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[krule]

I have a website that gets 15,000 downloads a month of a 3MB file. It gets about 10,000 hits a month and is 100 mB in size. How many GB in bandwidth do i need? Is 30 GB way too much?

thanks!
krissy, web designer girl

[essexguy]

so let me get this right, you have a 3mb file that gets downloaded 15000 times a month. Well thats 45GB a month used already.

so 30GB is to little.

[mwalters]

And where is that 100MB coming from? Is that 100 MegaBytes or 100KB (KiloBytes), etc... If you're talking about the size of your website I'm thinking the latter ... heh, anyhow, need to clarify on that, but as essexguy stated, 30 is already too little just based on the one file that gets downloaded.

[krule]

UGGGGGGGGG are you serious? i need 45 GB? i guess you just multiply the number together to get that number??!? I shoudl have known that. I am so mad at my hosting company. Their best plan only provides 30GB of bandwidth and they told me that would be enough. Now i have already told the client the pricing! DO i need a dedicated server for this site?

[krule]

Originally posted by mwalters
And where is that 100MB coming from? Is that 100 MegaBytes or 100KB (KiloBytes), etc... If you're talking about the size of your website I'm thinking the latter ... heh, anyhow, need to clarify on that, but as essexguy stated, 30 is already too little just based on the one file that gets downloaded.

mwalters, just ignore my comment about 100MB. that is the size of the entire website. Mostly i am concerned with the downloading of a 3MB file 15,000 times a month. now i am freaking b/c my hosting company told me the wrong info! tehy told me 30GB would be fine. ARGGGGGGGG

[mwalters]

No, there are hosts that can support the bandwidth you need.

Yes, you just do the multiplication.

You should do the math, plan for some future growth, and find a host that can not only take care of your needs now, but easily take care of your needs into the future. There are probably many hosts on this board that would love to try and help you. Just remember, you get what you pay for.

[qm8309]

u need at least 60gb 2b secure.
go for a reseller account or vps.

[mwalters]

Also, if the site is not already up ... which I'm assuming because of how you're talking, then how do you know it's going to be downloaded 15,000 a month?

Might want to test the waters a little and buy more bandwidth as you need it instead of all you'll ever need up front. A lot of people forget the importance of simple cash flow when they are starting up business endeavors. I don't know if that's what you're doing, but don't think you need to buy today what you need 10 years from now. You can buy it 10 years from now when you have the money to do so

[krule]

Originally posted by qm8309
u need at least 60gb 2b secure.
go for a reseller account or vps.

WHAT! omg i am freaking out now. what is the typical cost for 60GB of transfer a month? my hosting company charges $89.95 a month for 30GB and $25 extra for each additional 1000MB. OMG, i am about to freak.

[mwalters]

Please read what I said ... grow as you need to. How do you know that you're going to get 15,000 downloads a month right from the start?

I don't think you need to freak out, at least not yet

[eddy2099]

I am not saying that your web host isn't wrong, true, traffic takes time to build up and you probably would not get 15,000 downloads a month on the offset. Maybe in a few months' time but probably not right away.

However, if you know your actual requirement, you will have to include some additional gb of bandwidth to factor in ftp, emails and other nitty gitty items which would consume bandwidth.

Uploading the 100mb web site files would already consume something like 100mb in bandwidth already.

For $89.95 you could actually get a VPS account or a low-end dedicated server with a lot more bandwidth then you can spare. I would assume that this is not your only web hosting client, what I'll do is to get a VPS account, say from Servint for $49/mth (100gb bandwidth + 2gb diskspace) and host several of your clients in there. That should cover the cost easily. And since your current client only need 45gb for now, the additional 55gb can be spread almost your other clients and probably to host your own business website. Then when you get a new client, you do not need to pay exact (if you still have space and bandwidth to spare), just add them into the account. Opt for a control panel such as Cpanel/WHM and you can managed it from there. Servint is a managed service so you could rely on them for tech support.

That's just my opinion.

[krule]

Originally posted by eddy2099

For $89.95 you could actually get a VPS account or a low-end dedicated server with a lot more bandwidth then you can spare. I would assume that this is not your only web hosting client, what I'll do is to get a VPS account, say from Servint for $49/mth (100gb bandwidth + 2gb diskspace) and host several of your clients in there.

thank you for the advice, it calmed me slightly. Ok, what is the website for Servint (i found several links when i googled it, was not sure which it was). what does VPS mean? I need to be able to host this client for no more than $100 a month. I have other clients, but they are all tiny sites.

the site i am freaking about gets 8,400 hits to the homepage each month and 15000 downloads of a 3MB file. I know this b/c they are hosted somewhere else now (with a company that is charging them an arm and a leg and that is why they want to switch to me)

[qm8309]

http://www.servint.net/vps/

the site itself explained wut a vps is very well.

servint is a very reputable company (one of the best out there) and u cant go wrong them them.

$89.95 is way too much for wut u get in today's market. u can get a fully dedicated server for $89.95 with 300gb+ transfer.

[eddy2099]

A VPS is a Virtual Private Server. This may not be the right definition but to put it in layman's term, it falls between a dedicated server and a shared hosting account.

It draws on the benefit of both. From the Dedicated Server, you have full administrative access to the server, you can set up any programs you want and configure the web servers and stuffs to what you need. Which is unless a shared hosting account. But the server is not exclusively your own, you share it with other VPS accounts on that machine. As with a shared account, you do not need to bother about hardware issues since servint would take care of it for you.

The servint hardware is very impressive and for that price, it is a steal. In fact, I just move sites from an under used dedicated server to a $49/mth account there and it works the same. Apart from cost savings, you get a knowledgeable technical team who would do all the 'hard' work for you such as kernel patches and anything which requires root access.

You can even set up your own DNS server so when people do a Lookup on your domain name, it shows the dns as yours and not some other hosts.

With a VPS, you are not restricted to the number of sites you can have on the account. If you outgrowth your needs, just upgrade to the next plan. No downtime during the transition and no change on your part.

[krule]

thanks eddy, i sent an email to servint asking them which plan is best for me. you only pay $49 a month? that is insanely cheap? are they reliable and have good tech support? I dont want to have to administer the server. I am just a designer and a hosting reseller and i dont know sh*t about servers. Can Servint help me with this? I know how to upload files via ftp and implement a few cgi scripts and that's about it. LOL. what do you get for your $49/month plan?

thanks