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lagwagon · 12-04-2002, 02:28 PM

so i am going to get a limiter installed for the daily transfer of members this way i will wake up and wont see that some member has transfered 16 gigs in 8 hours and our site is 4 gigs..... this shit is so annoying and hard to monitor as there are other things that i am doing.... now what would be a good limit to set for the day for these members? i was thinking around 500mb a day... think that is good or to much or to less?

Undutchable · 12-04-2002, 02:36 PM

A gig per day is reasonable, although I think that you should always be careful with it. In the end, it could hurt retention...

FlyingIguana · 12-04-2002, 02:37 PM

16 gigs? did he share his password with a few buddies?

quiet · 12-04-2002, 02:38 PM

i would never put such a limit on my members area.

the bandwidth used in the members area is peanuts compared to all our other costs.

salsbury · 12-04-2002, 02:41 PM

bandwidth should be your smallest expense, or one of your smallest expenses.

but regardless, keep in mind that if you present a surfer with a page saying "You've downloaded too much!" they're going to be much more likely to call the bank and have a chargeback issued.

you're probably best off trying to figure out a way to throttle kbits/s somehow. there's no good way to do this in Apache, unfortunately.

lagwagon · 12-04-2002, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
i would never put such a limit on my members area.

the bandwidth used in the members area is peanuts compared to all our other costs.

yeah your right.... but this shit just pisses me off.... so how about say if they go over the limit then they just get terminated... i mean if they download more then the site then they are obviously cheating the system

.:Frog:. · 12-04-2002, 02:53 PM

They paid for access right?
16GB isn't much bandwidth.

lagwagon · 12-04-2002, 03:02 PM

whoops double post..

yeah i know 16 gigs is not that much.... just sort of a pet peeve i guess
but still eeerrrrr

yellofello · 12-04-2002, 03:14 PM

i wouldn't worry about it too much. in addition to what quiet stated, b/w is dirt cheap nowadays. there are guys burning way more than that on galleries, and their surfers haven't even been nice enough to fork out the plastic

ColKurtz · 12-04-2002, 03:17 PM

"16GB isn't much bandwidth."

Thats a pretty fucking big amount for one member to use. Just cancel the guy. Hes obviously doing something shady.

L0stMind · 12-04-2002, 03:27 PM

Ummm, couple comments here.

1) Passwd protection. Your paysite does have protection right? So one username cant be shared by 30 people?

2) You can limit download speeds in apache, but most available apache mod's out there need a little tweakin before they will actually work.

3) 16gb isnt really much. I am sure that cost you less then $20 :P I guess if you have really slim margins, it can knock into profits...

12-04-2002, 02:28 PM	#1
lagwagon Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: az Posts: 8,464	jeez, bandwidth rapage so i am going to get a limiter installed for the daily transfer of members this way i will wake up and wont see that some member has transfered 16 gigs in 8 hours and our site is 4 gigs..... this shit is so annoying and hard to monitor as there are other things that i am doing.... now what would be a good limit to set for the day for these members? i was thinking around 500mb a day... think that is good or to much or to less? __________________ FTVGirls - FTVMilfs - DanielleFTV

12-04-2002, 02:38 PM	#4
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	i would never put such a limit on my members area. the bandwidth used in the members area is peanuts compared to all our other costs. __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

12-04-2002, 02:41 PM	#5
salsbury Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,070	bandwidth should be your smallest expense, or one of your smallest expenses. but regardless, keep in mind that if you present a surfer with a page saying "You've downloaded too much!" they're going to be much more likely to call the bank and have a chargeback issued. you're probably best off trying to figure out a way to throttle kbits/s somehow. there's no good way to do this in Apache, unfortunately. __________________

12-04-2002, 02:53 PM	#7
.:Frog:. Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ~ C A N A D A ~ Posts: 2,123	They paid for access right? 16GB isn't much bandwidth. __________________ <a href="http://www.pornopayouts.com/?rid=pp3076">PornoPayouts</a> Tons of Hosted Galleries.

12-04-2002, 03:02 PM	#8
lagwagon Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: az Posts: 8,464	whoops double post.. yeah i know 16 gigs is not that much.... just sort of a pet peeve i guess but still eeerrrrr __________________ FTVGirls - FTVMilfs - DanielleFTV Last edited by lagwagon; 12-04-2002 at 03:03 PM..

12-04-2002, 02:36 PM	#2
Undutchable Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,217	A gig per day is reasonable, although I think that you should always be careful with it. In the end, it could hurt retention...

12-04-2002, 02:37 PM	#3
FlyingIguana aspiring banker Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: toronto Posts: 10,870	16 gigs? did he share his password with a few buddies?

12-04-2002, 03:14 PM	#9
yellofello Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 183	i wouldn't worry about it too much. in addition to what quiet stated, b/w is dirt cheap nowadays. there are guys burning way more than that on galleries, and their surfers haven't even been nice enough to fork out the plastic __________________ Due to the fact that light is faster than sound, a person will appear intelligent until they open their mouth

12-04-2002, 03:17 PM	#10
ColKurtz So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambodia Posts: 596	"16GB isn't much bandwidth." Thats a pretty fucking big amount for one member to use. Just cancel the guy. Hes obviously doing something shady.

12-04-2002, 03:27 PM	#11
L0stMind Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancity Posts: 1,681	Ummm, couple comments here. 1) Passwd protection. Your paysite does have protection right? So one username cant be shared by 30 people? 2) You can limit download speeds in apache, but most available apache mod's out there need a little tweakin before they will actually work. 3) 16gb isnt really much. I am sure that cost you less then $20 :P I guess if you have really slim margins, it can knock into profits...