Kevin "Piratecat" Kulp has provided a quick update on the purchase of the new EN World server:
[bq]Brief update - I need to doublecheck, but I think we've hit $13,000!
Here's our quick list of what happens when:
- By midweek Adlon will have both purchase funds and the Opteron processors that Elocin has gotten for us (yay, Elocin!) He's pricing and checking specs on components right now. This means that unless something goes wrong, he should be constructing the first server next week.
- The donated Gateway that we'll use as a co-server is going straight to Adlon; it's on my list to find out when that ships. Once it does, we'll have some customization to do (adding RAM, etc.)
- I have about another $500 of contributions in checks that came in Saturday. I have to sort, post and deposit those. I'll do that Monday, and announce who they are from here.
- I have email addresses for most contributors. We'll get those to the "everyone wins a pdf!" publishers early this week. If I don't have an email address (say, from some folks who sent checks) I'll note it in this thread. Prize-wise, we'll distribute the remaining prizes in a week and a half. Thanks, publishers and contributors!
- After the servers are built and tested, then we tackle data transfer. More on that as it gets closer.[/bq]
[bq]Brief update - I need to doublecheck, but I think we've hit $13,000!
Here's our quick list of what happens when:
- By midweek Adlon will have both purchase funds and the Opteron processors that Elocin has gotten for us (yay, Elocin!) He's pricing and checking specs on components right now. This means that unless something goes wrong, he should be constructing the first server next week.
- The donated Gateway that we'll use as a co-server is going straight to Adlon; it's on my list to find out when that ships. Once it does, we'll have some customization to do (adding RAM, etc.)
- I have about another $500 of contributions in checks that came in Saturday. I have to sort, post and deposit those. I'll do that Monday, and announce who they are from here.
- I have email addresses for most contributors. We'll get those to the "everyone wins a pdf!" publishers early this week. If I don't have an email address (say, from some folks who sent checks) I'll note it in this thread. Prize-wise, we'll distribute the remaining prizes in a week and a half. Thanks, publishers and contributors!
- After the servers are built and tested, then we tackle data transfer. More on that as it gets closer.[/bq]
