pilotdave 0 #1 December 10, 2004 Yep, full! We've gone over the 20 gigabyte mark and filled the hard drive on the server. While we work on a server upgrade, uploads are temporarily disabled. I'm gonna try to clean the server up a bit and make some extra room (I can't even upload html files right now). I just wanna thank all those that have uploaded files recently. The number of uploads and downloads has really increased over the 9+ months that we've been on our current server. So of course I'd like to give a big thanks to Matt Crocker for donating the hosting and bandwidth that many of us have been abusing like crazy. Check out the attached chart. We've been on Matt's server since about March. Take a look at what's happened since then. Cost of server upgrades is gonna depend on how fancy we wanna get. Anything from a donated 100 gig hard drive (hint hint) to a new $1000+ server, fully loaded. Might open up a paypal account if that's the way I decide to go. Anyway, that's what's going on. Thanks everybody (except the guy that emailed me the other day to tell me I suck)! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #2 December 10, 2004 Quote(except the guy that emailed me the other day to tell me I suck)! You suck Dave! Thanks for the service! Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 December 10, 2004 thanks for the great work. the guy who mailed you that you suck is certainly a sucker himself. how about asking people not to upload such BIG files (loads of 80+ MB files...) and having them slightly smaller...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #4 December 10, 2004 Quotehow about asking people not to upload such BIG files (loads of 80+ MB files...) and having them slightly smaller... naa that won't work... I think Dave has a good idea, OPen a paypal account (insert my idea) and require everyone that DL's to pay a nominal 1 time fee.(/insert my idea) Edit: I might have a 80 gig HD that I can part with... (might be upgrading my puter to a 250 gig HD...)Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #5 December 10, 2004 donations would be a great idea! I like the big files, people put alot of work into the editing then .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #6 December 10, 2004 What type of hard drive does your server use? IDE, SATA, SCSI, FC-AL??? I might be able to come up with something. Thanks for the vid hosting BTW, ~Matt~NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #7 December 10, 2004 Type of hard drive? Oh with a big enough hammer, I'm sure Matt can get any to fit. j/k... he said a plain IDE drive is all we need. He recommended 200 gigs which would pretty much make this a one time only kinda thing. But I'm sure we can make due with something a little smaller if we have to. I just got a 160 gig drive for $30... kicking myself for installing it now. Hmm... 200 gig drive, 20 gigs of skydiving videos, 180 gigs free... lots of bandwidth... maybe I'll start a porn site on there too! Now accepting audition tapes... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #8 December 10, 2004 Set Up the paypal account. I would be glad to contribute a jump ticket or two to the cause. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #9 December 10, 2004 Quote(insert my idea) and require everyone that DL's to pay a nominal 1 time fee.(/insert my idea) Naah, paying for stuff on the internet is for suckers. j/k premier members!! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #10 December 10, 2004 full? full???!?!?!?! dave, are you good for anything? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #11 December 10, 2004 /ban user BGill oops, wrong window. Gimme a free smoothie and I'll accept your apology. I'm looking for bad videos to delete to save some space... lets see, you're in a couple, aren't ya?? Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #12 December 10, 2004 QuoteHmm... 200 gig drive, 20 gigs of skydiving videos, 180 gigs free... lots of bandwidth... maybe I'll start a porn site on there too! Now accepting audition tapes... would you accept my last movie ?? where can I upload it ?? www.muffdivingvideos.com ??scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #13 December 10, 2004 IDE in a server?!! You should probably try and get some level of fault tolerance for that thing. I suggest a minimum of a 3 drive RAID 5 setup, preferrably using SCSI drives. BTW, I should be able to get you a decent deal on a refurbished HP server/drives if you want in the future.NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #14 December 10, 2004 that's it folks. the internet is broken. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChadFlorian 0 #15 December 10, 2004 Quote Now accepting audition tapes... Now accepting auditioners... I got plenty of tape! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #16 December 10, 2004 Feel free to delete my potato chipping video. I'm sure someone would rather see a hot flygirl instead. ;)http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #17 December 10, 2004 While I'm here... Anyone had trouble logging in? Some people have been sent right back to the login page every time they attempt to log in. I still don't know what caused the problem (I was never able to repeat it), but I changed the way the login system works a little bit. Hopefully it'll let everyone in now. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #18 December 10, 2004 With the speed of IDE drives now, it's not necessarily needed to go the scsi route. As for RAID, RAID 1 would be fine.----- ~~~Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fast 0 #19 December 10, 2004 QuoteWith the speed of IDE drives now, it's not necessarily needed to go the scsi route. As for RAID, RAID 1 would be fine. /agreed~D Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelB 0 #20 December 10, 2004 I put the following into my home computer about 7 months ago. It has worked flawlessly since then. 3 @ 250gb ide drives in a Raid 5. Resulted in 465gb of redundant drive D: in my computer. Nearly half a terabyte of redundant space in my home computer for under $900. If I need more space, I'll add a fourth 250gb drive to the array. Disk drives are a lot cheaper now. I think this could be done for under $700 now. However there are larger eide/ata drives available now. Seagate has a 400gb drive. That'd be cool to have four of them in a home computer. PROMISE FASTTRACK MODEL SX4000 RAID5 ATA http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=16-102-012&depa=0 1 @ $141.00 Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-309&depa=1 3 @ $145.00 Kingston ValueRam 168 Pin 256MB 1 @ $67.00 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shunkka 0 #21 December 12, 2004 i had the same problem to login now it`s ok ------------------------- "jump, have fun, pull" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvfd1399 0 #22 December 12, 2004 I would hate to pay every time I DL I would rather pay up front and get it all over. That way he will have the money up front, and will be able to see how much he can afford to put into it, and we wont have to mess around with paying all the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
op5e 0 #23 December 12, 2004 Hi Pilotdave, Just joined your site due to an email address stuff up "forgot the .au". Have downloaded a number of videos, I have to admit the one I like the best so far is wingnuts xmas eloy as it is just some friends having a great time in the sky. I have learnt alot from the malfunctions etc.. Have you resolved the space issue with the new disc or need more space? Let me know if there is anything I can do. -op5e Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattjw916 2 #24 December 12, 2004 ...then why is there no such thing as IDE RAID arrays on mid-high end business servers? RAID 1 suffers from a 50% overhead and there is no performance benefit. RAID 5 has less overhead, better performance in reading data, better scalability, but of course requires at least 3 drives. IDE is CPU intensive as opposed to SCSI which is designed to serve multiple requests from multiple independant hosts unlike IDE/SATA. Take a few minutes to look through the business class servers of any major manufacturer and you will see that NO ONE offers IDE RAID solutions... and it's for a reason.NSCR-2376, SCR-15080 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
op5e 0 #25 December 12, 2004 Not all companies can afford SCSI and I would not suggest SCSI on something non critical like a skydiving site that does not bring in revenue etc.. I have seen IDE raid fail on systems it should not have run on, but then again I have seen it used well. Possibly he got Raid1 and Raid0 confused, but how cares you look at what hardware you have and what you need to do and then pick the right one for the job. You may have a CPU hit with IDE but damn with the grunt of computers now days and the guess that the bandwidth is the bottle neck does that really matter. Also you have hardware raid cards for ide to get some load off the CPU. http://www.promise.com/product/product_list_eng.asp?familyId=7 Can we keep this on the topic, if we want to debate IDE vs SCSI can we post a new thread please? They both have their time and place. PilotDave, just yell if you need a hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
