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Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by vitaminx13, Nov 15, 2005.

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    hey im not sure which category to put this under so i just guessed this one haha sorry.

    but, if you have a forum and it has many visitors daily how many gb of bandwitdh would you need?

    thanks
     
    vitaminx13, Nov 15, 2005 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I think you'll find that's a bit vague. Are you setting up a new forum so you don't know what numbers you'll get?

    Your feasibility study and business plan (you do have one don't you?) should show you what sort of numbers you're expecting - have you got an example forum that's doing the kind of volumes you'd like to be doing?
     
    sarahk, Nov 15, 2005 IP
  3. torunforever

    torunforever Peon

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    I don't mean to threadjack, but just have to comment on the business plan thing. Not everybody needs a business plan. If you want to make a career out of being a webmaster, then sure, but otherwise why bother.
     
    torunforever, Nov 15, 2005 IP
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    Dekker Peon

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    Because you'll be stuck somewhere down the road, flipping out empty pockets and going, what did I do wrong?
     
    Dekker, Nov 15, 2005 IP
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    aqi32 Active Member

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    you at least need to plan how to pay for, how much it will cost and plan on expansion.

    forgot to mention was that more important with a forum is CPU rather than bandwidth, you'll max out your alloted cpu usage way before you use up your bandwidth.
     
    aqi32, Nov 16, 2005 IP
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    torunforever Peon

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    Ok. That's not what a business plan is, though.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_plan
     
    torunforever, Nov 16, 2005 IP
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    Avadir Peon

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    Depends on the forum, IPB, phpBb, VB.
    What kinds of Skins you have on, mods, hacks, member ratio.

    10GB a month should be more then enough.
    I've hosted Forums for years and even the most Active ones never used more then 1.7GB of bandwidth a month.
     
    Avadir, Nov 19, 2005 IP
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    Dekker Peon

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    Are you freaking SERIOUS? I use 1.5 gigs minumum a DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Dekker, Nov 20, 2005 IP