I believe, Dan, you meant to post this on G3-5-List or something? Discussion isn't permitted on LEM Swap.
[my comments inserted, but leaving the rest untrimmed as the original wasn't posted on this list] >Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:15:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: Dan the listmom <[email protected]> >To: LEM Swap <[email protected]> >Subject: LEM Server Project Update > >Friends: > >I'd like to say thanks to list members who are helping us set up a >Power Mac G4 server here at Low End Mac headquarters. The original >plan was to upgrade to Comcast Business and host Low End Mac here to >save on hosting fees, but several people pointed out the danger of >down time due to power outages. Also consider reliability and other problems with Comcast's network. a) As providers go, I doubt they're even close to two-nines of up-time (87 hours of down-time per year). b) If it's a coax service (not resold xDSL as they do in some areas) then your bandwidth availability will be *severely* limited, especially in the evening hours, due to oversubscription and poor QoS controls. c) Last time I checked, Comcast offered *no* DDoS protections at all, and their telephone support people were totally clueless as to how to even begin to escalate sucb an issue when reported. >We typically have at least one power outage of 4-8 hours every year, a >few off less than two hours, and several brief ones (under 10 minutes) >that we can ride out with a UPS. Problem is that if this happens at >night or when I'm away from home, LEM could be down for hours on end. >That would mean a loss of income, since most of that is generated by >displaying ads. Make a deal with a neighbor, to give you a jump-start as needed. >Instead, we're setting up a development server that may also function >as a mirror of lowendmac.com just in case our primary server has >problems. We'll also be hosting a few low traffic sites that don't >make us money, saving us a bit on hosting fees every month. > >We have received a Digital Audio Power Mac, a 1.8 GHz dual G4 upgrade >from Giga Designs, and promises of RAM and retired copies of Mac OS X. >I'm in the process of benchmarking the Power Mac with its 533 MHz CPU >and ATI Rage 128 Pro graphics card for publication on LEM today. > >I have run into a problem with the Giga Designs upgrade. I've tried to >install the firmware update software on our Mystic as well as the >Digital Audio after making sure that each Mac had up-to-date firmware. >Whether I boot into Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.6, the updater >reaches a certain point and goes no further. If any of you have tips, >I'd be most grateful. Does the updater provide any log, or at least yammer into system.log? Try stripping the hardware to the bare minimum, including pulling xtra pci cards. >If I can get this 1.8 GHz dual G4 upgrade working, we may further >change our plans and turn it into our production machine, replacing >our dual 1 GHz MDD Power Mac G4, which would then become our in-house >server. (Alas, the upgrade doesn't work with the 167 MHz bus in the >MDD Power Mac.) We'll see what happens with this upgrade. > >Thanks again to many generous list members for their support. > >Dan Knight, publisher, Low End Mac >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ >You received this message because you are subscribed to LEM-Swap. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
