Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread R. Scott Belford

HawaiiDakine.com wrote:



Did You Get my Check?

I sent it before Christmas.



Aloha Al

Our thanks to you and Julie.  Yours did arrive.  One of the four hard 
drive checks arrived, too.  Technically we received two.  It's no big 
deal, at all, Michael is rich, ;-), but I thought a little reminder 
would help.


--scott
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread Nakashima

On Monday, January 8, 2007, at 04:19  AM, R. Scott Belford wrote:


Michael Bishop wrote:

Vince Hoang wrote:

Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle
the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you
need a donation receipt.

OK, so I'm ordering (4) Western Digital 500G HDs and (1) 3ware 
9500S-4LP. I'll post when it arrives.


We have only received one check so far.


Having complete confidence in the delivery person  :-) , I'm pretty 
sure you got mine, right?

--Peter

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2007-01-08 Thread R. Scott Belford

Nakashima wrote:

Having complete confidence in the delivery person  :-) , I'm pretty sure 
you got mine, right?


Mercy

The exceedingly generous gift from you and your family has been well 
received, Peter, and we are quite grateful.  Thanks for following 
through.  The gentle nudging has put all the ducks in a row, and Michael 
will soon be reimbursed.  In a year. :-)



--Peter


--scott
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-24 Thread Nakashima

On Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at 12:51  PM, Michael Bishop wrote:


$169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
$324.99 for 3Ware RAID
$1004.95 grand total

$807.95 - (4) IDE HDs

$197 more for SATA drives

Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.

Would anyone else like to chip in? Any amount will help. Do I hear 
$15? $50? $100? $200?


I'll pledge $500 for HOSEF to use in whatever way it feels appropriate. 
I'll get the check to Scott ASAP.

--Peter

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-23 Thread Clifton Royston
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 07:12:03AM -1000, Vince Hoang wrote:
 On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:51:10PM -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote:
  I'll give a $50.00 check to the mirror server project with the
  hopes of FreeBSD being part of it.
 
 Done! http://mirrors.hosef.org/FreeBSD/
 
 I cheated, FreeBSD ISOs have been there for at least two years
 now. CVSup is a bigger hurdle. Any modula 3 hackers out there?
 
 I doubt the old motherboard supports PCI-X, but the 3ware
 9500S-4LP should work. (SATA, RAID1+0).
 
  To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef?
 
 HOSEF
 PO Box 392
 Kailua, HI 96734
 
 Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle
 the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you
 need a donation receipt.

  I'm mailing HOSEF my donation check for $251.95 towards the mirror
server upgrades today.  Thanks to everyone who helped organize this,
and especially Vince for stepping forward to be point man.

  -- Clifton

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread HawaiiDakine.com

Vince Hoang wrote:

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:51:10PM -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote:


I'll give a $50.00 check to the mirror server project with the
hopes of FreeBSD being part of it.



Done! http://mirrors.hosef.org/FreeBSD/

I cheated, FreeBSD ISOs have been there for at least two years
now. CVSup is a bigger hurdle. Any modula 3 hackers out there?

I doubt the old motherboard supports PCI-X, but the 3ware
9500S-4LP should work. (SATA, RAID1+0).



To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef?



HOSEF
PO Box 392
Kailua, HI 96734

Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle
the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you
need a donation receipt.

-Vince
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#

Aloha Vince,

Happy Holidays and the beer is good idea.

I'll send the check so we can get on with the new mirror and get these 
posts onto a more worth while subject.


I recall it was just as nuts on the list when HOSEF was born.

Thanks for the url of the FreeBSD on the existing server.

Can anyone recommend a spam blocker, with a how to, that works? I was 
told that Spam Assissin is good, but I tried it and it does not kill off 
the spam and return it to sender. It does mark it as spam, but I could 
do the same manually.


˜Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread jonr
Quoting HawaiiDakine.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


 Can anyone recommend a spam blocker, with a how to, that works? I was
 told that Spam Assissin is good, but I tried it and it does not kill off
 the spam and return it to sender. It does mark it as spam, but I could
 do the same manually.


Hi Al,

Spamassassin is a good way to help stem the tide of spam. You wouldn't want to
return it to the sender because it more than likely will not go to the spammer
but a compromised box of theirs. It will mark spam and rewrite the subject line
so you and your users can easily filter them to trash. You can also set a
threshold on the score that the spam receives and it it matches or exceeds this
threshold it is automatically sent to /dev/null.

A couple of other things to look into for spam fighting. A 30 second sleep
during the smtp exchange will reduce spam, sendmail uses what is called a
'GreetPause'. Testing for valid users during the smtp process then rejecting
the email if the user doesn't exist will also help. Make sure that you send a
message back to the sender letting them know that that user does not exist, it
may just have been a typo.

Anything you can do at the smtp layer is preferred, it will be less of a load on
your server at this level rather than spamassassin firing up perl to check the
mail.

Hope that helps a little,

Jon
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread Julian Yap
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 14:24 -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote:
 Can anyone recommend a spam blocker, with a how to, that works? I was 
 told that Spam Assissin is good, but I tried it and it does not kill off 
 the spam and return it to sender. It does mark it as spam, but I could 
 do the same manually.

You could try playing with the Spam Assassin settings first since you
have that installed.

Otherwise LavaNet's implemented Greylisting recently to dramatic effect.

This page is a good overview of Greylisting mechanics:
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Spam-Filtering-for-MX/greylisting.shtml

A quick search for 'freebsd greylist' shows milter-greylist pretty
prominently:
http://hcpnet.free.fr/milter-greylist/

~ Julian



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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread Wilson Chan
 Quoting jon:
 
 A couple of other things to look into for spam fighting. A 30 second sleep
 during the smtp exchange will reduce spam, sendmail uses what is called a
 'GreetPause'. Testing for valid users during the smtp process then rejecting
 the email if the user doesn't exist will also help. Make sure that you send a
 message back to the sender letting them know that that user does not exist, it
 may just have been a typo.
 
 Anything you can do at the smtp layer is preferred, it will be less of a load 
 on
 your server at this level rather than spamassassin firing up perl to check the
 mail.
 
 Hope that helps a little,
 
 Jon


Hey Jon,

What is needed to setup the 30 second sleep delay for sendmail? Also, are their 
any negative effects to doing this?

We run SA here at work and filter 100,000+ messages a day. Our setup runs 
spamassassin, clamav, sare ruleset, RBL, SURBL, DCC, Pyzor, Razor, etc. Its 
running up and up with the commercial spam appliances. :)


Wilson

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-22 Thread jonr
Quoting Wilson Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  Quoting jon:
 
  A couple of other things to look into for spam fighting. A 30 second sleep
  during the smtp exchange will reduce spam, sendmail uses what is called a
  'GreetPause'. Testing for valid users during the smtp process then
 rejecting
  the email if the user doesn't exist will also help. Make sure that you send
 a
  message back to the sender letting them know that that user does not exist,
 it
  may just have been a typo.
 
  Anything you can do at the smtp layer is preferred, it will be less of a
 load on
  your server at this level rather than spamassassin firing up perl to check
 the
  mail.
 
  Hope that helps a little,
 
  Jon


 Hey Jon,

 What is needed to setup the 30 second sleep delay for sendmail? Also, are
 their any negative effects to doing this?

 We run SA here at work and filter 100,000+ messages a day. Our setup runs
 spamassassin, clamav, sare ruleset, RBL, SURBL, DCC, Pyzor, Razor, etc. Its
 running up and up with the commercial spam appliances. :)

Hi Wilson,

The stanza would go into your sendmail.mc file and would look like this:

sendmail.mc:FEATURE(`greet_pause',  `6000')dnl

That is a 6 second sleep, I'll leave the math to you. ;)

One thing to take into consideration about this. I do this on our mail relay
server and the actual server that the users get their mail from. Outlook chokes
on the greetpause and won't be able to pop mail from the server. But on a mail
relay it is another measure to try to stem the tide.

Definitely do some research about the Outlook issue before you implement this in
your production boxes.

Jon

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-21 Thread Vince Hoang
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:51:10PM -1000, HawaiiDakine.com wrote:
 I'll give a $50.00 check to the mirror server project with the
 hopes of FreeBSD being part of it.

Done! http://mirrors.hosef.org/FreeBSD/

I cheated, FreeBSD ISOs have been there for at least two years
now. CVSup is a bigger hurdle. Any modula 3 hackers out there?

I doubt the old motherboard supports PCI-X, but the 3ware
9500S-4LP should work. (SATA, RAID1+0).

 To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef?

HOSEF
PO Box 392
Kailua, HI 96734

Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle
the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you
need a donation receipt.

-Vince
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-21 Thread R. Scott Belford

Vince Hoang wrote:



To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef?


HOSEF
PO Box 392
Kailua, HI 96734


Our address has changed.  The above address is still active but rarely 
checked.


HOSEF
PO Box 2644
Ewa Beach, HI 96706



Since Michael offered to help, I am going to ask him to handle
the order and have HOSEF reimburse him. Let Scott know if you
need a donation receipt.


Given the level at which each of you is about to donate, you will need a 
letter for tax purposes.




-Vince


--scott
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-20 Thread Clifton Royston
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:51:46PM -1000, Michael Bishop wrote:
 Vince Hoang wrote:
 3ware makes the only SATA cards that I have personally known to
 work over the past 3 years and a 4-port card will run about $300.
 Silicon Image makes sub-$100 cards, but I have not used them in a
 year. Adaptec ships too many cards to make any sense of.
...
 3ware 9550SX-4LP KIT 4-Port Half Length/Low profile Serial ATA II RAID 
 Controller Card Retail
 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=131700
 $324.99
 
 $169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
 $324.99 for 3Ware RAID
 $1004.95 grand total
 
 $807.95 - (4) IDE HDs
 
 $197 more for SATA drives
 
 Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.

  I'm fine with paying this share.

  Sounds like what we need is for someone to make a final decision that
the rest of us can sign on to.

  -- Clifton

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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-20 Thread Jim Thompson


On Dec 20, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Clifton Royston wrote:


On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:51:46PM -1000, Michael Bishop wrote:

Vince Hoang wrote:

3ware makes the only SATA cards that I have personally known to
work over the past 3 years and a 4-port card will run about $300.
Silicon Image makes sub-$100 cards, but I have not used them in a
year. Adaptec ships too many cards to make any sense of.

...
3ware 9550SX-4LP KIT 4-Port Half Length/Low profile Serial ATA II  
RAID

Controller Card Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=131700
$324.99

$169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
$324.99 for 3Ware RAID
$1004.95 grand total

$807.95 - (4) IDE HDs

$197 more for SATA drives

Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.


  I'm fine with paying this share.


I'm down for $251.25.
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-20 Thread Matt Darnell

On 12/20/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



 $169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
 $324.99 for 3Ware RAID
 $1004.95 grand total

 $807.95 - (4) IDE HDs

 $197 more for SATA drives

 Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.

   I'm fine with paying this share.

I'm down for $251.25.


This is a good example of how having a tax deduction - via HOSEF - helps LUAU.

HOSEF helping LUAU.

I can front the money for the equipment since it doesn't split
wellor maybe we can use http://www.chipin.com/ a local company.

As soon as Vince says go, we can get the ball rolling.

-Matt
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-20 Thread HawaiiDakine.com

Matt Darnell wrote:

On 12/20/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



 $169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
 $324.99 for 3Ware RAID
 $1004.95 grand total

 $807.95 - (4) IDE HDs

 $197 more for SATA drives

 Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.

   I'm fine with paying this share.

I'm down for $251.25.



This is a good example of how having a tax deduction - via HOSEF - helps 
LUAU.


HOSEF helping LUAU.

I can front the money for the equipment since it doesn't split
wellor maybe we can use http://www.chipin.com/ a local company.

As soon as Vince says go, we can get the ball rolling.

-Matt
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Aloha!

You can sure tell from the latest flurry on the list this is the 
Happy Holidays or Silly Season take your pick.


I have loved being on this list for years and to see, and occasionally 
help with, the various reincarnations of LUAU since the days at the UH 
Inovation Center in Manoa. Early 1990's I recall it was.


I'll give a $50.00 check to the mirror server project with the hopes of 
FreeBSD being part of it.


To whom do I send the tax deductable gift? Hosef?

˜Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii
808-284-2740
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-19 Thread Vince Hoang
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 01:56:05PM -1000, Matt Darnell wrote:
 Perhaps we should let Vince propose which drive(s) to purchase, @ 
 $200 each.
 
 I think we have three hands up to buy one and donate.
 
 I think there are four people:
 
 Jim Thompson
 Michael Bishop
 Clifton Royston
 Matt Darnell

Yes. Thanks to Scott for the initial hardware. Thanks to Matt,
Michael, Scott, Warren, and the anonymous HOSEF/McKinley
donations for the second and third round of upgrades.

 I wonder if a SATA add-in card should be added to the wish
 list. I can imagine finding a box to support all the IDE
 devices in four years will be a challenge.

3ware makes the only SATA cards that I have personally known to
work over the past 3 years and a 4-port card will run about $300.
Silicon Image makes sub-$100 cards, but I have not used them in a
year. Adaptec ships too many cards to make any sense of.

Sticking with PATA would be non-ideal, but it is no showstopper.
I think 500GB PATA disks should out live their usefulness in 4
years for file mirror.

-Vince
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-19 Thread Michael Bishop

Vince Hoang wrote:

3ware makes the only SATA cards that I have personally known to
work over the past 3 years and a 4-port card will run about $300.
Silicon Image makes sub-$100 cards, but I have not used them in a
year. Adaptec ships too many cards to make any sense of.
  
If we choose to move to SATA drives we will get better hardware at a 
better price. Western Digital makes a SATA HD specially designed for 
RAID. They call it their RAID Edition 2 drives. I'm using them in my 
server right now and they have been great so far.


Western Digital RE2 WD5000YS 500GB Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM Hard 
Drive w/16MB Buffer

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101258-9
$169.99 each

3ware 7506-4LP Parallel ATA RAID Controller Card Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=131711
$258.99

3ware 9550SX-4LP KIT 4-Port Half Length/Low profile Serial ATA II RAID 
Controller Card Retail

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=131700
$324.99

$169.99 X 4 = $679.96 for HDs
$324.99 for 3Ware RAID
$1004.95 grand total

$807.95 - (4) IDE HDs

$197 more for SATA drives

Bottom like for 4 people, the cost would be $250.

Would anyone else like to chip in? Any amount will help. Do I hear $15? 
$50? $100? $200?


BTW, I'll be attending the Open Source Pizza tonight -- sounds like a 
good one.



Sticking with PATA would be non-ideal, but it is no showstopper.
I think 500GB PATA disks should out live their usefulness in 4
years for file mirror.
  
Agreed. While the SATA would be great, the IDE would still be bigger 
than what's in there now.


Michael

-Vince
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-18 Thread Jim Thompson


On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Michael Bishop wrote:


Vince Hoang wrote:

I am rather allergic to RAID5 unless it is on a _seriously_ fast
SCSI controller, but we can certainly run a 600GB RAID1 + 500GB
single-disk to get over 1TB of space for the public file mirror
until the second pair can be completed. Are there any other
businesses that want to do any end of the year write offs? :)


I'll buy one for the mirror. How about:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641A 500GB PATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/ 
16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101547

$198.99 each
$795.96 for 4 HDs
$11.99 SH to Hawaii
$807.95 grand total

I'd personally like to see mirrored:
   -   Ubuntu repository
   -   CentOS 4.4 repository
   -   FreeBSD CVSup tree


Perhaps we should let Vince propose which drive(s) to purchase, @   
$200 each.


I think we have three hands up to buy one and donate.


Thanks folks. Thank you all very much.


Thank you for keeping the HOSEF server running and managed well.


Yes, thank you.

jim
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-18 Thread Michael Bishop

Jim Thompson wrote:


On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Michael Bishop wrote:


Vince Hoang wrote:

I am rather allergic to RAID5 unless it is on a _seriously_ fast
SCSI controller, but we can certainly run a 600GB RAID1 + 500GB
single-disk to get over 1TB of space for the public file mirror
until the second pair can be completed. Are there any other
businesses that want to do any end of the year write offs? :)


I'll buy one for the mirror. How about:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641A 500GB PATA 7200RPM Hard Drive 
w/16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101547

$198.99 each
$795.96 for 4 HDs
$11.99 SH to Hawaii
$807.95 grand total

I'd personally like to see mirrored:
- Ubuntu repository
- CentOS 4.4 repository
- FreeBSD CVSup tree


Perhaps we should let Vince propose which drive(s) to purchase, @  
$200 each.
Sure, I would welcome any reasonable choice. Since I know Vince is quite 
busy. I figured I'd help push the process along and suggest something 
reasonable. Also, these come with a 5 year warranty which will help to 
stretch our donation. I think we put in Seagate's last time as well.


Which reminds me, there is one IDE cable in the server that looks like 
it's been put through the grinder and then stepped on a few times. ;-P 
So I'll also donate some really long IDE cables. I should still have a 
new 36 and 48-inch in stock.


I think we have three hands up to buy one and donate.
I'm the fourth and would be willing to handle the transaction if 
everyone agrees. I'm putting in an order Wednesday morning so I can comp 
the SH if we can all agree by then. Otherwise let me know where to send 
the check.


I'd very much like to install the HDs as I haven't seen Brian's new lab 
since he moved. It'd also give me a chance to check out the new toys 
Brian's working with. :-)


Long live the HOSEF mirror!

Michael
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Re: [LUAU] HDs for mirrors.hosef.org

2006-12-18 Thread Clifton Royston
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 06:10:09AM -1000, Michael Bishop wrote:
 Jim Thompson wrote:
 On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Michael Bishop wrote:
 Vince Hoang wrote:
 I am rather allergic to RAID5 unless it is on a _seriously_ fast
 SCSI controller, but we can certainly run a 600GB RAID1 + 500GB
 single-disk to get over 1TB of space for the public file mirror
 until the second pair can be completed. Are there any other
 businesses that want to do any end of the year write offs? :)
 
 I'll buy one for the mirror. How about:
 
 Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641A 500GB PATA 7200RPM Hard Drive 
 w/16MB Buffer ***Free Shipping***
 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101547
 
 $198.99 each
 $795.96 for 4 HDs
 $11.99 SH to Hawaii
 $807.95 grand total

  Sounds good to me.  My experience is that I'd expect a longer life
from the Barracuda than the Maxtor.  (Also sounds like you're saying
the server is IDE/PATA.) That would give roughly 1 TB either in RAID 1,
or configured as 1+0 (mirrored and striped.)

 
 I'd personally like to see mirrored:
 - Ubuntu repository
 - CentOS 4.4 repository
 - FreeBSD CVSup tree

  Ooh yeah.  Dunno if this is enough space for all that, but sounds
like a good goal.

 Perhaps we should let Vince propose which drive(s) to purchase, @  
 $200 each.
 Sure, I would welcome any reasonable choice. Since I know Vince is quite 
 busy. I figured I'd help push the process along and suggest something 
 reasonable. Also, these come with a 5 year warranty which will help to 
 stretch our donation. I think we put in Seagate's last time as well.
 
 Which reminds me, there is one IDE cable in the server that looks like 
 it's been put through the grinder and then stepped on a few times. ;-P 
 So I'll also donate some really long IDE cables. I should still have a 
 new 36 and 48-inch in stock.
 
 I think we have three hands up to buy one and donate.
 I'm the fourth and would be willing to handle the transaction if 
 everyone agrees. I'm putting in an order Wednesday morning so I can comp 
 the SH if we can all agree by then. Otherwise let me know where to send 
 the check.

  I'm OK with that if Vince et al. are agreed.

  -- Clifton

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Clifton Royston  --  [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   President  - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/
 Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services

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