Another WTF Christopher????

[Adrenaline Revolution]

there are always cheap ways to do it.
But I would like two brand new, under warrenty, high end servers to run this place with NO problems for the next several years. And we have priced them out at $15K each.

So what I'm seeing is that SnoWest HIRED you after you sold yourself to them to improve their website so they could get more advertisers, they are paying you a salary, you came out of nowhere at all...never heard of you on this forum, screwed it up completely 'till it's slower than my home computer on dial up downloading a thesaurus at the same time I'm trying to surf p0rn, all the while telling us how much BETTER it's going to be when you install tons of "Upgrades" (anybody could see that would slow this to a crawl) that nobody here asked for or wants (read, childish garbage) changed the look and the feel of a site that had become comfortable and familiar like a family (Dysfunctional, but still family) brought a ton more Moderators online...still curious about that one and now claim that you're hitting up SnoWest for $30.000 too?????

WTF, and I mean that sincerely...WTF...SnoWest has some serious patience with their new employees.

I'll give you credit for one thing though...
You HAVE taken a lot of crap over all this and still you seem to have a good attitude.
Either SW is paying you a TON of money or you're a masochist!

Please....continue ruining my hangout.
Kind of like the tree huggers making it impossible to ride in my favorite riding area.
I'll miss this place for what it was.

 

[03rmking]

$30k for servers???? Come on. Why does snowest need to own and run their own servers? Obviously this scenario isnt working. Lease up some MANAGED dedicated servers and be done with this issue...

 

[Ex-Member]

I'm for moving the whole thing into a cloud and not dealing with a small handful of servers....

 

[maluchm]

Please....continue ruining my hangout.
Kind of like the tree huggers making it impossible to ride in my favorite riding area.
I'll miss this place for what it was.

AMEN to that!!! I'm not convinced "Sell out" is the correct phrase just yet but what the heck happened to the forum?

You need 30 g's for servers but all this new $hit has nothing to do with the lag time?

 

[tudizzle]

I say..................pay cut!

Just prove how much you really love and care about this site. Your dedication to make it better, to improve the overall user experience..blahblahblah. It can't be just about the money?

 

[hatchers]

If they had taken the money they are paying you and put it toward servers we would have no issues.

or they could just remove the new disney world theme and get back to the basic function of a message board.....but this would imply folks come here to talk about sled stuff....nevermind

 

[arfrce]

I can not believe you guys would be like this. I don't think they know how many hours you put in setting in front of your computer screen. Just so they can come and chat with their friends and sell their items.

So, I for one apologize to you on behalf of their behavior.

Jeff

 

[arfrce]

No Not that at all. I work in IT and web design I know how long it takes to do things.
Plus I am on here after I get off at 12 pm and I see christopher on here. He is too busy to hardly post his own questions sometime.
Give credit where credit is due. He is doing a heck of a job.

 

[togwotee9]

Never said he wasn't, just given you a hard time

 

[Skinner]

never said he wasn't, just given you a hard time :d

Me too!!!!!

 

[arfrce]

Mule didn't you know new is always better

I hate to say it but used in the computer world means out of date.
And that cycle comes about every 6-8 months.
As you can see the computer you bought 4-6 months ago is almost outdated. Yes it still works But the news ones perform better and faster.

 

[FreeAgent]

I will wait, but gees Don't lay an egg!

Skinner be nice i know your secrets......Alot of them...LOL

 

[togwotee9]

I hate to say it but used in the computer world means out of date.
And that cycle comes about every 6-8 months.
As you can see the computer you bought 4-6 months ago is almost outdated. Yes it still works But the news ones perform better and faster.

so does a new wife, but I can't afford a divorce. same goes for the electronics in my airplane, but I don't drop 40K every year cause Bendix King came out with something new. If snowest can afford to drop 30K do it, but it sounds like the can't, or they would have done it all ready. The server at my office is 6 years old works just fine, albeit doesn't get used like this site, but it still works.

Have a nice night

 

[togwotee9]

And I'm sure Mule will chime in

 

[christopher]

Not that there is any really compelling reason for me to share this, other than the fact that there might be one of you who really appreciates what serious internet horsepower looks like, this is the server that I want to power SnoWest with. And I would like a matched pair of them. And this is the cost of the RAW HARDWARE only.

This would ensure absolutely no delays with 10,000 users on SnoWest at the same time this winter.

PowerEdge R900
Starting Price

$18,742Instant Savings

$2,087

Subtotal

$16,655

Review Your PowerEdge R900Date & Time: 9/17/2009 10:01:51 PM

SYSTEM OPTIONS

PowerEdge R900
PowerEdge R900, 2x L7455 Xeon, Six Cores, 2.13GHz, 12M Cache, 1066Mhz FSBedit
Additional Processor
Upgrade to Four Quad Six L7455 Xeon, 2.13GHz, 12M Cache, 1066Mhz FSBedit

Memory
16GB Memory, 8x2GB, 667MHzedit

Operating System
No Operating Systemedit
Operating System Additions
Noneedit
O/S Partitions
Noneedit

Backplane
1X8 SAS Backplane, for 2.5 Inch SAS Hard Drives only, PowerEdge R900edit

External RAID Controllers
Internal PERC RAID Controller, RAID 6 configedit

External Storage Controller(s)
Noneedit
Primary Hard Drive
73GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 2.5-in HotPlug Hard Driveedit

2nd Hard Drive
73GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 2.5-in HotPlug Hard Driveedit

3rd Hard Drive
73GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 2.5-in HotPlug Hard Driveedit
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4th Hard Drive
73GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Driveedit


Noneedit
Rack Rails
No Rack Rails included with systemedit

Bezel
PowerEdge R900 Active Bezeledit
Power Cords
2x Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C14, 15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meteredit

NETWORKING OPTIONS

Network Card
Four (4) Fully Integrated Broadcom® 5708 Gigabit NICs, TOE Capableedit

Fiber Channel HBAs
NoneeditTCP/IP Offload Engine Enablement
Integrated NICs are TOE Readyedit

Modem / DRAC
Noneedit

S

SOFTWARE OPTIONS

Tape Backup Software
Noneedit
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Noneedit
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Client Access Licenses
Noneedit

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Systems Management Consoles and Licenses
Noneedit
Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Accessories
Noneedit

OTHER OPTIONS

Optional Optical Drive
8x DVD-ROM, Internaledit

Keyboards, Mice and Related Devices
Noneedit

External Server Accessories
Noneedit

Documentation
Electronic System Documentation, OpenManage DVD Kit with DMCedit
Additional Documentation
Noneedit

OTHER OPTIONS

Virtualization Protection Software
Noneedit

Flexible Client Solutions
Noneedit

workload migration software
Noneedit

SERVICE OPTIONS

Hardware Support Services
3Yr Basic Hardware Warranty Repair: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsiteedit
Data Protection Offers

 

[Alaskan_awd]

This would ensure absolutely no delays with 10,000 users on SnoWest at the same time this winter.

Do you honestly think that SnoWest will hit anywhere near 10,000 members online at once? The most ever so far is less then 5k, and there are a little over 9,000 active members. Based on those numbers, SnoWest will have to DOUBLE it's active members, I don't think so.

Why are you so convinced that there is going to be a crazy flood of new members coming to SnoWest this winter? I am sure SnoWest will gain members but I bet it will be at a slower pace then normal because of the economy.

 

[togwotee9]

This would ensure absolutely no delays with 10,000 users on SnoWest at the same time this winter.

Most users ever online was 4,449, 01-25-2009 at 10:32 PM

10000 users at one time???????

and thanks for the infraction

 

[skibreeze]

^^^^^^^

I don't know what any of that crap is, and I don't care. I just don't want to wait so long to post. That should be Job 1.

 

[03rmking]

Christopher, why don't you go with a leased MANAGED server (or two or three)?

 

[togwotee9]

Christopher, why don't you go with a leased MANAGED server (or two or three)?

because someone else would be in control of it, am I right Christopher