i'm looking for an opinion from a website/web hosting expert.I'm not sure if this is the right section as im not buying or selling hosting but would appreciate some advice. I'm planning to launch a website soon and was wondering what sort of web host i should choose. The website will have these things. ~ About 1000+ visitors expected daily (will stay on the site for long periods of time) ~ From time to time i will have live sports streaming on the website (thousands of people from all over the world will come to the site at once) ~Will be hosting videos and live streaming Again i mention,the visitors will remain on the website for several hours when live streaming is on.. i don't want the website down every time live streaming is on and load the whole website slow and affect the speed of videos and streaming.. Please don't try to sell me your hosting.I need an honest and unbiased advice.. i'm not looking for an exact specific host but need advice on which hosting features are required for this kind of website then i can find and compare a lot of hosts with the required features.. Please help me out.
Hello, The majority of shared hosts are not going to allow you to host large videos, and are even less likely to allow you to stream a lot of content. There is also a lot of bandwidth involved with videos and streaming content. You basically have 3 choices. Dedicated server, VPS, cloud hosting. Those are pretty much your only choices. You can always start with a VPS, do testing, see how it goes, and upgrade after that. Content Delivery Networks (CDN) is another choice to offload some of the static video content.
I would start with a VPS/VDS server. You can upgrade these as your site grows. You have your own dedicated resources and can monitor how your site is performing, like CPU and RAM. If you get with a host that will work with you, then you grow the server as your sites grows. Then when the time comes that your budget allows and traffic warrants it, you can move on to a dedicated server. What I would highly recommend is researching hosts and then putting in quote requests directly with the host. This will give you an idea what they think you need to serve your site and also allows you to judge their response time and level of support they offer. What kind of budget are you working with? I would not recommend going with a budget deal on this site, but find a host that has a track record.
if you site have average 1000 visitor at the same time and do streaming video. dedicated server is suitable for you. good luck!
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