Was glad to help.  Hopefully this solves one big problem, and we can move on...

In regards to the nice offers to host, etc.. we run a host company, but you know what, I think the whole thing is better of if Bâshrat the Sneaky gets to do it how he wants to do it.  h*ll, the man doesn't get paid for his work, I wouldn't be opposed for him running a "damn, pay me some money" chipin.  I figure, let him use the VPS however he wants.

However, I would like to know what VPS provider he's going with

That's stated in the main post: WebSiteSource. If you can make a better offer, contact me!

In regards to the nice offers to host, etc.. we run a host company, but you know what, I think the whole thing is better of if Bâshrat the Sneaky gets to do it how he wants to do it.  h*ll, the man doesn't get paid for his work, I wouldn't be opposed for him running a "damn, pay me some money" chipin.  I figure, let him use the VPS however he wants.

However, I would like to know what VPS provider he's going with

Most testers here are enthusiasts, and spend money on materials to run the tests.
Bâshrat the Sneaky and the teams can use help to get some hard needed materials and licences.
I just saw that one goal was met, which should not stop people from donating so as to really get this slipstreamed.

Well, as I've said to you in the past Bâshrat the Sneaky (well, a LONG time ago anyway), I'd be happy to host and/or mirror the driver packs for you on my downloads page, or maybe we could work something custom out.  I was looking at your posted stats, and that's nothing compared to what my downloads site does (I think I do a bare minimum 225GB per day in downloads).  But anyway, what I'm saying is that I can handle the load if needed.  I have an extremely powerful server (2 actually, though one is mainly for my clients while the other is just for me) and if my ads keep doing well to help generate revenue, I can also afford more bandwidth (and faster bandwidth) if necessary.  I mean I'm already paying over $850 a month for my servers and bandwidth now, what's a little more to help another community out.    Please let me know if you are interested.  This is a serious offer.  My main site is: http://downloads.littlbuger.info 

Thank you very much for the offer, but as I've repeated at least 3 times now already, this is NOT about the download server, which is doing just fine, but about the *web* server, which needs faster and more reliable MySQL if I want to tie the different parts together (the forum & bugtracker and to be added: manual with wiki-like editing possibilities, driverDB (which includes filtering by OS, brand, device type and so on).

No root access there, so I wouldn't be able to install eAccelerator or set up WebDAV, for starters.

I'll chip some money in anyway!

With one-click installs of Drupal etc.

Good luck,
echen

aaah, sorry mustve skipped that part. but my question still stands.. why not use a torrentlike system

To that I've also replied already Check this:

The server this very forum is ran from is more powerful than that one

http://www.loomes.de/02_produkte_start.php?

i have this  platin version ..

or look at this

http://www.loomes.de/02_produkte_profi.php

would this fit your wishes?

no offense but the virtual server is just.. crap nothing more nothing less.
simply having ram and bandwith means nothing if you wont get the speeds required... which shared servers virtually never will for normal files. let alone files like these driverpacks.

Why not use a torrentlike system? i realise some people at least would block uploads. but others would make up for the loss with ease, i for one wouldnt mind sharing some of my bandwith for a good cause

If you join the discussion, then first read all posts

Why not use a torrentlike system? i realise some people at least would block uploads. but others would make up for the loss with ease, i for one wouldnt mind sharing some of my bandwith for a good cause