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[koepukoepu]

Hello everyone, i'm new on web hosting business, i have a one server, it's my server spec :

Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz
16 GB DDR3 EEC RAM
2x 1TB Sata HDD ( Raid 1 )

How much max account on this server ?

Thank you for your answer.

[48-14]

There's no exact answer. It depends on how your using the server...

- will it all be shared accounts
- vps accounts
- heavy traffic sites

I've seen some servers with 20 heavy powered sites, or a few hundred regular traffic site.

Figure out your overall plan, and make sure it's secure.

[Appdeveloper]

Well, you can make a million accounts, if they're unused.

I/O will be your major problem here. CPU is okay. RAM is very good.

[mg-]

unlimited websites
unlimited databases
unlimited subdomains
unlimited everything!

[koepukoepu]

Thank you for reply, i'm plan to use shared hosting, it's my plan.

plan1 --- > Space 5 GB
plan2 --- > Space 10 GB
plan3 --- > Space 150 GB
plan4 --- > Space unlimited

mybe from your experience ?

Originally Posted by 48-14

There's no exact answer. It depends on how your using the server...

- will it all be shared accounts
- vps accounts
- heavy traffic sites

I've seen some servers with 20 heavy powered sites, or a few hundred regular traffic site.

Figure out your overall plan, and make sure it's secure.

[koepukoepu]

i'm not understand this "I/O will be your major problem here." please give me a good configuration.

thanks

Originally Posted by Appdeveloper

Well, you can make a million accounts, if they're unused.

I/O will be your major problem here. CPU is okay. RAM is very good.

[aswik]

seems like you got your dedicated server from hetzner,EX6, I/O is the rate of data transfer of hard disk. You will probably get around 135MB/S on software raid. So at high usage it can be a problem but you can handle it later with hardware raid 10 which will double the I/O.

[koepukoepu]

thank you, so how best hard drive configuration ?

raid hardware mybe ? or some else.

Originally Posted by aswik

seems like you got your dedicated server from hetzner,EX6, I/O is the rate of data transfer of hard disk. You will probably get around 135MB/S on software raid. So at high usage it can be a problem but you can handle it later with hardware raid 10 which will double the I/O.

[Appdeveloper]

Originally Posted by aswik

seems like you got your dedicated server from hetzner,EX6, I/O is the rate of data transfer of hard disk. You will probably get around 135MB/S on software raid. So at high usage it can be a problem but you can handle it later with hardware raid 10 which will double the I/O.

It's not really about the speed of how fast it can transfer data, it's more about how fast it can find it.

I think for a shared hosting server, you need at least eight threads, 12-16GB RAM, raid 10 setup (or SSD), and 100mbit connection (unmetered, if you're selling "unlimited" bandwidth packages).

[LiquiLayer]

Since you state you're new...maybe it would be better to start with a reseller plan or even a VPS?

[tacgrp]

It will depend on the size of the accounts and resources they use.

[koepukoepu]

what if I use a Sata III, Sata III 6 Gbps speed.

Originally Posted by Appdeveloper

It's not really about the speed of how fast it can transfer data, it's more about how fast it can find it.

I think for a shared hosting server, you need at least eight threads, 12-16GB RAM, raid 10 setup (or SSD), and 100mbit connection (unmetered, if you're selling "unlimited" bandwidth packages).

[Appdeveloper]

Originally Posted by koepukoepu

what if I use a Sata III, Sata III 6 Gbps speed.

I don't think it really matters, because hard drives cannot take advantage of even SATA II. It's really SSDs where you'll see a difference.

[sufia]

CPU resource is important thing also HDD rpm.How your user use CPU on your system.you have to limit their CPU/MySQL connection in shared server.Otherwise a big site can be use your CPU resource.Yo have to look after on it.

Thank you