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03-14-2012, 04:26 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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FDC server (1gbps) dedicated ?? true ??
https://www.fdcservers.net/order-1.php?plan_id=406
1Gbps unmetered
Six Core AMD Phenom II X6 Thuban
16GB RAM
1x 2TB HDD + 3x 3TB HDD
1. I'm looking at this special fdcservers is offering 1gbps shared port, and wondering if the server is actually capable of reaching anything close to a full 1gbps speed ?? (even 50% of the speed is still a good deal)
2. I also wanted to know if the hardware could allow you to reach close to the 1gbps (or 500mbps, etc.) since the hard drives 5400rpm ??
3. Fdcservers also offers 3ware raid controllers ?? would this increase the chances of reaching the speed ??
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03-14-2012, 04:30 PM #2cout << m_subtitle;
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Which location (out of the 3 they offer) are you considering?
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03-14-2012, 04:36 PM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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03-14-2012, 04:39 PM #4cout << m_subtitle;
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Speedtests from a gbit port showed Zlin > Denver > Chicago for me (82MBps, 39MBps and only 8MBps), that's with 20 threads to Europe.
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03-14-2012, 04:46 PM #5WHT Addict
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Search the forums about this hosting company.
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03-14-2012, 04:50 PM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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I'm located in the United States, I'm assuming that the results from the speed test will differ based on location (Chicago and Denver) will ping faster for me, than Zlin
Thanks for the info, I have a 100mbps connection that's shared on an dual atom server located in Chicago, When i download a 1gb file i'm getting around 20-60mbps speed depending on the time,
If i get anything near this (20-50%) of the 1gbps i think it's still not a bad deal, considering that the hardware is 10tb of disk space, and a 6 core system
I guess i'm really wondering if i can actually reach the speed with the hardware setup and the fact that it's a shared port
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03-14-2012, 04:58 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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03-14-2012, 04:58 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Keep in mind that when FDC says "1 Gbps unmetered", what they actually mean is "if you use more than 100-150 Mbps on a continuous basis we'll cut you off".
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03-14-2012, 05:00 PM #9cout << m_subtitle;
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03-14-2012, 05:25 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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03-14-2012, 05:27 PM #11cout << m_subtitle;
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What's the kind of content you'd be serving?
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03-14-2012, 05:34 PM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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flv, rar, jpg, etc it's a cloud hosting site, were currently almost maxed out with our current host and paying too much for 100mbps
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03-14-2012, 05:35 PM #13cout << m_subtitle;
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In that case I think you'd be looking at SAS drives in a RAID setup at the very least. Normal drives, especially 5.4K RPM ones, won't cut it there.
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03-14-2012, 05:47 PM #14Junior Guru
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Technically he's looking at this new offer from FDC, which means his current offer uses SATA's (7.2k?) - if so he probably doesn't need to use SAS if his current drives are doing fine since the new drives may be slower (5.2k) but probably have more storage and in a raid set up this would make up for the difference. (I'm guessing).
But, you could install Munin or similar software and find out the I/O load.
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03-14-2012, 05:59 PM #15cout << m_subtitle;
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Problem is that 100mbps is only 12.5MBps. 125MBps on those drives? I don't see it happening. Add that these are mostly smaller files (flv, rar, jpg) in the sub-50 range, meaning a lot of searching on the disk. I really don't see that working at the speed of > 200mbit without a SAS or SSD setup. The limit used to be the port, now that should become the harddrive setup.
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03-15-2012, 08:46 AM #16Aspiring Evangelist
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Hello,
Btw, FDC offers not only the shared ports, but also dedicated. Which are more expensive. Contact them if you need a dedicated port.
Thanks,
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