Nuclear Weapons Archive Needs a New Host

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Carey Sublette - 22 May 2005 10:45 GMT

For the last three years the Nuclear Wapons Archive has been hosted by the
very gracious Sidd who runs the "Membrane Domain", but next month he will
have to stop hosting it.

As a result the Nuclear Weapons Archive which is operated as a free public
information resource and is the most visited site on the Internet on this
very important topic of public interest needs a new host.

The size of the site is not large (100 megabytes) by today's standards, but
the bandwidth is substantial due to its popularity.

If anyone can provide a host for this site, please drop me an email.

Carey Sublette

careysub@earthing.net

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Allen Thomson - 24 May 2005 23:24 GMT

> The size of the site is not large (100 megabytes) by today's
> standards, but the bandwidth is substantial due to its
> popularity.

I can't host it, but have a suggestion: If it's only 100 MB(*),
zip it all together and make it available for downloading from the
present site, or for transmission via a service like
sendthisfile.com to individuals who want it (I raise my hand), or
even (yech!) mailing on a CD.

That way, it will at least be spread around and available in the
future if there is a gap in Web access.

(*) I'm so old -- I remember a day when 100 MB was big.

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Frank Scrooby - 26 May 2005 10:21 GMT

Hi all

Carey Sublette wrote:

> The size of the site is not large (100 megabytes) by today's
> standards, but the bandwidth is substantial due to its
> popularity.

Can't you split the archive up and spread it out over several 'free'
websites like Geo-cities or whoever is pimping that sort of thing nowadays.

Point your DNS setting at the 'home page' of Account number one, and have
that page point to pages in Accounts 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.

Just an idea. The free hosting company may have some kind of objection -
people are like that sometimes.

Regards
Frank Scrooby

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Derek Lyons - 24 May 2005 23:42 GMT

>For the last three years the Nuclear Wapons Archive has been hosted by the
>very gracious Sidd who runs the "Membrane Domain", but next month he will
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>
>If anyone can provide a host for this site, please drop me an email.

How much bandwidth does it require?

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Carey Sublette - 26 May 2005 13:22 GMT

>>For the last three years the Nuclear Wapons Archive has been hosted by the
>>very gracious Sidd who runs the "Membrane Domain", but next month he will
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>
> How much bandwidth does it require?

It averages a 1-1.5 gigabyte or so a day (but can be higher when periods of
unusual interest in nuclear affairs occur).

The last time I sought a new host the bandwidth pricing was still a budget
killer. I was just now doing some commercial webhosting service searches,
and it looks like these fees have come way down in just the last couple of
years.

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Roger Moore - 27 May 2005 02:13 GMT

>It averages a 1-1.5 gigabyte or so a day (but can be higher when periods of
>unusual interest in nuclear affairs occur).

Have you considered asking ibiblio.org to host it? I would think that the
Nuclear Weapons Archive would be exactly the kind of thing that they're
intended to host, and 1-1.5 GB per day is a drop in the bucket for a site
that mirrors multiple Linux distributions. They'd also be a good choice
because they should be stable and not require you to go looking for
another host in the near future.

--
Roger Moore | Master of Meaningless Trivia | (raj@alumni.caltech.edu)
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the
people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by
violent and sudden usurpations. -- James Madison

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Carey Sublette - 27 May 2005 13:42 GMT

>>It averages a 1-1.5 gigabyte or so a day (but can be higher when periods
>>of
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> because they should be stable and not require you to go looking for
> another host in the near future.

Thanks, I'll look into this. This is one I hadn't thought of.

One issue is that ibiblio.org does not support "own domains" (I believe) and
I want to keep nuclearweaponarchive.org. But a good option (if they are
willing to host) might be to use it as a mirror of the site. I have usually
had one alternate mirror in the past, but don't right now.

Others have offered some other useful suggestions I'll look at.

It looks like hosting costs have dropped to a range where simply using a
commerical service is now feasible.

Carey Sublette

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Ian Stirling - 28 May 2005 04:59 GMT

In sci.military.moderated Carey Sublette <careysub@earthling.net> wrote:

>>>It averages a 1-1.5 gigabyte or so a day (but can be higher when periods
>>>of
>>>unusual interest in nuclear affairs occur).
>>
>> Have you considered asking ibiblio.org to host it? I would think that the
>> Nuclear Weapons Archive would be exactly the kind of thing that they're

<snip>

> Others have offered some other useful suggestions I'll look at.
>
> It looks like hosting costs have dropped to a range where simply using a
> commerical service is now feasible.

I know that I would like to be able to download the whole site - for
reading offline, when bored.
However, I don't typically do this with most large sites, as it impacts
on their bandwidth.

What might be an idea would be to archive the whole site, then share it
on a P2P network, this way you don't have all the bandwidth costs.

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syring@email.com - 30 May 2005 12:46 GMT

Carey Sublette schrieb:

> It looks like hosting costs have dropped to a range where simply using a
> commerical service is now feasible.

In he case of an emergency, there always is archive.org:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041125045203/http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/

Karl M. Syring

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Billy H - 20 Mar 2006 19:32 GMT

>>>It averages a 1-1.5 gigabyte or so a day (but can be higher when periods
>>>of
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>
> Carey Sublette

my ISP provide domain names for a pound per month. Does yours do the same?

They also offer 100MB of webspace so would just fit it on at that standard
rate.
This way the ISP host it but allow the admistrative rights to the person
with the account.

Does 1.5 Gb per day come down to aprox 1042 kb per minute? Is this too much
for a domain hosted by an ISP on an ordinary account?

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Frithiof Andreas Jensen - 26 May 2005 15:47 GMT

> If anyone can provide a host for this site, please drop me an email.

What does it need apart from a slice of a disk? Access rights to the server,
own domain, database?

The easiest may be to collect bottles to fund a cheap site at a web hotel.

My teenage son runs one for his counter-strike clan. He pays EUR 12.50 for
300 MB storage, with unlimited traffic, unlimited email and database support
(MySQL/php4).

I could not put a box up cheaper - the electricity alone would cost more.

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stork - 29 May 2005 13:11 GMT

I'm interested. Drop me a line and also the URL that would be hosted.

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