Hello guys, i am planning to start a fourm... but stucked with some tech questions.... I am having a member base of 2000. I want to start a forum..... *) What server i must opt for LINUX or WINDOWS? *) What should be the BANDWIDTH (PER MONTH) i must opt for? Any good hosting company you recommend for this task.... Any other info, would also be help ful. Thanks in advance.
I have a forum with 700 uniques per day. It has done 5000+ on some days. 20 GB (bandwidth) per month is the max that it has ever used.
but i am going to have 2000 members for sure, what would be the best BANDWIDTH (PER MONTH), i must go for.... This is to add further, i am planning to move for LINUX server.
1) linux 2) 200gb to 500gb is plenty for future growth 3) dreamhost or hostgator (for shared hosting) or theplanet/serverbeach (for dedicated)
Because dedicated servers cost a minimum of 100$/month,unmanaged, and I doubt you will make enough money with your numbers 200gb might be too much, it depends on what you have on the forum (images,videos etc or just text)
I doubt that all your members will be visiting the forum everyday. Even my forum has 2000+ users, but my unique visitors are around 700 per day. Even if you get XXXX visitors a day, I doubt you will need more than 100 GB per month. (Assuming your users won't be downloading images, files etc). I use vbulletin and have got reseller hosting from micfo.com. ($25 for 200 GB bandwidth per month).
Ok, i am planning to go for it. Is it trust worthy micfo.com? I am also looking forward to get dedicated server. What do you suggest?
I am going to use TEXT, and 5-10% of the forums would be images. So this is the TEXT only all around the fourm.
I don't think you need a dedicated server. I suggest you start with shared hosting or a reseller package. If you think your forum requires more resources, your host can always upgrade you. These are my stats: Even at 5000 visits/day, my forum doesn't consume much more than 1 GB of bandwith. (The site wasn't down on the days for which the stats are missing. The host performed some kind of upgrade on those days and so the stats weren't recorded). ========================================== I think micfo is quite reliable. The best thing I like is about them is that they have 24 X 7 live support and most issues get resolved quite fast. Once in a while, the servers have problems, but then I don't know any host that has a 100% uptime.