For an image hosting website which one of the two would you recommend: 4000GB Monthly Transfer (2000 in + 2000 out - Dedicated 1,000 Mbit/s uplink) vs 10 Mbit/s Unmetered Port Thanks
The first one. It more bandwidth (10Mbits is ~ 3300GB) and can theoretically push 125MB/s rather than 1.25MB/s, although it will never reach that in reality. Jay
I would go with the 10mbps unmetered since the other option only provides 2TB out. Serving images requires bandwidth out, not in. You can push 3TB+ out with a 10mbps unmetered in a month, plus you know you wont ever go over your "limit" and pay overages.
you cant push more then 3tb a month with that even if you want to, so i recomended the 4tb one however you might be looking for 100mbps shared unmetered (good deals on webhostingtalk) so you can burst the 10mbps at times.
Go for the unmetered option as you will be able to push more "out". You will need the bandwidth focuses on out, you will take near to none in compared to out. I owned a VPS site for a year and was pushing around 6TB out but taking only about half a TB in per month, if that.
Trust me, you can. I had a client with a server at The Planet with 10mbps uplink, he managed to max it out (outbound) for a week straight due to some promotions.
With vps is different, but with 10mbps dedicated bandwidth do simple math, i can transfer aprox 1.2mb a second at full speed and 30 days 24 hours a day 86400 seconds in a day 1.2mb x 86400 = 103,680mb a day can be transfered MAX ON FULL CONNECTION 103,680 x 30 = 3,110,400mb Aprox 3tb bandwidth a month can be pushed with a dedicated 10mbps bandwidth line, you cant push more its impossible unless your on a shared port which for example is 100mbps shared between 10 customers including you, you get aprox 10mbps but you can burst the port to higher speeds when it isnt in use. I have experience in this so im trying to help.
10mbps is 75.00 MB/min (megabyte). 75MB/min * 60min/hour * 24 hour/day * 30 days = 3240000MB or 3TB Often times with an unmetered VPS, you can push more than what they provide. I have a VPS at Rackforce which is 10mbps unmetered and I know it can peak above 10mbps. Anyways, this is my experience, and thats your experience, and YMMV.