I am running a 1ghz Pentium 3 red hat machine with 512 megs of RAM and a standard 40 gig 7200 rpm HD.

Most of the sites run email and simple web pages. Avg site takes about 20 megs of HD space and about 7 email accounts. I get 25 GBs of bandwidth per month.

Apache
MySQL - 18
PHP
Perl

How many sites should be cut-off before getting another server?

Originally posted by jtrovato
How many sites should be cut-off before getting another server?
/me licks finger and sticks it into the air.

About 323.

Seriously: it all depends on the sites, CGI usage, mysql usage, email usage. It's hard to gauge -- just keep adding until you feel the server has had enough (with room to grow for your existing accounts/domains).

You could easily handle 500 domains on that server, or 2. Run some searches on here and you'll see many threads asking pretty much the same thing.

i did do a few searches and you are right. I need to sit down and iron out all the domains and see what my server can handle. That's was a broad question and need to be more clear.

Anyways thanks for the input. I was planning on no more than 100 domains before I get another server.

John

Base your decision on load. Watch your processor and get the ave. load over a course of a week. The processor will spike off and on, but you can figure out a rough average. Using this rule of thumb will help you maintain a healthy machine. I would pick a percentage that you are comfortable with and where you think the server will perform the best.

I think you can fit 200 sites comfortably.

If your sever ever locks up because of CPU usage - get another =)

I know hosts who have fit more than 400 Domains on a 1.7Ghz computer, Plesk CP.

Originally posted by rey
I think you can fit 200 sites comfortably.
That's like saying you can fit 200 people into a building. Depends on the size of the building and what those people want to do in the building [or shopping center for Gary. :D]

This issue has been discussed heavily. ;)

Here's a statement that was generally agreed upon -
"The number of domains on a server is not always relevant to that server's actual performance. However, the increase in the number of domains on a server will also increase the chances of someone affecting the server's actual performance."
Thread of interest - here (http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=85282&highlight=domains+per+server).

I was assuming the number based on this:
Most of the sites run email and simple web pages. Avg site takes about 20 megs of HD space and about 7 email accounts.

Originally posted by rey
I was assuming the number based on this:

Oh sorry. :o My apologies then. I missed that bit. :blush:

*goes over and stands in the corner*

Hey, no problem at all Aussie ... I also agree with your opinion! :)

Originally posted by rey
Hey, no problem at all Aussie ... I also agree with your opinion! :)
*comes out of the corner* :D:agree:

Seems like you might want to give people more storage space. I note that I don't know your allowance now, but 20 megs per site means you have room for at least 1500 sites on your server's hard drive. Perhaps you can pick a number of sites to host that you think would be fair. 300 sites with 100 megs each could get you well over $1000 per month, which sounds like it would yield a fair profit margin for your server. But then again, what's fair?

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