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Do you like free stuff? This may just be your opportunity to become the envy of all your friends.

All you have to do is buy me a new server to put in parallel with my server in Los Angeles.

Why, you ask? Well, there are several reasons.

• Most importantly, I'll have redundancy for the web sites I host. If one hard drive dies, the other computer's drive system will act as an identical backup until the dead drive is replaced.
• Almost as importantly, if I screw up the configuration of something on one server, and if that mistake affects network connectivity, I'll be able to use the other server to log into the broken server via serial cable.
• If I update software on one server, and if that update is not compatible with its current configuration, it'll be simple to roll back the changes using the other server's configuration.

What do you get out of it?

• Free web hosting for the rest of your life.
• Free redundant DNS, free email, free FTP hosting, free whatever other Internet services you want.
• I'll set up a fully customizable blog like this one for you, for free.
• I'll tell all my friends you're a great person and that they should all buy you a few drinks.

Of course, the server needs to be pretty decent in terms of current computing power standards. A PDP-11 just won't cut it, though that would be pretty cool to have, anyway.

Here's what I want in the server.

• 1U rackmount form factor.
• 1+ GHz processor.
• 1+ GB ECC RAM.
• Two gigabit ethernet controllers.
• One remote terminal serial port.
• One CD-ROM drive.
• At least one 40+ GB hard drive.
• A RAID controller would be nice.
• Blinky lights.

I don't care whether it's used or new or refurbished or really dusty; I'll fix anything that's wrong with it when it gets here. Just as long as it gets here.

So, leave a comment, tell me you're going to ship a new server to me, and when it arrives, your rise to fame will be so quick you'll have no idea what happened.