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Server RAM Upgrade Donation Call

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Jan 7, 2006.

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  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Some of you might remember this from a year and half ago or so, and the situation now is pretty much the same.

    Sorcerer's Place and all our hosted sites have grown and expanded considerably since then, and the recent server CPU upgrade alone wasn't enough. We need more RAM, badly. I've done all I could in terms of optimization, but overall it doesn't mean much - we still get occasional blackouts, slowdowns, and even complete server shutdowns because the load is simply too high for the server to handle over a prolonged period of time.

    So, again, I'm putting out a call for donations. Money collected here will benefit everyone, as it will directly improve accessibility and performance of SP and our hosted sites. So, if you can, please donate for the cause. The memory upgrade consists of a set-up fee ($75) and $30 every month after that. That makes it about $435 for the first year. I hope we can raise this amount in one go and then forget about it for a year. This money will be used strictly for upgrading the server with another gigabyte of RAM.

    Thanks in advance to all who decide to help out!

    (I'll also post calls for donations at some of the other larger hosted sites, and those contributions will also be listed here.)

    P.S.

    If you are a member of our message boards, please include you board member name in a message when you donate, so that I know who the donation is from.

    [ January 08, 2006, 04:51: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    Taluntain, Jan 7, 2006
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  2. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Hmm... You know, Tal, I have a few friends who dabble in computer parts, I might be able to find some RAM sticks. Which type of memory is it? I could try to get a few of these, would this count as a donation?
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Jan 7, 2006
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  3. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    No, unfortunately I can't put my own parts in the server. I have to pay the prices the server provider sets and buy it from them. That's how it works.
     
    Taluntain, Jan 7, 2006
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  4. Nakia

    Nakia The night is mine Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Tally Ho. I did my wee bit. Cut back on the cigs, candy, drinks etc and pitch in to help us all with our favorite Board. :happy:
     
    Nakia, Jan 7, 2006
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  5. DarkStrider

    DarkStrider I've seen the future and it has seen me Distinguished Member

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    Done Tal :)
     
    DarkStrider, Jan 7, 2006
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  6. Morgoroth

    Morgoroth Just because I happen to have tentacles, it doesn'

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    You really caught me at a bad time for this. I might have done it a few weeks ago but now it's too late for me to attempt to donate anything. In any case I hope you'll be a able to moblize enough donations to get the upgrade done as soon as possible.
     
    Morgoroth, Jan 7, 2006
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  7. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Thanks to Nakia ($100) and DarkStrider ($25), we currently have $125!
     
    Taluntain, Jan 7, 2006
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    I paid a little, I don't have much right now.
     
    Sarevok•, Jan 8, 2006
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  9. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    $135 now with Sarevok•'s donation!
     
    Taluntain, Jan 8, 2006
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  10. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Anyone need a website right now? I can make you something and you push some buck in Tal's direction.
     
    chevalier, Jan 8, 2006
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  11. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    I'll pay the same as Sarevok, I'm a bit broke so soon after Christmas, don't get paid again till the 25th either! :lol:
    What's the PayPal address? I don't see it on the donation link.
     
    Barmy Army, Jan 8, 2006
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  12. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Well...As I said in #sorcerers, my fiance and I are dirt poor. For some reason, planning a wedding takes a lot of money *now* instead of 6 months from now. :rolleyes:

    But I will be renewing my SPS account during the month of Feburary, and with that, I'll chip in a little extra for this upgrade.

    BTW, can you tell us what the server is running Tal? (i.e. CPU brand/model, and current RAM amount...and any other relavent hardware.) :thumb: :rolling:
     
    Kitrax, Jan 8, 2006
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    Hope this helps, not a lot free cash after the holidays! :money:
     
    Brallrock, Jan 8, 2006
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  14. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    It unfortunatly falls during a very bad time. Xmas is costly, it's aftermath never too pleasent, and I'm not overjoyed to eat ramen noodles once again till february. :sick:

    Maybe then I can spare some change for a SPS account and for the upgrade.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Jan 8, 2006
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  15. Scot

    Scot The Small One Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Yes, where to send the pay pal too, and does it count for extending our account status?
     
    Scot, Jan 8, 2006
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  16. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    [​IMG] Kitrax, the CPU is Intel Pentium 4, 2.6 GHz, and there's 1GB of RAM currently. In desktop terms it isn't much, but it's decent for a server.

    You can find a text link as well as a PayPal button (right side of the page) on the page I linked, under the first heading, here: http://www.sorcerers.net/Main/helping_sp.php#paypal

    Or you can just skip over to the SPS subscription page, here: http://www.sorcerers.net/Supporters/signup.php

    And yes, all of these donations count for extending SPS accounts or opening new ones.

    Including Brallrock's donation, we now have $155.
     
    Taluntain, Jan 8, 2006
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    Done - for a good cause :thumb:
     
    C-F, Jan 8, 2006
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  18. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    @Tal no dual Intel Xeon 3.6 GHz setup with 16GB of RAM? :shake:

    If you're paying $435 per year for the what's running SP currently, I wonder what a dual Xeon setup would cost you! :eek:

    But just imagin, if you will, what SP could do if it was running on a server that had dual Xeon 3.6 GHz CPUs with 16GB of DDR2 RAM on this bad sucker! :money: :rolling:

    [ January 08, 2006, 09:30: Message edited by: Kitrax ]
     
    Kitrax, Jan 8, 2006
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  19. Barmy Army

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    We are sorry, we are experiencing temporary difficulties. Please try again later. If this error occurred while making a payment, avoid duplicate payments by checking your Account Overview before resending a payment.

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    Barmy Army, Jan 8, 2006
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  20. olimikrig

    olimikrig Cavalier of War Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    How soon will you be needing those RAM sticks? Because I'll have to wait till Feburary. Since I don't have the money for more than a couple of bucks, which is even less given the cost for the bank transfer, so if I were to make a donation that "mattered" I'd have to wait till Feb too.
     
    olimikrig, Jan 8, 2006
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