[TPIN] ADMIN- SERVER ISSUES

[Lenny Buttitta, Jr.]

I'm cool with it. 

Make it easy: set up a Paypal account (it's easier than you think). As silly as it sounds, I think
twice if I have to pull my credit card out these days. Paypal eliminates that need and gets the
job done with a few clicks...

Lenny B.



--- Michael Anderson <manderson at okcu.edu> wrote:

> The server was down most of the day today.
> 
> The university is moving the server room and is going through all sorts of
> upgrades.
> 
> The server we are using is quite old and a bit unstable. Thanks to long-time
> list member and Unix guru, Joe Meador and the campus technology guys here we
> have kept it up and running most of the time.
> 
> The university is going to a bank of servers that are all rack mounted and
> in specially cooled racks that will keep everything running smoothly and
> well coordinated.
> 
> In order to keep the TPIN server as a part of the University system a
> dedicated rack-mounted server has to be purchased. Now, I can keep the
> current server running, but it will have to be installed elsewhere and will
> no longer be supported by the University. This concerns me greatly for a
> couple of reasons.. 1. I don't have the expertise to manage the server
> myself and 2. When I am not around, gone traveling, the server may go down
> and not be able to be rebooted for several days and maybe even weeks.
> 
> SO - to make a long story longer, I am looking to purchase a low-end rack
> mounted server that can go into our stable of servers and still be
> maintained by our guys. The thing will be much more stable than what we have
> now and will server us better than anything we've had in the past 12 years
> of the TPIN's existence.
> 
> TPIN has always been free to the users and always will be as long as I'm
> running it. However, we have raised money for special reasons in the past
> ... I think 3 times in 12 years. I don't take this lightly and wouldn't even
> consider it if I didn't think it would be a really positive thing for us to
> do.
> 
> I would like to know what the members think of think of this idea. If you
> feel like you could contribute to this fund raising effort and would make a
> pledge to me, please send me a private email. I will collect no money until
> I'm sure it will work and that we can raise the money without burdening any
> individual too much. I am donating $200 and the ITG will contribute a bit
> more than that because the TPIN server provides email forwarding to the ITG.
> So, we are already part way there.
> 
> Please let me know what you think.
> 
> MA
> 
> 
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