would 2 Mbps per month be enough for hosting 1 high traffic paysite? - GoFuckYourself.com

AsylumN · 12-23-2004, 01:03 PM

would 2 Mbps per month be enough for hosting 1 high traffic paysite? I will NOT be hosting movies or galleries on this bandwidth, just the paysite itself whcih will be 80KB for the index(not including graphics). I expect to have quite a bit of traffic to this site as I have many partner accounts and so alot of people will be hitting the paysite.

what do you guys think? Some insight on this is appreciated, this is my first paysite!

HughJardon · 12-23-2004, 01:06 PM

hard to say there's too many variable such as are you streaming, download videos, pictures and what the resolution is how many members. but to start 2 megs would be more then enough

goBigtime · 12-23-2004, 01:07 PM

well... you know the size of your site (the entire site? or just one page) is 80k.... so multiply that by the # of visitors per day you expect you'll get at most, then double that again to compensate for peak usage.

We're not supposed to guess what your definition of "quite a bit of traffic" is, are we? ;)

AsylumN · 12-23-2004, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goBigtime

well... you know the size of your site (the entire site? or just one page) is 80k.... so multiply that by the # of visitors per day you expect you'll get at most, then double that again to compensate for peak usage.

We're not supposed to guess what your definition of "quite a bit of traffic" is, are we? ;)

ok, good point, here is more specific data:

*80kb is the size of the index.html
*there will be NO video or gallery hosting on this server! ONLY the paysite will be hosted!
*I expect 3000 unique visitors to the site per day (yes, that may sound high for my 1st paysite, but I will have a few paid spots running daily on some of the big well known TGP's and my own sites and will be submitting galleries daily)

Sami · 12-23-2004, 01:30 PM

I would recommand a 5mbps to play it safe.

mgold · 12-23-2004, 02:06 PM

Try this calulator http://www.valkaryn.net/bwcalc/bwcalc.cgi
just add 15% for overgae

andrej_NDC · 12-23-2004, 02:13 PM

3k per day is not a high traffic paysite, I thought you was talking about 50k+ per day. For 3k 2Mbit should be fine, even with few short streaming trailers.

Alex · 12-23-2004, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

3k per day is not a high traffic paysite, I thought you was talking about 50k+ per day. For 3k 2Mbit should be fine, even with few short streaming trailers.

according to him everthing is hosted on another server (vids, pics, etc)

and 3k is shit.

AsylumN · 12-23-2004, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

3k per day is not a high traffic paysite, I thought you was talking about 50k+ per day. For 3k 2Mbit should be fine, even with few short streaming trailers.

And a paysite with 50k traffic per day would need how much hosting

andrej_NDC · 12-23-2004, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AsylumN

And a paysite with 50k traffic per day would need how much hosting

25-30Mbit

dubsix · 12-23-2004, 03:30 PM

for only 3k you could just throw that on a quality managed dedicated in some datacenter, either just buy 3mbit or get something with 1,000 (~3mbps sustained) -> 1,500 (~4.5mbps sustained) either way 3k unique ain't a big deal ;)

MrJackMeHoff · 12-23-2004, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

25-30Mbit

haha yeah maybe if you host with one of the bargain hosts they'll tell ya that.

andrej_NDC · 12-23-2004, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MrJackMeHoff

haha yeah maybe if you host with one of the bargain hosts they'll tell ya that.

??? what?

webair · 12-23-2004, 04:02 PM

AsylumN,

contact me we have a nice 5 mbps plan with your name on it =)

12-23-2004, 01:03 PM	#1
AsylumN Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 625	would 2 Mbps per month be enough for hosting 1 high traffic paysite? would 2 Mbps per month be enough for hosting 1 high traffic paysite? I will NOT be hosting movies or galleries on this bandwidth, just the paysite itself whcih will be 80KB for the index(not including graphics). I expect to have quite a bit of traffic to this site as I have many partner accounts and so alot of people will be hitting the paysite. what do you guys think? Some insight on this is appreciated, this is my first paysite!

12-23-2004, 01:06 PM	#2
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mgold Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 68	try this Try this calulator http://www.valkaryn.net/bwcalc/bwcalc.cgi just add 15% for overgae

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12-23-2004, 01:07 PM	#3
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	well... you know the size of your site (the entire site? or just one page) is 80k.... so multiply that by the # of visitors per day you expect you'll get at most, then double that again to compensate for peak usage. We're not supposed to guess what your definition of "quite a bit of traffic" is, are we? ;)

12-23-2004, 02:13 PM	#7
andrej_NDC Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 7,760	3k per day is not a high traffic paysite, I thought you was talking about 50k+ per day. For 3k 2Mbit should be fine, even with few short streaming trailers.

12-23-2004, 03:30 PM	#11
dubsix Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 363	for only 3k you could just throw that on a quality managed dedicated in some datacenter, either just buy 3mbit or get something with 1,000 (~3mbps sustained) -> 1,500 (~4.5mbps sustained) either way 3k unique ain't a big deal ;)