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== The 2007 Linkstation Wiki Donation Drive ==

===Why?===

Since mid 2005 until now, the Linkstation Wiki has had quite a history. Just in the past year, the Linkstation Wiki community has worked hard to keep the site from ever "dying" and has done well with support from many individuals.  In the past month, with our loss of quality service from Powweb, the senior members have switched to dedicated host and even that has shown to not be able to handle size and requirements needed. (A special thanks to NAiL for the temporary solution)

The senior community members were recently approached by senior nslu2 community members with a proposal for indefinite dedicated hosting at [http://osuosl.org/ OSUOSL] who host servers for [http://osuosl.org/hosting/clients various large open source projects] including Apache, Debian, Gentoo, Gnome, KDE, kernel.org, Mozilla, MythTV, OLPC, openoffice.org and PHP.  New slots are no longer available at OSUOSL due to power budget constraints, and the nslu2 project leader and infrastructure managers noticed the hosting problems the Linkstation Wiki community was having and figured that they could help out related Linux communities by sharing one of the slots (a higher specced machine with same power usage means more communities hosted).  OSUOSL have already agreed with the idea.

The deal is that in exchange for the rackspace (unlimited bandwidth
etc) and a donation that we pay for the server (specced by nslu2)
which will be hosted for an indefinite period of time at [http://osuosl.org/ OSUOSL].

The machine will cost '''$3949.00'''/'''€2950.65''' and will be shared via XEN instances 
(opensource virtual machines) by LinkstationWiki.net including sister 
communitities if arranged ( i.e. [http://kurobox.com kurobox.com], [http://terastation.org terastation.org]) and by 
[http://nslu2-linux.org nslu2-linux.org].  

Hosting at [http://osuosl.org/ OSUOSL] along side [http://nslu2-linux.org nslu2-linux.org] 
means stable, reliable, and fast hosting for at least 2 to 3 years (the nslu2 folks have already been there 2 years, and expect to be there indefinitely).  
Furthermore, though the administrative team would have full access 
to the server, we would be greatly assisted by a trusted community, 
nslu2, with our maintenance of hardware, software, etc.


'''We therefore are asking the community for donations to help us in purchasing this server.''' <br>
(remember, we are talking about years of hosting, huge file storage space, and almost unlimited download bandwidth).

===How?===
1) '''paypal'''<br>
click on the paypal-button below and follow the instructions.

<paypal>  
</paypal>       

Either send money from your paypal-account or do it over your credit card.<br>
You do not need to have a paypal-account if you donate via a credit card. <br><br>
Note: If you are seeing a German page, go to [https://www.paypal.com paypal]and login first,  then come back here and click on the paypal link
<br><br>
2) '''bank transfer''' (only europe)<br> 
send an email to mindbender at gmx dot at (this is no typo..."at" is the extension for austria) <br>
you will be provided with details for donating via bank transfer (no fees)<br>


===Progress===
You can monitor our progress with reaching this goal by looking at the [http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Linkstationwiki:Site_support donationspage] and here:

{| border="0" cellspacing="1"
|-
|'''PRICE OF SERVER:''' 
|'''<font color=red>2950.65 € / 3,950.92 USD </font>'''
|-
|'''CURRENT DONATIONS BALANCE:''' 
|'''<font color=green>314.27 € / 420.808 USD </font>'''
|-
|'''STILL NEEDED:''' 
|'''<font color=red>2636.38 € / 3,530.32 USD </font>'''
|-
|Based on 1 EUR = 1.33908 USD
|}

===The server specifications===

{| style="background:#F1F1F1;" border="0" cellspacing="1"
|-
|- 
| Specification of the Server             
|  
|-
| bgcolor="#99CCCC" |
| bgcolor="#99CCCC" |
|-
| CPU
| 2 x Opteron 2212
|-
| RAM
| 8 GB
|-
| RAID CONTROLLER
| 3Ware 4 port SATA RAID controller w/256M cache
|-
| HDDs
| 4 x 500 GB hot swappable SATA disks
|-
| NETWORK
| Dual GBit NIC
|-
| SUPPORT
| 3 year 24/7 help desk with 4 hour same day on site support
|-
| MISC
| Rail kit
|-
|}


Our target date for obtaining the server is August 
15, 2007, however that date is not fixed.  We do have other 
'short-term' options available if we really need be, but we believe that 
our great community will ensure that is not necessary.


Regards,<br>
<br>
[[User:Mindbender|Mindbender]] and the [http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php/LinkstationWiki:Community_Portal#Community_Team Admin Team]