I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

Well.....this is an add-on.
If somebody wishes to donate and earmark it here for the server itself rather than the warranty/spares upgrade I think we can keep that separate. I think somebody had also posted a suggestion in Jeff's thread about possibly upgrading the drives from 1TB to 2TB.

$437.00 to go for the warranty/spares package.

That was me.. Just asking because it is a potential money and space saver.

1T drives going for about $100. 2T's going for about $140.. more space for less money if they can load it with 2T's. It would still not change the ball park of the total. So my question there is.. do they have enough.. or do we need to keep tossing in donations for it?

It sure has gone up from the original approx 6K price tag. But I would much prefer they over build than under build.

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Janice

I am not ignoring.. but on Jeff's new server thread there is a total of 13,000..
and scraped together 10,000 to work with.

So I am waiting to see if we need to push it back up to get it delivered.

Well.....this is an add-on.
If somebody wishes to donate and earmark it here for the server itself rather than the warranty/spares upgrade I think we can keep that separate. I think somebody had also posted a suggestion in Jeff's thread about possibly upgrading the drives from 1TB to 2TB.

$437.00 to go for the warranty/spares package.

That was me.. Just asking because it is a potential money and space saver.

1T drives going for about $100. 2T's going for about $140.. more space for less money if they can load it with 2T's. It would still not change the ball park of the total. So my question there is.. do they have enough.. or do we need to keep tossing in donations for it?

It sure has gone up from the original approx 6K price tag. But I would much prefer they over build than under build.

I agree.....$480.00 to double the drive storage is also a very good investment.

Let's attack the warranty add-on first, and then perhaps I can start another mini-drive for the hard drives.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

I am in standby mode until I hear back. It is after all their decision(I am uncertain if they have it already ordered or not) And if they need another 3K..
Then we need to see about chipping in to get them another 3K.

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Janice

This should cover the hard drives...

Thank you for your gift of $500.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $500.00

Your confirmation number is:
62991

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BOINC blog

This should cover the hard drives...

Thank you for your gift of $500.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $500.00

Your confirmation number is:
62991

Wonderful, Mark.

Still working on the warranty package then.......
$437.00 to go and the kitties kick in the final $100.00

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Thank you for your gift of $200.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $200.00

Your confirmation number is:
62992

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A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart

Thank you for your gift of $200.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $200.00

Your confirmation number is:
62992

And thank you indeed, Helli.

$237.00 to go on the warranty upgrade with spare parts.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Dear Adam C,

Thank you for your gift of $100.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $100.00

Your confirmation number is:
xxxx


Donated a bit for now. I'll try to donate more next month when I have a little extra cash. :)

Dear Adam C,

Thank you for your gift of $100.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $100.00

Your confirmation number is:
xxxx


Donated a bit for now. I'll try to donate more next month when I have a little extra cash. :)

Great.....thanks for joining in, lupo. I should expect your green star should be tagging along shortly.

Only $137.00 to go and the kitties shall do their bit.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Uuhm - yesterday SETI got a big Donation from a single Person:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php?month=09&year=2010

Helli

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A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart

No problem. It's the least I can do to help the cause and thank you all for all the help you have given me over the past few weeks.

Adam

Uuhm - yesterday SETI got a big Donation from a single Person:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/donation_history.php?month=09&year=2010

Helli

Oh my!!! $4000.00!! I wonder who it was from.....
If it was not earmarked for anything else, that would certainly cover the rest of the server cost itself. But it might have been intended for general operating expenses. Unless they wish to tell us, we don't know.

The kitties are still sniffing about for another $137.00 donor.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Thank you for your gift of $400.00 via Mastercard on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $400.00

Your confirmation number is:
62994


Steve

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Warning, addicted to SETI crunching!
Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group.
GPUUG Website

Thank you for your gift of $400.00 via Mastercard on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $400.00

Your confirmation number is:
62994


Steve

Thank you Steve!!!

And the kitties have gathered their kibbles together to send along to Seti as well.........


Thank you for your gift of $100.00 via Visa on 09/18/2010.
You gift was assigned to the following areas:

SETI@home - $100.00

Your confirmation number is:
62995


Gimme a minute to total this all up.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

According to Jeff's post they were about 3K short of funds for the desired server configuration.

If the 4K posted yesterday was marked for the server upgrade, plus these here today, we should be golden for a great machine!

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....

According to Jeff's post they were about 3K short of funds for the desired server configuration.

If the 4K posted yesterday was marked for the server upgrade, plus these here today, we should be golden for a great machine!

If not.. we might get a good start on the next machine.

Honestly.. my inner geek drools over the thought of giving thumper a fan transplant and general overhaul..

Okay trying to muck my way through the online donation pages..

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Janice

whoever posted the 4K donation is my new BFF!

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....

Well.......
The kitties are once again amazed and grateful for the support of the project shown here.
We raised $500.00 for the hard drive upgrade from 1TB to 2TB.
And $900.00 for the warranty/spare parts package upgrade.

Which means we have about $283.00 extra....

Wanna go one more step?

Stick with me here.

The current processors are 2 Xeon E5620s...
We could upgrade to 2 Xeon E5650s.

Takes us from 8 cores total to 12.
Raises core clock from 2.4GHz to 2.66GHz.
Increases QPI data bus rate from 5.86GT/s to 6.46GT/s.
And raises the RAM speed from 1066MHz to 1333MHz.

Would be a LOT more horsepower under the hood.

The upgrade is $1406.00, of which we already have $283.00...
So that would leave $1123.00 to raise.

The kitties' kibble bowl is getting kinda bare, but I asked them and they said they could scrape up enough kibble to add another $50.00 if you folks can come up with the rest.

Meow meow.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

Thanks for the Info, Mark - it seems you are THE Locomotive for quick Donations. ;-)

Helli

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A loooong time ago: First Credits after SETI@home Restart

Thanks for the Info, Mark - it seems you are THE Locomotive for quick Donations. ;-)

Helli

Well.....
I think it's easier for some folks to justify donating if they have a better idea of just what they are helping with.
This server will be a much stronger backbone to support the rest of the servers on the project.
And help advance the science of Seti.
(And hopefully allow better uptime so we can all get our crunching jones on...LOL.)

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."