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::Your money goes entirely towards paying hosting costs. | ::Your money goes entirely towards paying hosting costs. | ||
* '''How much money does hosting cost every month?''' | * '''How much money does hosting cost every month?''' | ||
::The Portal Wiki is hosted on a [https://www.linode.com/ Linode | ::The Portal Wiki is hosted on a [https://www.linode.com/ Linode 1GB], which as of this writing costs $39.95 ([http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=39.95&From=USD&To=EUR convert to euros]) per month. The Linode is paid for yearly, which gets a 10% discount, meaning that the actual cost is $35.96 per month ([http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=35.96&From=USD&To=EUR convert to euros]). | ||
::Note that the Linode does more than hosting the Portal Wiki. As such, it would be unfair to say that the Portal Wiki alone costs this amount of money to run. Here is some (admittedly rough, so that they don't have to be continuously updated) relative figures on how much the Portal Wiki uses: | ::Note that the Linode does more than hosting the Portal Wiki. As such, it would be unfair to say that the Portal Wiki alone costs this amount of money to run. Here is some (admittedly rough, so that they don't have to be continuously updated) relative figures on how much the Portal Wiki uses: | ||
::* | ::* 50% of the allocated storage space | ||
::* 60% of the outgoing bandwidth used by the Linode per month on average (incoming bandwidth is free) | ::* 60% of the outgoing bandwidth used by the Linode per month on average (incoming bandwidth is free) | ||
::* | ::* 37% of the maximum allocated memory usage (this includes [http://www.nginx.org/ nginx], [http://php-fpm.org/ php-fpm], [https://www.mysql.com/ mysqld], [[User:WindBOT|WindBOT]], [https://crushfs.googlecode.com/ crushfs], and [[tf:User:WindPower/RCNotify.py|RCNotify.py]]) | ||
* '''What happens if donations are higher than the monthly hosting cost?''' | * '''What happens if donations are higher than the monthly hosting cost?''' | ||
::The donations are not expected to fully cover hosting expenses. In the event that they do, the extra money will be saved and, at the time of the yearly hosting package renewal, be used to purchase a better Linode plan for the server if the extra money allows it. | ::The donations are not expected to fully cover hosting expenses. In the event that they do, the extra money will be saved and, at the time of the yearly hosting package renewal, be used to purchase a better Linode plan for the server if the extra money allows it. |