[TPIN] ADMIN- SERVER ISSUES

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I would do Pay Pal - Good idea, Lenny! -  Gin

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From: "Lenny Buttitta, Jr." <k6mms at yahoo.com> 

> 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 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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