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BenH
07-25-2001, 08:53 AM
Hey,
I have a site hosted in some company.
i want to know how much transfer do i use per month
without asking them to tell me
any one has an idea, how to check ? maybe some code to put on all pages ?

if no ...
can u plz try to calculate it for me
120K Uniques p/m
2100K impressions p/m

Dogma
07-25-2001, 09:20 AM
If you have cpanel then it shows how much bandwidth you have used.....

toma1708
07-25-2001, 09:29 AM
Do you have access to raw log files ?

120 k unique visitors = 120000 x 30 k (2 pages x 15 k each) = app. 3.5 G.

BenH
07-25-2001, 09:40 AM
Originally posted by toma1708
Do you have access to raw log files ?

120 k unique visitors = 120000 x 30 k (2 pages x 15 k each) = app. 3.5 G.

so as i said, if i have 2100k pages a month
2,100,000*15kb=31,500,000kb=31.5gb ...
is it true ?????

toma1708
07-25-2001, 10:19 AM
YES!

BenH
07-25-2001, 10:22 AM
no plz god help me
who the hell can i get money to host this site ?!
do u know someting that can make this huge number verified ?
i dont belive my little site has 30gb transfer

joe52
07-25-2001, 11:50 AM
That number is just an estimate, but I wouldn't call a site with over 2,000,000 impressions a month little. It may not be huge, but most sites out there get far less traffic. With a couple of million impressions a month you could easily be using 30gb or more. That estimate is based on an average page size of 15k, including all graphics, which is pretty small. 30k or more per page wouldn't be unreasonable if your site has some graphis on it (much more if you have a lot of graphics), and you can do the math from there.

Of course these are just educated guesses. Your best bet is to get the raw log files and run a log analysis program on them.

PS Is there any advertising on the site? If the content isn't illegal or copyrighted by someone else you should be able to generate some ad revenure from those 2 million impressions to help cover (I'd think that they'd more than cover) your hosting costs.

-joe

BenH
07-25-2001, 11:59 AM
this is children site , so no one wants to advertise ,
i'm looking for a company that will host my site for 1 month to check how much traffic i have
do you know one ?

joe52
07-25-2001, 12:31 PM
Originally posted by HostingFreak
this is children site , so no one wants to advertise ,
i'm looking for a company that will host my site for 1 month to check how much traffic i have
do you know one ?

You might try posting to the advertising forums, but that's a big site for someone to host on a trial basis. Does your current host not tell you how much bandwidth you're using or do you not trust their numbers?

-joe