Can i ask, why do you need such high specs? for what the quad core, root access and 4 gigs of ram?
OGA is a hog -- it's that simple. :)
The long version is that I make use of a Drupal module called views, which queries an awful lot of data, sometimes more than it needs, strictly speaking. That said, views can be built in a GUI and it speeds development up a lot. Since there's only one of me, it's cheaper to throw hardware at the problem than it would be to throw hundreds of hours at it to optimize everything, particularly since I'm in the process of completely revamping the site. At the moment, our current server has 2 gigs of ram. Even after all sorts of database tweaks and apache tweaks and website caching tweaks to make it run leaner, we're getting traffic at a level that's exceeding what the server can handle. At the moment, RAM is our biggest bottleneck. A quad core server would just make things faster, particularly since we're usually getting hit by several users at a time, and the queries can be processor intensive.
Is there anything behind the site which needs such a root?
Yes. Me. :)
I do web development professionally and I run my own servers. When I need to change a setting, I don't want to be limited by someone else's settings. I don't want to be limited to a certain number of databases. I don't want to have to go through a panel interface in order to get anything done. I work fastest at the command line, and with access to adjust things like apache and mysql configuration. If OGA ever gets to the point where it's no longer under active development (which seems highly unlikely) then I might consider a managed solution, but for the time being I don't want to have to work around the restrictions of managed hosting. I've dealt with it before and I hate it.
For the record, I realize that I'm asking for a lot. I'm mostly doing it on the chance that someone will be willing to provide the specs we need (or the money to buy them). I'm prepared to front the money myself rather than go with something less than what I'm asking for.
> I have another suggestion: For description what format is expected (Like "Max 200 MB") use a tooltip-text (with the title atrribute). This will avoid the long page even more.
No, I want to avoid surprises. Nobody wants to upload a 300 meg file only to find out afterwards that 200 megs was the limit. It's like those forums that you sign up for which inform you after the fact that your password needs to contain a number. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password is too short. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password needs mixed case. In reality, the form should say "Password must be 8 characters long and contain mixed case and a number." :)
Just to point out, I noticed you picked both CC0 and CC-BY as the licenses. CC0 basically allows to people to do whatever they want with it without attributing you. If your intent was just to say that people can do whatever they want and attribution would be appreciated, the way I usually do that is say "attribution appreciated" in the description. Mind you, there's nothing *wrong* with releasing this under CC0 and CC-BY, but it makes your intent a bit confusing.
I'd be willing to remove the google ads as a condition of the hosting -- honestly, they're aren't performing as I'd hoped, so I'm probably just going to get rid of them anyway.
As for my choice of operating system, I'm not willing to budge on that. Furthermore, if they have an issue with there being non-libre things on here, it wouldn't work out anyway -- I still need to be able to encode MP3 files for the fallback sound previews (although I'm going to be providing HTML5+ogg for the browsers that can handle it).
In summary, getting a sponsor would be nice, but I would prefer to pay out of pocket for my own preferred hosting setup than have free (gratis) hosting and be constrained by it.
Can i ask, why do you need such high specs?
for what the quad core, root access and 4 gigs of ram?
OGA is a hog -- it's that simple. :)
The long version is that I make use of a Drupal module called views, which queries an awful lot of data, sometimes more than it needs, strictly speaking. That said, views can be built in a GUI and it speeds development up a lot. Since there's only one of me, it's cheaper to throw hardware at the problem than it would be to throw hundreds of hours at it to optimize everything, particularly since I'm in the process of completely revamping the site. At the moment, our current server has 2 gigs of ram. Even after all sorts of database tweaks and apache tweaks and website caching tweaks to make it run leaner, we're getting traffic at a level that's exceeding what the server can handle. At the moment, RAM is our biggest bottleneck. A quad core server would just make things faster, particularly since we're usually getting hit by several users at a time, and the queries can be processor intensive.
Is there anything behind the site which needs such a root?
Yes. Me. :)
I do web development professionally and I run my own servers. When I need to change a setting, I don't want to be limited by someone else's settings. I don't want to be limited to a certain number of databases. I don't want to have to go through a panel interface in order to get anything done. I work fastest at the command line, and with access to adjust things like apache and mysql configuration. If OGA ever gets to the point where it's no longer under active development (which seems highly unlikely) then I might consider a managed solution, but for the time being I don't want to have to work around the restrictions of managed hosting. I've dealt with it before and I hate it.
For the record, I realize that I'm asking for a lot. I'm mostly doing it on the chance that someone will be willing to provide the specs we need (or the money to buy them). I'm prepared to front the money myself rather than go with something less than what I'm asking for.
Bart
Haha, these are awesome. :)
How much money is needed per month? All this technical stuff is fine but business people need a dollar amount.
Well, I'm asking for the actiual hosting, and not cash. :)
That being said, I believe I could purchase this for roughly $120/month, so if someone were willing to sponsor us that way, it would be just as good.
Bart
Nice work! :)
> I have another suggestion: For description what format is expected (Like "Max 200 MB") use a tooltip-text (with the title atrribute). This will avoid the long page even more.
No, I want to avoid surprises. Nobody wants to upload a 300 meg file only to find out afterwards that 200 megs was the limit. It's like those forums that you sign up for which inform you after the fact that your password needs to contain a number. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password is too short. When you submit the form again, they inform you that your password needs mixed case. In reality, the form should say "Password must be 8 characters long and contain mixed case and a number." :)
Greets!
Very nice work. :)
Just to point out, I noticed you picked both CC0 and CC-BY as the licenses. CC0 basically allows to people to do whatever they want with it without attributing you. If your intent was just to say that people can do whatever they want and attribution would be appreciated, the way I usually do that is say "attribution appreciated" in the description. Mind you, there's nothing *wrong* with releasing this under CC0 and CC-BY, but it makes your intent a bit confusing.
Thanks for submitting!
-BartK
The Whispering Eye
What petition?
I'd be willing to remove the google ads as a condition of the hosting -- honestly, they're aren't performing as I'd hoped, so I'm probably just going to get rid of them anyway.
As for my choice of operating system, I'm not willing to budge on that. Furthermore, if they have an issue with there being non-libre things on here, it wouldn't work out anyway -- I still need to be able to encode MP3 files for the fallback sound previews (although I'm going to be providing HTML5+ogg for the browsers that can handle it).
In summary, getting a sponsor would be nice, but I would prefer to pay out of pocket for my own preferred hosting setup than have free (gratis) hosting and be constrained by it.
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