Hosting companies - dedicated server needed
 

Hello, I'm looking for a dedicated hosting for a client.

Currently he has one membership site (mostly FLV videos 300-700MB) using:

* disk space used: 34 GB
* average monthly traffic: 2000 GB
* yearly port traffic chart is attached.
http://design4porn.com/tmp/year.png

Additionally to his traffic, he plans to do 4 x one hour live shows a month. So it's 240 minutes / 300kbps stream / 250 users (live stream to server, then Flash stream is encoded and forwarded to users). According to my calculations this will consume additionally:

* 128.75 GB a month
* 73.24 mbps port at peaks (all users)

I suppose he might need at least Intel 2Ghz CPU, 2 GB RAM to run also a Flash streaming server like Red5 on the same machine. If your recommendations differ, please advice.
He needs managed hosting, however I can do simple stuff myself (changing Apache/PHP/MySQL settings). Apart from the live stream and Flash encoding, software requirements are pretty simple.

So please provide your offer:

* hardware config
* software config (please no windows servers)
* what traffic / port (metered, unmetered, 95% percentile) you recommend / offer
* how much is overage GB on metered servers
* price per month / setup fee (if any)
* what kind of control panel is included
* is Red5 installation included in setup?
* if you offer Wowza, how much is monthly lease?
* how many IPs are included / how much is additinal IP?

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Anyone else?

Those are both top companies.

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Anothe top quality company if not the very top would be www.techiemedia.com
Excellent people to work with, great prices and best of all their support is by far the best in the biz.:2 cents::2 cents:

Replied to your email regarding this earlier. :)

I'd definitely suggest natnet! Plus they have an offer on right now (for a few more days i think) of $99 for first 3 months :) xx

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Hi,

Here's an offer that you can really sink your teeth into:

Intel C2D E5200 Dual Core - 2.5Ghz, 2MB Cache, 800FSB
4GB DDR2-800 RAM
500GB SATA2 3.0Gb/s Enterprise Edition HDD
Dual Gigabit NICs
1U Supermicro Server - 2 HDD Bays

5000GB Monthly Public Transfer
Unlimited Monthly Private Transfer
100Mbps Public Network Bandwidth
10Mbps Private Network Bandwidth
/29 IP Allocation - 5 Usable IPs
Private VLAN
Remote Reboot
Server Monitoring - PING Response
Real-Time Bandwidth Monitoring
$119/month, $0 setup fee
+ cPanel/WHM Control Panel: $25/month

Additional IP's: $0.50/IP
Bandwidth Overages: $0.10/GB (can be negotiated)
Network Port: 1000 Mbps Available On Demand!
Setup time: Few hours


This will be a great setup for your client. Its a good machine, with a large amount of bandwidth, backed by excellent support team and incredible datacenter infrastructure!
Email us: [email protected]

You wouldnt be doing yourself any real justice if you don't talk to the people at techiemedia.com These guys are simply amazing, I have been with several other hosts and when it comes to uptime and support there really is nothing close.:2 cents::2 cents:

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Nat Net are amazing. I've heard Mojo Host is right up there with Nat Net. I would say try those two.

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Hello Design4porn

I would recommend a solution which has the following attributes:

- Quad Core Xeon 2.4Ghz
- 8G RAM
- Dual 15K RPM SAS Drives, RAID 1
- ProxyPass (or equivalent) for members area protection
- Wowza Media Server 2
- Fully Managed Support, Monitoring
- Monthly Backup
- Competitive overage rates for bursting
- JW Player commercial license

When you use Wowza (or Red5, etc) for streaming movies the disks are working harder due to all of the random access, ie the ability for surfers to jump around to different play points. I would also recommend that you stay away from most control panels, especially those that add server overhead. Having a fully managed host which can help you successfully configure, troubleshoot and pull together all of these items will pay dividends in the long run.

I would be happy to discuss this further and create a custom quote. Please feel free to email me and reference this thread and I will send over a solutions quote.

Sincerely,

Brad Mitchell

Check www.natnet.com

deSIGN4porn I have been with Techiemedia.com for many years and I can say that their support is 2nd to none. I have had no hosting issues at all, no downtime or any support issues, in fact since i moved to techie my hosting problems have basically gone away.:2 cents::2 cents:

Webair rocks.

I would like to thank you for all the offers sent. They are being considered, the ones I found interesting have been contacted.

mojohost.com!!!!

MojoHost!!! Move to them a few months ago, glad I did.

We can certainly help you at CHOOPA.com. Email Sent.

Good speaking with you earlier. :thumbsup

if you haven't made up your mind and you have custom needs with a lot of attention perhaps we might speak