Hosting

Monk · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject: Hosting

I am setting up a Nuke site and phpBB forum for an organization, and I was just wondering what kind of Hosting package I should get. The community won't be as large as TheVille, but I thought it would be interesting to know exactly what kind of stats TheVille is at.

When I look at different hosting packages they basically charge you for the amount of disk space and data transfer. How much would I need to run a community about the size of The Ville?

Also, if anyone knows any good hosting packages out there let me know. I am curious to know what the hosting is going to cost.
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Stevo · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:04 pm Post subject:

I run a site with Nuke at www.feztek.com. I got 50MB with a DB, subdomains, emails, etc. for $60 a year.

I know the ville is on a web server with way more than they need. It's got a few game servers on it, too.
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Monk · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:07 pm Post subject:

Is that TOSW you are referring to? Looks like a nice hosting package. I was just wondering how much database space and bandwith I would need. Is there a guide to this somewhere that tells you how much you will need based on the number of hits you are expecting?
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Stevo · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:17 pm Post subject:

Monk · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:21 pm Post subject:

Ok, I am planning on starting out with about 50 members and possibly growing to 500 members in the next few years. The site will probably get between 50 -200 unique hits a day. About how much bandwith and disk space will I need?

The packages I am looking at range from 25 to 500 MB of space, and 5 to 25 GB of bandwith. Which side of that spectrum should I lean on? The cheaper the better, but I don't want to be restricted by bandwith and disk space limitations in the future. For the amount of usage I described above, how much disk space and bandwith should I go with?
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John Doe · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject:

Monk, only one answer, www.1and1.com.

Free! 500 meg, lotsa bandwidth too. Free for 3 years.

Register your domain elsewhere and if you grow out of it then move it.

JD
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Monk · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:51 pm Post subject:

Thanks JD. I think I'll sign up right now.

While we are on the topic though, I would love to know how the disk space and bandwith equate to number of users, posts, or hits so that I can have an idea what they mean.
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Stevo · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:57 pm Post subject:

It depends. Are your members going to be just posting stuff, or will they have the ablility to upload stuff too?

What's this site going to be for?
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John Doe · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:59 pm Post subject:

I agree, it depends.

If you look at the Ville forums I believe there are about 175000 posts....give or take, I have not looked at the numbers lately.

But I believe the database is only around 150 meg.

JD
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Monk · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:07 pm Post subject:

Ahh Thanks JD. That's what I wanted to know. So I guess there is no way I would need 500 MB of disk space

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Robert E. Lee · Registered User Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2904

Hey Monk, I'm gonna be reselling some space on our server to help curve the costs. Let me know what you need and we can work something out.
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[njk]Nopeace4u-DBD · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:48 am Post subject:

when ever i catch u again rob i want to get too u on that also, looks like the ns league community site i want to build is goign to be a go
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Potato-VS- · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:03 pm Post subject:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT ANOTHER WEB-IN-A-BOX CONVERTER! DONT USE PHP NUKE!!!!! BAHHHHHH!!!

I use http://www.anhosts.com/webhosting/megaplan.htm . I must say that I havent even had a problem yet and I am extremely happy with their mega plan.

Stevo · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:08 pm Post subject:

PHP-Nike is cool.

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Monk · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject: