Dafydd Edward Dragon wrote:
> Dafydd Edward Dragon wrote:
>> Goldkin wrote:
>>> Dafydd Edward Dragon wrote:
>>>> To add, a good friend of mine that has posted here on occasion
>>>> (goldkin for those that know him) has been talking to me about him
>>>> possibly hosting the muck. I don't we'd suck up huge mounts of
>>>> bandwidth, or at least no more than a common website (I love how
>>>> mucks are so lightweight), and I can definitely trust him to
>>>> securely host it and have backups of it just in case. I'm more than
>>>> willing to debate with everyone here about where we host the server,
>>>> but I would like to also have the database backup just so I can put
>>>> it in my own archives as well.
>>>
>>> To clarify: I have access to about three different candidate servers.
>>>
>>>
>>> My primary choice is a server I own with VPSLink. I have a virtual
>>> private server with them that has fairly good uptime, little
>>> performance variability, 150GB transfer per month, and about
>>> three-to-four gigs of hard drive space.
>>>
>>> That's accessible through the domain "****nylizard.net" currently.
>>> Bonus points if Aeto can transfer or add records for DNS, though.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cost isn't really an issue. They charge me $12 a month, and are paid
>>> up through the next year. My domain's also registered until at least
>>> 2012. :P
>>>
>>> If someone else opts to host the MUCK instead, I'd be happy to host
>>> backup images.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Something sounds odd, though. If a 12-drive array did indeed fail in
>>> that manner, it sounds to me that Aeto was using something like RAID0
>>> or a six-drive RAID1, both of which provide fairly minimal redundancy
>>> (but quite a bit of storage capacity). I'd be curious to know the
>>> state of his backups, and how far from "the end of the MUCK" they
fall.
>>>
>>>
>>> One more thing: I'm not a native resident of the MUCK, so I see this
>>> problem purely as one of systems administration and a little bit of
>>> philanthropy (phildraconity?).
>>>
>>> Given what Dav's told me, the big issues are keeping the thing
>>> running, having a transparent backup process, having good lines of
>>> communication, and not being stupid about the whole business. I
>>> suggest whomever ends up running the thing be accessible by IM,
>>> email, and/or IRC should Bad Things Happen.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anywho. That's my $0.02.
>>>
>>> - Goldkin
>>
>> Murrm.. for those that aren't aware, 'Dav' is me, Dafydd Edward
>> Dragon, I go by Dav as a nickname that I'm quite fond of being called
>> by. I have been in Alfandria muck all the way to the bitter end even
>> though I was a bit of a late comer. I think it'd be a wise idea to
>> host the muck on Goldkin's server, or at the very least have it run as
>> a backup mirror.
>
>
> I thought appropriate to put this post back here since everyone seems to
> have completely gone off topic talking about other things... What's the
> status of getting Alfandria's backup from Aeto?, What are people's
> thoughts of having Goldkin either host or at least run a backup server.
> Can we get this backup from Aeto sometime soon? I know of a lot of
> people who'd like to see Alfandria back.
>
> -Dafydd Edward Dragon
*jumps up and down and waves his wings in the air* Hellllooooooo? Can
we get some answerers here please? Perhaps a debate or an agreement
about my proposal? Please something. I want Alfandria muck back.
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