Special tip mug project
 

One: good news about Cellar tip mug's future. A new client of mine is going to be taking up more of the slack in paying for the rack space where the Cellar lives. Soon, the amount needed to fill the mug each month will be cut in half, and I think at that point we can give up begging.

It is not right for the place to behave like a hobo in any way.

*however*

To be addressed sooner than that! The Cellar's database server has a dying hard drive. There are several ways to address this... for different amounts of money.

$0, worst option: hope the disk lives 6 more weeks, long enough for the slack to be taken up by the tip mug.

$0, second worst option: move the database back to the same server that runs the Cellar. It'll be a little slower, but it'll be free.

$70, better option: replace Cellar database server hard drive. A big pain in my ass, but I don't count that in the cost.

$130, best option: repair awesome Supermicro server that I have* and install it as the Cellar + database

$2000, ridiculous option: buy entirely new HP server and install it as the Cellar + database

Mug donations for the next three days will determine which course of action I take. As always, donations are anonymous to everybody but me (they go to my paypal account), but you know who you are, and thank you. And, as always, if you determine for WHATEVER REASON that you don't want to or can't donate, I will never hold it against you in any way, and the anonymity is there to protect non-donors as much as donors.

As always, your greatest donation to the Cellar is your participation in it.

* Further explanation: I have a really pro server that just sits in my bedroom, a project that failed. The server arrived and would not pass power-on testing. I replaced the mainboard under warranty, but when the system still would not boot, the client decided just to ditch and buy a whole new server. They are fine with me using this one as I see fit. I believe now that I got a bad CPU, and a $130 CPU from eBay might bring it back to glorious life. It contains four 160GB SATA drives and supports newish Intel Xeon CPUs, so this is a top-quality server intended to live in a rack in a proper data center. (If the server still doesn't work after CPU replacement, I will fall back to the $70 option and leave the rest in the mug.)

Dude, I live on a ridiculously limited income, but, I do buy lottery tix.

I promise you this: I will buy one extra ticket each week this month. If I hit, you get it. If I hit it for $2000 or more, you got your ridiculous option.

I promise.

That's fair!

Do we need to indicate if it's for this project as opposed to the regular tip mug?

We have reached the $130 level so all future donations go directly to the mug. Thanks folks! I will be looking to buy the CPU today or tomorrow. An overflow has gone directly to the mug. The Cellar shall survive and thrive!

So, no chance of the $2,000 option?

Fuckin' A, man.

We still have digr's lotto tickets in the mix.

There are probably better things to do with that level of money though.

N.B. the CPU is coming from Hong Kong with expedited shipping, but I don't know what that means. I will keep the thread posted on progress with this project, and in the meantime, rest assured there are good backups happening.

ime, that can mean days and it can mean months. good luck.

If it's a reliable company, at most, weeks.

...which fits right in the middle of my range.....

Not this week, but, one of the guys I run with just hit for $600.

Bastard.

The CPU has arrived and I installed it and I get the *same results*

:mad:

Anyway, I'm not giving up I'm not! Next is power diagnosis.

Ouch. Good luck. Keep us posted :0