

I wanted to send you an email regarding the server we spoke about this morning.

It looks like due to an unexpected delay, the earliest this will be available is late tomorrow, or Wednesday.

Once the server is available, I will contact you so we can finalize the deal.

Sorry for the inconvience

Dave Smulsky

[Tn...Andy]

Hey....so how DID the donations work out this time ?? You ain't published the hall of fame or shame this time.

[Ponce Cuba]

Hope you had a nice nap G, you get cranky when ever you don't get your napy nap :haha: :haha: :haha: :love: uffffffffffffffff.

[G-khan]

Hey....so how DID the donations work out this time ?? You ain't published the hall of fame or shame this time.

First post here is the donations............ Paypal took away 3.25 %

http://goldismoney.info/forums/showthread.php?t=29086

[G-khan]

Hope you had a nice nap G, you get cranky when ever you don't get your napy nap :haha: :haha: :haha: :love: uffffffffffffffff.

Yes I get very cranky - thank you for your kind concern that I get my rest..