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Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
Hello Everyone: Here's a new thread to keep everyone updated on our current projects. The Basics How To Donate Please visit http://www.gpuug.org/catalog. From there, you will be able to donate to our current projects using Paypal, check or money order. What We Do With Your Money As we are a 100% volunteer funded and supported organization, we are able to allocated 100% of all donated funds (minus Paypal fees) toward projects which directly benefit SETI at Home. 501c3 Recognized Entity The GPU Users Group Inc. is a recognized 501c3 organization in the United States. This means that your donations may be tax deductible on your federal income taxes. Our EIN for tax purposes is 45-2969708. Sponsors Thanks to our corporate sponsor NKOL http://www.nkol.net/, we are able to build items such as servers at a steep discount allowing us to stretch our donor's dollars. Direct SETI Donations We now offer the ability to donate directly to SETI at Home via the Paypal service. If you would like to donate directly to SETI at Home please visit http://www.gpuug.org/donatecash. Hardware Donations You can also donate hardware directly to the project. Please visit http://www.gpuug.org/donatehardware and browse our list of currently needed hardware. Our Past Projects Since our inception, through the generosity of our donors we have donated: 1) QTY 1, 4 Drive SATA Dock which has slots to utilize 3TB SATA drives for Astropulse data transportation. 2. QTY 6 3TB Hard Drives for Astropulse data transportation. 3. QTY 4, 2TB SATA Hard Drives (Donated by member Deltoid) for data transportation. 4. QTY 45, 2TB Seagate Hard Drives for: 5. QTY 1, SuperMicro JBOD Array which will house the science database along with other future throughput improvements for SETI at Home. To read more on this please visit: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=66635 6. $10316.86 USD in cash via donors that utilized our direct to SETI Paypal feature. 7. QTY 1: PaddyM Server (Upload/Download Server) 8. QTY 1: GeorgeM Server (Astropulse/NTPCKR Server) 9. QTY 1: Battery Backup for GeorgeM's 3ware 9750-4i4e 10. QTY 5: JBOD Backup Hard Drives 11. QTY 2: SETI at Home Desktop Workstation 12. 3 Logitech Mice and Keyboards 13. QTY 4 24" Asus Monitors 14. Raid card with battery backup for PaddyM 15. QTY 10 Hotswap/Transport hard drive for the JBOD 16. Mini SAS Controller 17. KVM for Eric Korpela 18. Keyboard for Matt Lebofsky 19. UPS Systems for lab workstations 20. High capacity power strips for lab 21. GPU for Eric's workstation. 22. 2 Synergy replacement drives. 23. 4 Turtle HD transport cases. 24. RAID battery backup. 25. 1 closet and 1 10GbE switch. 26. QTY 20 Hydrogen Array Hard Drives 27. QTY 16 Hydrogen Array Hard Drives 28. QTY 20 GBT Transport Drives 29. QTY 2 Turtle Transport Cases 30. QTY 3, 3TB transport drives. Useful Links How to Donate: http://www.gpuug.org/catalog Past Purchases for SETI with Tracking Info: http://www.gpuug.org/purchases Payments Paid to SETI at Home for Direct SETI Donations http://www.gpuug.org/donationreports/payments About Paypal Donations: http://www.gpuug.org/content/about-paypal-donations About Direct SETI Donations: http://www.gpuug.org/content/direct-donations-setihome Tax Exempt Status: http://www.gpuug.org/content/tax-exemption-status-information Forums: http://www.gpuug.org/forum About Us: http://www.gpuug.org/content/about-gpu-users-group-inc Staff: http://www.gpuug.org/content/about-gpu-users-group-inc Mission: http://www.gpuug.org/content/our-mission ________________________________________________________________________________ Current Projects 1. This project has two parts rolled into one. A) Replacement Bruno Server: This server will be a new, dedicated Upload server for the SETI at Home project. This server will also run backend functions that will benefit from being close to the result files, e.g. the validators. B) Replacement Vader Server: This server will be a dedicated download server as well as dedicated to running various ancillary backend functions. Any excess capacity will be used to run post/pre NTPCKR/RFI functions (e.g. RFI studies, big array/image plotting with IDL, etc) These two servers will have a huge impact on the project's ability to serve and collect data from the processing volunteers which we can all appreciate in this time of troubled server closet woes. Here are the specs for our two new servers. The specs for both servers are identical. QTY 1 SuperChassis 836BE26-R1k28B QTY 1 Super Micro X9DR7-TF+ Motherboard QTY 2 INTEL XEON E5-2660 8C/16T 2.2G 20M S2011 QTY 2 SuperMicro Passive Heat Sink SNK-P0048P QTY 8 Kingston 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 ECC REG QTY 12 Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 7200R 64M SATA QTY 1 LSI Logic 3Ware 9750-16i4e QTY 1 3Ware RAID Card Memory Backup Battery LSI Logic LSIiBBU07 QTY 1 Raid Card Battery While it's true that both of these servers meet the Lab provided specs, it's also true that they substantially surpass those specs in terms of horsepower and longevity. The hope here is that these servers preform better than expected, for longer than expected. To donate to this project please visit http://www.gpuug.org/content/setihome-upload-download-boinc-ntpckr-servers Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
Quick notes about SETI Cash Donations: 1. We'll be remitting payment to SETI at Home on Monday (Jan 07, 2013) in the amount of $3485.00 USD. This is thanks in part to our generous donors as well as one very generous donor who contributed $2000 USD. 2. Some of the green star awards still aren't going through. I'll remind Matt to have a look at the system and find out what broke in the automated system this go around. Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13736 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Slavac, good to see you back again. I hope you're fully recovered. Grant Darwin NT |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
+1 David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Christoph Send message Joined: 21 Apr 03 Posts: 76 Credit: 355,173 RAC: 0 |
+2 Christoph |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
Welcome back! |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Hey Brad, you okay? A couple days ago I tried to make a donation through GPUUG and had trouble logging in. I sent you a PM on here and haven't heard back. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
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Christoph Send message Joined: 21 Apr 03 Posts: 76 Credit: 355,173 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for the info. Christoph |
MarkJ Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 |
I've made a donation, how about the rest of you? We need to get moving on these otherwise things aren't going to get any better. BOINC blog |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22199 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
I too have dropped a few dimes in the bucket... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
MarkJ Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 |
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Fred E. Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 |
I'm in. Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. |
Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 132 Credit: 23,423,829 RAC: 0 |
What happend to Slavac and GPUUG? The silence is deafening. |
MarkJ Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 |
I was wondering the same. I do hope he is well. There doesn't seem to be any activity on the GPUUG site either. Anyone heard from Slavac recently? BOINC blog |
Sakletare Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 132 Credit: 23,423,829 RAC: 0 |
I was wondering the same. I do hope he is well. There doesn't seem to be any activity on the GPUUG site either. Anyone heard from Slavac recently? It's no surprise that GPUUG is quiet too, nothing happens without Slavac. |
Karsten Vinding Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 239 Credit: 25,201,931 RAC: 11 |
I think its a little disturbing that the last time his computer reported anything was about a month ago. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I think its a little disturbing that the last time his computer reported anything was about a month ago. I find it disturbing too, and have noted same on our team forum. I wish a reply from Slavac, no matter why. It's OK, Slavac, why you cannot help any longer. We just wish to know the reason. Many of us here wish you well, and just want to hear from you. Please reply, my friend. Please reply. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Fred E. Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 |
It's OK, Slavac, why you cannot help any longer.+1 Someone got some recent donation data to the project. My Feb 16 donation now shows in my SETI account, and I see a few new green stars in the donation threads for those that donate general purpose money via PayPal on the GPUUG site. Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. |
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