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Jun 25th, 2008 at 1:13pm
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Some of my stock choices have been performing well lately, so I decided to sell off a couple of my positions before they tank and buy a couple computer parts.

For the server, I'm swapping out a 250GB hard drive and replacing it with a 750GB drive.  That, combined with the existing 500GB hard drive, should give me a bit more breathing room for the FTP stuff.  Would any of you guys be interested in me re-opening the FTP server?

I also picked up another 2GB of DDR3 RAM for the Bobulator VII, which will bring me up to 4GB again.  2GB is a decent amount of RAM, but 4GB will be a lot more comfortable for gaming on Vista.  I bought the exact same 2GB pack of OCZ DDR3 as I bought in December, but the prices has fallen by almost 2/3!  It was $279.99 in December, but I picked it up for $99.00 today.  Sweet!

So, how much RAM and storage space do you guys have these days?  Between the server and the Bobulator, I'll have about 2TB in storage space.  I bet Briney has me beat there!  The server also has 2GB in RAM, but I'm thinking about throwing one more stick to max it out at 3GB.


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Re: More Giggage!
Reply #1 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 1:57pm
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I hate to tell you this Bob, but my Macbook has more ram than your server.  And you always make fun of me being a steve jobs fanboy(which I'm not)

I only have about 3/4 of a TB.  Which holds all the episodes of Star Trek. Original Series (Including the very first episode with Pike) TNG, DS9, VOY and a few of the movies.  If anyone wants them let me know, I'll be down state in a week or so for the rest of the summer.

Let me think about that hard drive.  I'm thinking about moving my server up a little, and it doesn't have to be great specs because I just use it for testing.
  

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Reply #2 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 2:41pm
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The server is running on an AMD Athlon XP 3000+, how much RAM do you think it needs?  The server really serves three main purposes; storing FTP stuff (videos, music, games, etc.), hosting the web forum, and hosting my e-mail server.

I don't make enough money to keep the Bobulator and the network rack and the server running with the latest and greatest components, so the server usually receives the "hand-me-downs" from the Bobulator.  From time to time I'll throw it a bone and buy a new component to replace one that is dead, dying, or severely outdated, but all in all it works just fine on 3-4 year old equipment.


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Reply #3 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 2:46pm
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Also, I'm willing to bet the RAM in the Bobulator is a heck of a lot faster than the stuff in your MacBook.  So HA.


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Reply #4 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 3:00pm
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Reply #5 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 4:23pm
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Which holds all the episodes of Star Trek. Original Series (Including the very first episode with Pike) TNG, DS9, VOY and a few of the movies.


What no Enterprise?  Psh...rookie.

Ya, bob, let's start with the FTP again...that was much fun.  I'll have to update my full list of everything I have and send that out for all to drool over.

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Reply #6 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 4:36pm
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I think I might have to bring a dvd or 2 with me for the 4th and get some TNG from you.

Need something to occupy my time until I can save up more money for car parts.  Cry
  
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Reply #7 - Jun 25th, 2008 at 5:07pm
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Well, hopefully I'll get the bigger hard drive on Friday and I'll have a chance to get it installed this weekend.  I'll let you guys know!

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