Author: Tom Likens
Date: 10:47:45 08/27/03
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On August 27, 2003 at 13:35:47, Andrei Fortuna wrote: >On August 27, 2003 at 13:22:23, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>On August 27, 2003 at 13:11:01, Andrei Fortuna wrote: >> >>>On August 27, 2003 at 12:54:21, Peter Kappler wrote: >>> >>>>On August 27, 2003 at 12:02:37, Andrei Fortuna wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>> >>>>>As you might have noticed I have closed temporarily the search engine during the >>>>>last weeks. This is because it was consumming too much of my bandwidth while my >>>>>connection has a limited amount of bandwidth allocated each month. >>>>> >>>>>Right now I am looking for solutions on puting the search engine back online. >>>>>One solution would be to host it on other computer, I have asked in the past in >>>>>this group for help regarding this matter but got no reply. So this seems to be >>>>>not an option. >>>> >>>>Hi Andrei, >>>> >>>>I miss the search engine - I hope you can find somebody to host it. >>>> >>>>Perhaps ICD would be willing to do it? Or maybe Bob could host it at UAB, >>>>alongside the EGTB files? Clearly he has lots of bandwidth and disk space at >>>>his disposal. :) >>>> >>> >>>Hi Peter, >>> >>>ICD could not host the search engine last time we discussed this because the >>>search engine needs the server to be kept running all the time, and the account >>>they had didn't allow that. >>> >>>That is the big problem why no one is offering to host the engine : besides >>>bandwidth it needs aroun 50 MB of memory and takes a bit of CPU on the host >>>machine. Is is not cheap to hire a machine to host the engine because the >>>machines that allows you to run your own programs on them all the time (i.e. the >>>server part) are pretty much expensive. >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Andrei >> >>I'd be willing to throw a little money into a pool to buy a Duron 900MHZ or some >>such if Bob would host it. The bandwidth should be peanuts compared to his FTP. > >If Mr Hyatt agrees to host it and enough volunteers buy money for such a >computer I have nothing against this idea. In fact all you need is a computer >with 128 MB of memory and 1 GB of free space for the archive and the search >index and if the processor has at least 133 Mhz it is perfect for the job (of >course faster the processor faster the search results). > >Andrei I'd be willing to throw some money into the kitty. Either for a subscription service or for a machine to run it on. We should probably get Bob's input though before we "volunteer" him for too many things :) regards, --tom
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