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Should we do something to help?

I was able to login on their site and posted this in their Admin section of their forum. I forgot that I registered years ago. Let me know if there are other points/suggestions I should post over there.



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EDIT: Bok did respond in the thread.
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I have contributed, and posted the link in a couple of places, before finding this thread. I am unsure how much I, personally, have donated, over the last years. However, I don't mind doing it, when I can. Free-DC is an invaluable tool, as I learned when I was doing the Crunching 'Daily Numbers'. There are other sites but, they are far less accurate and not nearly as easy to navigate. Not even sure if any of them still exist, as I have defaulted to Bok's site for nearly 10 years!

I believe it would be awesome if Bok were to train someone here, on TPU, to do this work and hand over the keys before his health becomes overwhelming. It would take someone, more technically savvy than me, that is passionate for the numbers. I am sure this could be a fulltime, or nearly, job to stay on top of. I am unsure, completely, whether TPU could afford to pay someone to maintain this. If so, I think it would be a good time to get Bok onboard.

Put it all on TPU servers and have him on the payroll, while training a replacement.

Just my 2 cents. Like I mentioned, Free-DC is an invaluable tool, it should not rely on just Bok, anymore. He is, and has been, a rock. That rock is starting to show it's cracks, let's not wait for the failure.

If I had a air conditioned server room, I would offer to use it and the electric, and just remotely access it. I know he uses a ton of drives to run Free-DC and has to live in the same space, apparently, in a very warm part of the country. Not sure if this is also an option for him.

So, maybe that was 4 cents. Just spit balling, in the hopes that something better happens, for Bik and for all of us using his site.

:lovetpu: and Free-DC
 
Looks like the added attention helped, looking at the reply in HammerON's screenie.
 
HammerON said:
Bok did respond in the thread.
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Oh interesting, I didn't think the hardware requirements were so significant. Does anyone know what uses so much space?
 
W1zzard said:
Oh interesting, I didn't think the hardware requirements were so significant. Does anyone know what uses so much space?
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I'm guessing here, but maybe all of the recent stats, perhaps the previous day's worth, are in RAM, then get thrown into long term storage
 
I'm unsure how he gets all the info, I do know he uses a lot of drives and is constantly having to replace worn out one's. Not sure how that has translated to NVME, better or worse, wear-wise (comparing to HDD's in the past).

It would be great, if you @W1zzard could reach out to him. Perhaps the two of you could work something out that is mutually benefiting. It can't hurt, can it?
 
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