Thanks to the more-than-generous outpouring from the community, we ordered a new server today.<\/p>\n
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll probably wonder how we closed the last 20% overnight. The short answer is…we didn’t<\/em>. We actually were offered a deal on a server slightly\u00a0faster<\/em> than the one we’ve been working toward, and at a lower price point.<\/p>\n The new server is a quad-decicore server with 128 GB of RAM. So, 40 physical cores with hyperthreading (80 threads total) – should be a far cry from our current 8-core, 32 GB of RAM rig. For the moment, we’ll be running on a traditional RAID array of mechanical disks, but eventually we’d like to upgrade those to SSDs as well.<\/p>\n We’ll still take donations to defray the monthly expenses of running the server; notepad figures put that around $100 a month, but if necessary we’ll continue to cover that cost. We’ll also be working toward some small upgrades like the aforementioned solid state drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to the more-than-generous outpouring from the community, we ordered a new server today. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll probably wonder how we closed the last 20% overnight. The short answer is…we didn’t. We actually were offered a deal … Continue reading