classiccmp.org operational costs?

Jay West wrote: OK, that was an easy answer then ;) [time taken] I agree - if you didn't enjoy it and didn't see a benefit in doing it then it wouldn't get done, I suppose! [ snip ] That summary would be quite nice on an "info" page somewhere on the classiccmp.org site, purely for the curious (and geeky ;) You know, I think I've had the discussion before with you about splitting the OS and data drives on the server, purely to make future upgrades easier. Can't remember if that was on-list or not. Anyway, it certainly seems sensible to me, and likely has a few performance and admin benefits too. I hear ya about building the systems out of off-the-shelf parts rather than some proprietary box; it's probably more cost-effective in the longer term and does give you that "reliability cushion" in that you can chop and change stuff as/when things break. Proprietary equipment only ever seems to work when there's someone paying huge $$$ for a "we'll come out and fix it before you even know it broke" support contract :-) Problem being that it needs up-front investment (although of course there's probably previous-generation hardware to be had for free if you're in the right location, which would just mean spending money on upgrading the drives) cheers Jules