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this thread is for the proposal to have zkbitcoin.com site VPS upgraded as follows

following upgrade will allow site to accomodate growing PIVX and database indexer size (currently much of 74% left of 200G storage is allocated to) in addition higher RAM and CPU Spec allow better performance of existing user base

du -hsx .pivx | sort -rh | head -10
21G .pivx

du -hsx data | sort -rh | head -10
33G data



current: (paid for self currently)


VPS M NVMe (66.94.101.93)6 cores16 GB200 GB (100% NVMe)400 Mbit/s$18.49 / month


current/proposed:


VPS L NVMe8 cores30 GB400 GB (100% NVMe)600 Mbit/s$29.99 / month

site monitoring app: (notifies on downtime) $6.25 a month (currently self paid)
zkbitcoin-proxy.com hostingL (proxy needed to resolve third party API calls) $4.46 a month (currently self paid)

domain fees:

zkbitcoin.com $12 plus tax annual (currently self paid)
zkbitcoin-proxy.com $12 plus tax annual (currently self paid)
google workspace $6 plus tax annual per month ($72 plus tax annual) (currently self paid)

Total seeking (annual allotment)

main site hosting: $30 x 12 (annual VPS upgrade) + ($6.25 + $4.46) x 12 (monitoring and proxy hosting) + $12 (main domain) + $12 (proxy domain) + $6 x 12 (google workspace) = $584.52



 
motivations:

main official explorer
one of main channels People are dissevering PIVX


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this thread is for the proposal to have zkbitcoin.com site VPS upgraded as follows

following upgrade will allow site to accomodate growing PIVX and database indexer size (currently much of 74% left of 200G storage is allocated to) in addition higher RAM and CPU Spec allow better performance of existing user base


du -hsx .pivx | sort -rh | head -10
21G .pivx

du -hsx data | sort -rh | head -10
33G data



current: (paid for self currently)

VPS M NVMe (66.94.101.93)6 cores16 GB200 GB (100% NVMe)400 Mbit/s$18.49 / month


current/proposed:


VPS L NVMe8 cores30 GB400 GB (100% NVMe)600 Mbit/s$29.99 / month

site monitoring app: (notifies on downtime) $6.25 a month (currently self paid)
zkbitcoin-proxy.com hostingL (proxy needed to resolve third party API calls) $4.46 a month (currently self paid)

domain fees:

zkbitcoin.com $12 plus tax annual (currently self paid)
zkbitcoin-proxy.com $12 plus tax annual (currently self paid)
google workspace $6 plus tax annual per month ($72 plus tax annual) (currently self paid)

Total seeking (annual allotment)

main site hosting: $30 x 12 (annual VPS upgrade) + ($6.25 + $4.46) x 12 (monitoring and proxy hosting) + $12 (main domain) + $12 (proxy domain) + $6 x 12 (google workspace) = $584.52
using conservative estimate of $0.12 seeking one cycle which will cover annual cost of (rounding to $600 / $0.12) = 5000 PIVX
 
ZK, out of curiosity, why is google workspace needed? Most google features are free to individuals, what specifically requires this for explorer?
 
custom emails only ffrom the org stand point , I use diff for git for admin alarms for communication with pivx + 30G of cloud for backups


Custom email and 30 GB storage.

$6 per user, per month.

  • Custom and secure business email
  • 30 GB cloud storage per user
  • Collaboration tools including Docs, Slides, and Sheets
  • 100 participants in video meetings
 
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