Author Topic: It's come to Jesus time kids! I'm breaking out the offering collection plate. (Read 26381 times)

harrison · « **on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 10:29:48 »

Alright kids, we're breaking out the offering plate; it's time to empty the change from your pockets!

GH needs a new hard drive for DB working space. iMav has dumped a reasonable chunk of change into the forum in this past month, much less his time; unfortunately, the backups are now failing due to the storage space they're being written on.

We can see the effects of this first-hand with the loss of posts and PMs over this weekend.

We can let iMav sort out the donations, but we need to step up and be a part of the growth in a positive way. Please click the donate button in the header bar, throw in some change, and acknowledge your participation here (without an amount please, no need to turn this into a **** measuring contest). Every little bit helps, the $2 you'd spend on your coffee multiplies pretty quickly.

We've had some constructive discussion about how this might be addressed over here: missing posts/threads and postcount

If one of the 'keyboard' mods would like to sticky this for the week, that'd be cool too. (thanks reaper!)

megnin · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:07:19 »

Thanks iMav, for bringing us geehack and keeping it running!

absyrd · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:12:39 »

Quote from: megnin;579824

Thanks iMav, for bringing us geehack and keeping it running!

This!

keebler64 · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:14:46 »

Donated, this is a great site that I've only recently discovered, let's keep it going strong!

Nighted · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:20:56 »

More than $1, less than $100. [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 48682[/ATTACH]

Now please get an SSD with a reliable Marvell controller. Crucial C400 for example.

alaricljs · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:23:13 »

Well, it doesn't HAVE to be Marvell, but I wouldn't shoot for anything Sandforce until there's a controller+firmware that has been through LSI QA/QE.

i3oilermaker · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:25:53 »

Donated :becky:

AKIMbO · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:52:25 »

Donated.

treble318 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 11:55:52 »

I have just emailed a friend that works at intel, i will see what can be done. If you don't mind do you care to share the funds accumulated so far to see if there is enough cash to execute and purchase this ssd this with discount?

harrison · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 12:02:02 »

Quote from: treble318;579902

I have just emailed a friend that works at intel, i will see what can be done. If you don't mind do you care to share the funds accumulated so far to see if there is enough cash to execute and purchase this ssd this with discount?

that would need to be taken up with iMav directly. get a hold of him via the contact button on the header or via PM.

startacked · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 12:06:08 »

Donated. Great place!

mkawa · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 12:48:43 »

chipped in

Typhaeon · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:08:11 »

OK, I'll gladly donate, but I have a question.

Given the mid to high volume of posts on the forums, and all the other backend stuff that must be going on, you must be seeing a lot of data accumulate on whatever hard drive your server currently uses. In other words, a lot of write operations.

Aren't you concerned about SSDs' notable performance degradation over time if the disk is going to be seeing all this traffic? Won't it fill up pretty quickly, even with wear levelling, since data doesn't really get "deleted" from SSDs?

Of course I could be wrong here, or wary about nothing much in particular, but what sort of storage work does this unit need to be doing?

PS: Don't pay the Intel name-brand premium. Get one of these; I can vouch for its reliability, having used one a step up for about a year:

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit

It's well cheaper, too!

treble318 · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:25:36 »

Quote from: harrison;579913

that would need to be taken up with iMav directly. get a hold of him via the contact button on the header or via PM.

great, i'll pm as soon as I get the pricing.

net2522 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:30:00 »

keyboardlover · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:37:37 »

Donated.

Question: Are donations tax-deductible?

alaricljs · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:42:15 »

This is not a 501(c)(3), so no. Nice try tho. If you want to do the bookkeeping and pay for all the non-profit paperwork I'm sure iMav might consider it

cmadrid · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:47:11 »

Going to toss in. You might be able to both increase funds and drive some new traffic to the site via a kickstarter funding project or something of that nature.. ever considered?

cmadrid · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 13:57:10 »

I got a 64gb c4 from Microcenter a while back.. open box discount, great deal.. great ssd! Night and day for my aging pc

harrison · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 14:01:27 »

Quote from: Typhaeon;580013

OK, I'll gladly donate, but I have a question.

Given the mid to high volume of posts on the forums, and all the other backend stuff that must be going on, you must be seeing a lot of data accumulate on whatever hard drive your server currently uses. In other words, a lot of write operations.

Aren't you concerned about SSDs' notable performance degradation over time if the disk is going to be seeing all this traffic? Won't it fill up pretty quickly, even with wear levelling, since data doesn't really get "deleted" from SSDs?

Of course I could be wrong here, or wary about nothing much in particular, but what sort of storage work does this unit need to be doing?

PS: Don't pay the Intel name-brand premium. Get one of these; I can vouch for its reliability, having used one a step up for about a year:

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit

It's well cheaper, too!

That's all good and true, if we had DB write performance issues, we'd want SAS in RAID, but this is for DB backup working space.

alaricljs · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 14:03:06 »

Uh, no it's not harrison. iMav may have not explicitly stated this, but it's for storing the DB in order to make backing up the DB faster. So it would be primary storage and the HDD would be secondary (used for the backups).

Djuzuh · « **Reply #21 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 14:06:30 »

Donated.

Gawkbasher · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 14:25:06 »

Quote from: ripster;580066

And sorry, Ashort. No rum. Bought this at the liquor store last week next to my dog groomer. Cheap compared to the $1500 Knappogue Castle 1951 Irish Whisky which I didn't buy!
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...Flor de Cana 12 & 18 are good enough for me.

harrison · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 15:12:46 »

Quote from: alaricljs;580082

Uh, no it's not harrison. iMav may have not explicitly stated this, but it's for storing the DB in order to make backing up the DB faster. So it would be primary storage and the HDD would be secondary (used for the backups).

then we need to raise even more money! hosting the DB on a SSD likely isn't the ideal approach. I clearly misunderstood what he wrote. I'll correct the first post, and pick-up the discussion in the suggestions thread.

mkawa · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 15:13:57 »

yes, we need to invest in an intel enterprise grade ssd with a large amount of extra space to expend on wear leveling

edit: apparently not!

urbanus · « **Reply #25 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 16:15:14 »

Donated.

iMav · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 16:44:36 »

Quote from: alaricljs;580082

Uh, no it's not harrison. iMav may have not explicitly stated this, but it's for storing the DB in order to make backing up the DB faster. So it would be primary storage and the HDD would be secondary (used for the backups).

Actually, this will be step 2 and will accompany, likely, the next OS update.

I have tons of fast mirrored storage to make snapshots a reality...just need the dedicsted time to reallocate it. But for now, I am looking for fast, internal storage to WRITE the db backups to.

DanGWanG · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 17:04:48 »

Donated

ShakeR · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 17:09:54 »

Quote from: ripster;580066

Donated.

But I'm keeping mine. Just got them last Friday.
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RAID 0 with (2) 128GB SSD Crucials Pictured. Just bought a third last week, and have (2) 64s in my other machine. Not a single problem yet and much cheaper than Intel. Love these things!!!

Donated

Nighted · « **Reply #29 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 17:11:25 »

Crucials in RAID 0 here too.

treble318 · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 17:49:43 »

Here is what my inside connection can help with:

The only ones listed on our purchase site are the 180Gb and 240Gb. Its $233 ($274 at newegg) for the 180GB and $268 ($334 newegg) for the 240GB.

Let me know if this works. Not much of a discount but something.

jonnybastard · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 18:03:39 »

Donated :grouphug:

Game Theory · « **Reply #32 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 01:02:10 »

Donated.
2 Crucial M4 256GB non-raided. No HDDs at all.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #33 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 01:16:35 »

Donated

Ascaii · « **Reply #34 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 01:53:39 »

Ive done my part...now do yours, people ^^

demik · « **Reply #35 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 03:24:23 »

GH group buy shall be making it's donation soon.

last month i believe it was 140ish.

zirb · « **Reply #36 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 03:34:13 »

I did it, too

iMav · « **Reply #37 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 05:20:53 »

I'll tally the current total later today. I work for McAfee/Intel so do get a discount on their SSDs. (their employee store also takes PayPal, so that is a bonus!)

Of course, I'll also price out the more affordable options as well (ocz, crucial, kingston, etc)

kidchunks · « **Reply #38 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 05:32:37 »

Donated!

I would like to thank iMav and all the others who help keep this place running in tip top condition. :clap2:

ForestFunK · « **Reply #39 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 09:12:33 »

Donated aswell!

rodya · « **Reply #40 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:33:28 »

Donated.

biochem · « **Reply #41 on:** Tue, 24 April 2012, 18:37:05 »

Donated.

jwaz · « **Reply #42 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 00:23:15 »

Donated!

Rinsaku · « **Reply #43 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 01:02:57 »

Donated, Thanks for providing us with such an awesome site! =3

kaiserreich · « **Reply #44 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 06:18:36 »

Quote from: iMav;580678

I'll tally the current total later today. I work for McAfee/Intel so do get a discount on their SSDs. (their employee store also takes PayPal, so that is a bonus!)

Of course, I'll also price out the more affordable options as well (ocz, crucial, kingston, etc)

They used to have a better selection.

Donated

Autolyze · « **Reply #45 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 21:35:15 »

Donated! I don't even want to think about how many hours I've spent on GH in the last six months.

FoxWolf1 · « **Reply #46 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 21:57:23 »

Donated.

komar007 · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 26 April 2012, 13:19:39 »

Donated.

whiteduck · « **Reply #48 on:** Thu, 26 April 2012, 16:49:32 »

Donated. Thanks for hosting this site even though it has been the downfall of my savings.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #49 on:** Thu, 26 April 2012, 21:05:16 »

Tossed in a few bucks

Wish I had more to spare

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Author Topic: It's come to Jesus time kids! I'm breaking out the offering collection plate. (Read 26381 times)