David,
Personally, I'd rather NOT have an advertisement on the list. I think there
are enough of us to donate that we can handle the price of not having an
advertisement.
Thanks,
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Is Gerry Really Dead?

>Here is the situation:
>
>Gerry has Dual P90 CPUs - when it is doing LISTSERV the utilization is [on
>both CPUs] 75% or so.  When doing a web search [both CPUs] it is pegged to
>100% and it can usually never get the job done - thus times out.
>
>There is 64MB on Gerry - there is on average 75 to 100 page faults per
>second so we need more memory.
>
>The solution is a faster box.
>
>Another thing that bothers me is that there is no RAID array - which means
>if that hard drive dies - that's it!  At volkswagen.org I am running two
>mirrored drives (RAID1) and I have had the unfortunate luck of one of those
>drives dieing (Western Digital) - the server kept on going even with a dead
>hard drive - 10 minutes of down time to replace the drive and away it went.
>
>I see lots of good reasons why we should upgrade Gerry - Y2K is another
>issue as someone will have to set the clock on January 1 for it to function
>correctly - not a big issue but an issue none the less.
>
>When I get to work this afternoon I will put together a system spec and our
>(ABC Communications) cost pricing on this box - I will also approach our
>distrubutor and see if they can do anything on the price - anyone object to
>an advertisement being on Gerry if we get a good deal on the box?
>
>At 10:47 12/02/1999 -0500, Tom Carrington wrote:
>>Hmmmm, before we go on the replace-it-bandwagon...
>>
>>Gerry  (from what I know) is a HP Vectra XU/90 running NT 4.0.
>>Integrated AMD PCI Ethernet 10BaseT/2 and PCI SCSI-2 controller. Damn
>>good box. Sure, it is not the fastest CPU, but what is the current CPU
>>utilization? If the CPU utilization is less than 75% on a consistent
>>basis, then a faster CPU is not the answer. If it is over-utilized, add
>>another CPU. That's right, the XU has a dual-processor system board. And
>>if that does not help, put in a pair of 133 MHZ Pentiums..nojumpers or
>>switches to config, the BIOS will see them and use them immediately.
>>
>>What about RAM? How much does it have, how much does the operating
>>system want? I think Gerry on has 32 or so Megs. There are 8 SIMM slots
>>(72-pin) on the board, let's fill them up!
>>
>>The case is HP proprietary, so motherboard transplants are not feasible.
>>
>>Why prop up the old box, you may ask. Well, these improvements do not
>>require re-installing the operating system or the Listserv software. I'm
>>willing to bank on the idea that David does not want to do that.
>>
>>David, I'm willing to assist (remotely). I sent you my resume when you
>>posted looking for NT and admin help, never heard back. Give me system
>>account, I'll run diagnostics from here if that would help. At least
>>then we can see what the actual problem is.
>>
>>We would scream at a mechanic that simply told us we needed an new
>>engine every time it stalled or backfired, wouldn't we? We would post to
>>the list what an idiot he was, and warn others to stay away. You want
>>the mechanic to diagnose the problem before simply declaring the engine
>>dead and handing us an estimate for replacement.
>>
>>Shouldn't we at least do the same for Gerry?
>>
>>TomC
>>tcarrington@relitech.com
>>
>>
>>EMZ wrote:
>>>
>>>     I build computers... amung Vanagons. We could easily
>>> put a DFI mother board with 64meg of Ram and an AMD 300 Mhz
>>> proccessor running a 100 mhz Bus for under $300. Assumuning
>>> the Case is a stamdard AT style. This  means keeping all of
>>> its other components. What is the real root of the problem? I
>>> would think that the only other component that would slow
>>> it down would be it's network connection.
>>>
>>>             Eric                   86-VW4x4
>>>             vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
>>>             Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
>>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, David Marshall wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: David Marshall <vanagon@volkswagen.org>
>>> >
>>> > At 21:20 11/02/1999 -0600, Ken Korn wrote:
>>> > >From: Ken Korn <kkorn@jump.net>
>>> > >
>>> > >Is Gerry really dead? I haven't gotten a digest since the 10th.
>>> >
>>> > Gerry is currently in a comma at the moment - the poor thing is very
>under
>>> > powered to do it's job.  I didn't realize that it went down [at least
the
>>> > list part - web is still going] until about 1 hour ago.  I won't be
>able to
>>> > reset it until tomorrow.
>>> >
>>> > So, the question is - shall we throw it in the dumpster or shall we
spend
>>> > some bucks on a new one?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --   David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
>>> > --    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
>>> > --  88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis  --
>>> > -- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
>>> > -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
>>> > -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
>>> >
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>>
>>
>
>--   David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
>--    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
>--  88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis  --
>-- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
>-- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
>-- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
>