Hosting a high volume Forum

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by phantom, Aug 20, 2007.

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    Can anyone recommend a good hosting provider for a high volume forum. By high volume I mean with many users being able to upload attachments.....

    Would BlueHost.com be good for this?


    thanks in advance!!
     
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    techpr Well-Known Member

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    I see high volume as traffic and not just attachments. Do you have 500-1000 visitors a day? If yes go dedicated and not shared host.
     
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    phantom Well-Known Member

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    Well the plan is to have that many like you said......however even 50 users with uploads will start to take alot of space. Right now I have about 300 guest visitors a day average but sometimes more that are turning into regular forum members slowly (the forum is new). That is why I am looking now...

    I have been the dedicated route before and am not pleased at the level of service I have received.......uptime was awful and help in crisis was terrible ....and this was with Cihost and Burstnet.....I don't really want to pay $125 a month or more for crap service running my own dedicated.......there has got to be another way...
     
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    The real cheap alternative is VPS but you are on the line.... You really need dedicated.

    I run dedicated at Serverbeach for almost 4 years now, they have servers for every range. Check the Category 1 line, $the 89 a month one. 1GB RAM with a 80GB Disk and 2000GB transfer.
     
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