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08-23-2009, 02:45 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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Dedi for social network
Howdy folks,
I am starting up a social network site with an anticipated 400 users in the first month growing to about 2000 within a year (yes i have done a study and not just pulled this numbers out of thin air)
it will be offering audio/video so a dedi is pretty much necessary for encoding the files, and it will need to have cpanel and be able to have mysql db's
would an atom server (such as hivelocities $59 atom) be suitable for the 400 non concurrent users?
Also once the server has reached capacity, would it be best to transfer everything to a new server or cluster a second server in and have them both processing?
Cheers,
Pete
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08-23-2009, 02:46 AM #2Custom Hosting Master
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An Atom is fine, and you would want to upgrade to a stronger server down the line, and then start clustering.
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08-23-2009, 02:47 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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damn you're fast.
thanks for the reply
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08-23-2009, 02:52 AM #4Aspiring Evangelist
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An Atom should be okay to start with, perhaps something a little more powerful is worth looking into though. What kind of audio / video is being processed on the site (aka do users upload it and the server encodes it to a certain format)? If so, that could be quite resource intensive alone.
Once you reach capacity, if it's on an Atom, I would personally recommend upgrading the server to something a little more decent power wise with Dual or Quad core running the helm at minimum, maybe a Dual Processor setup with mulitple cores. Then once that reaches cap, create a cluster.
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08-23-2009, 02:56 AM #5Web Hosting Evangelist
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Note: If your going for Hivelocity your going to get about 50mbit max upload. (I currently have there Gbit plan.)
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08-23-2009, 03:10 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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(aka do users upload it and the server encodes it to a certain format)? If so, that could be quite resource intensive alone.
Note: If your going for Hivelocity your going to get about 50mbit max upload
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08-23-2009, 03:16 AM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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Yes, I assumed but you may want to consider a bit larger processor / decent ram for such encoding tasks. Don't under estimate it, is all
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If that is your requirements especially if you want to run videos, then it is better to go on Quad instead with SAS drives.
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What about this?
Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz
2GB DDR
250GB SATA
4000GB (4TB)
5 Addresses
File sizes for most users will be limited to 5-10mb and i am not expecting to have them all uploading at once.
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08-23-2009, 03:47 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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"Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz" is pretty old nowadays, If you can get a single quad core processor that would be great
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08-23-2009, 03:53 AM #13Death is Sex
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get better disk setup then CPU.
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08-23-2009, 03:55 AM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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Dual Xeon is dated, better than an Atom I would say. It's built to be a server processor, and can run at full bore 24/7.
That said Quads are pretty cheap at the moment and worth looking into. I would look for something with some more RAM personally. Due to the encoding. However limiting the file size to 5 - 10MB it shouldn't be too bad.
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08-24-2009, 03:01 AM #16WHT Addict
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I am launching a social network as part a multi-tiered project dedicated to independent musicians. I would highly suggest looking for something to start off with that is better than an Atom.
While your site will start off low in terms of overall users, it is better to have a machine with specs that could handle even the lowest numbers along with any big spikes with relative ease. I am not sure I would trust an Atom CPU to such a task.
I already have a Quad Core that I am using for starters.
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08-24-2009, 03:12 PM #17noobie
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There are a lot of variables, but with what you've given there you shouldn't need to start on anything too intense (an Atom should have no trouble supporting even 2000 members on most options I've seen). For the average client, even with video and music on the site, 500GB of bandwidth is even typically enough. Just be sure that if you're getting a self-managed server that you're comfortable covering the systems administration work on it; and you should do just fine.
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