Server Capacity

wom14

Hi,

I'm a bit clueless about web hosting but i am looking into a venture where i will need to host a (hopefully) reasonably active website. Can anyone give me any ballpark figures on server capacity needed for active/very active websites? ie what cpus/storage etc you would need.

Cheers!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Start small, you can upgrade when you get an idea of volume. There's no point needlessly wasting money by buying a huge package while the website is just getting on its feet.

For most providers, upgrades to better services will be very fast/instant, so if you keep an eye on thinggs, you'll be able to upgrade as traffic volume increases.

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sean_keevey wrote:

Start small, you can upgrade when you get an idea of volume. There's no point needlessly wasting money by buying a huge package while the website is just getting on its feet.

For most providers, upgrades to better services will be very fast/instant, so if you keep an eye on thinggs, you'll be able to upgrade as traffic volume increases.

Great advice.

steve-hosting36

'Busy' is a very hard to define term and requiremens will vary depending on the type of site or application. Best is to start small on a shared solution that will fit the technical requirements (unless you already know you're going to be doing more traffic than shared can handle well, or the site/app is important from an uptime point of view).

You can then migrate/upgrade to dedicated server solutions relatively easily.

wom14

ok will all that advice into consideration. Thanks!;)

Rollo Tamasi

Wom14, what type of site is it? If you are providing a downloadable product then you're going to require plenty of bandwidth, if it's a standard text and images site then you should start off small.

Bob the Builder

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