We (ArchiveTeam) are currently archiving Blip.tv, as it's shutting down, but we've run into a bit of a capacity snafu. It's an all-volunteer (and very time-sensitive!) effort.
The archival is distributed amongst many systems, and the archived data is then uploaded to one of several 'rsync targets' - collection boxes, pretty much. These rsync servers need to be pretty beefy, as they get potentially several gbps of data thrown at them constantly, for the duration of an archival project.
Now our primary rsync target has filled up to the brim, and we can't get it emptied out in time - Blip is already in the process of shutting down, and most likely the content will disappear somewhere during today. The rsync servers we are currently using, are having throughput issues. We're still trying to save the last bits, however, so we could really use any help.
What we're looking for: Somebody to donate spare server space (or a VM, it doesn't matter) for a few days. Expect it to need a few TB of disk space, and inbound bandwidth to possibly hit a few gbps, at least for the first day. After Blip shuts down (likely later today), we'll likely still need a few days to move everything back off.
All it will really need to run, is an rsync daemon - shell/root access would be handy (to set up processing scripts), but is not strictly required. Expect it to use a lot of disk I/O - video files, so largely sequential writes.
If you can help out, then please either join the IRC channel (#blooper.tv on EFNet), or PM me on here.
Thanks!
The archival is distributed amongst many systems, and the archived data is then uploaded to one of several 'rsync targets' - collection boxes, pretty much. These rsync servers need to be pretty beefy, as they get potentially several gbps of data thrown at them constantly, for the duration of an archival project.
Now our primary rsync target has filled up to the brim, and we can't get it emptied out in time - Blip is already in the process of shutting down, and most likely the content will disappear somewhere during today. The rsync servers we are currently using, are having throughput issues. We're still trying to save the last bits, however, so we could really use any help.
What we're looking for: Somebody to donate spare server space (or a VM, it doesn't matter) for a few days. Expect it to need a few TB of disk space, and inbound bandwidth to possibly hit a few gbps, at least for the first day. After Blip shuts down (likely later today), we'll likely still need a few days to move everything back off.
All it will really need to run, is an rsync daemon - shell/root access would be handy (to set up processing scripts), but is not strictly required. Expect it to use a lot of disk I/O - video files, so largely sequential writes.
If you can help out, then please either join the IRC channel (#blooper.tv on EFNet), or PM me on here.
Thanks!
