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11-14-2005, 11:50 AM #1Newbie
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Unmetered Bandwith????
I have a DJ / Music website with 11,000+ members at TJsDJs.com. We offer DJs new music for download (with permission from the record companies). I'm also about to start streaming video too. My site is currently hosted on a dedicated server at liquidweb.com, but I keep going over my allowed bandwith and my site seems like it's getting real slow.
Can you suggest a good host for my unmetered music/video streaming needs?
How hard will it be to change my site and all my scripts over to whatever new host I choose?
Thanks,
TJ Chapman
TJ's DJ's Record & CD Pool
TJsDJs.comLast edited by TJsDJs; 11-14-2005 at 11:54 AM.
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11-14-2005, 11:52 AM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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Nice website.
I take it it's on an unmetered bandwidth server/host or something?
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11-14-2005, 11:55 AM #3Newbie
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Originally Posted by Blapto
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11-14-2005, 12:09 PM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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Ah, there's actually a question there now you've edited your post, trying to make me look like a fool, eh?
Just search these forums, and have a look in the deals in the dedicated hosting offers section.
Migration isn't too much of an issue if you plan it well. A general idea is to freeze site development for a week or so, during that time copy over all the static stuff (if you've frozen the site that's everything apart from your databases), make your DNS TTL something low, after 24 hours put a static page up on your old site saying you're moving to a new server, then copy the databses over and have your DNS records point to the new IP address. Put a redirect on your old server to point to the new one. After another 72 hours you're pretty much safe to cancel the contract with liquidweb.
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11-14-2005, 12:11 PM #5Disabled
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I would suggest servermatrix.com for unmetered kit.
Their prices may be steeper now but they've been solidly reliable for us (I direct a non-profit org which uses lots of bandwidth, and we've gone through a few providers).
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11-14-2005, 12:16 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by TJsDJs
You have the record label's approval to put music that they are selling, up on your website for free downloads? I strongly doubt that.
I bet if you didn't offer pirated music, you wouldn't have troubles with going over your limit.
Don't understand how hosting cd singles of new songs, by artists, would be allowed by record labels like Universal and such...
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11-14-2005, 12:23 PM #7Disabled
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ChrisTech, did you even read the site...
TJsDJs - you're charging $100/mo for membership, so surely you can afford to loadbalance a little? The site was extremely slow-loading for me, although that could also be due to the large images - take a look at that page for a breakdown of page size, and optimise the images.
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11-14-2005, 12:45 PM #8Newbie
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Originally Posted by ChrisTech
Check your info before you run off at the mouth!Last edited by TJsDJs; 11-14-2005 at 12:57 PM.
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11-14-2005, 12:45 PM #9Newbie
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huge site doesnt load very fast at all for me
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11-14-2005, 01:00 PM #10Newbie
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Originally Posted by vidahost
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11-14-2005, 01:27 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by TJsDJs
If your bandwidth usage varies wildly from month to month, then unmetered may be a good option for you... but if you're pretty consistent at a certain level, you might get a better deal by selecting a metered plan.
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11-14-2005, 02:27 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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You might want to check your stats page, and then do some locking down of your directories, and hotlink patrol.
With folders such as this
http://www.tjsdjs.com/music/
Music 1
Music 2
Music 3
It's no wonder at all why you are running out of bandwidth. I would easily say you have a ton of people direct linking the files from your website.
Good that you do have permission, many people post here with sites that have music on them, that aren't. But, re-check your website, and close down those directories. Enable some hotlink protection.
Those directories are being googled.
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11-14-2005, 07:35 PM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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there is no such a unmetered bandwith, trust me its all follish all costumer with high promises
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11-14-2005, 07:38 PM #14Disabled
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Originally Posted by horst
Unmetered = here's your allocation (say 10mbit/sec), do what you like with it.
Unlimited = honest, you can push through an unlimited amount.
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11-14-2005, 08:47 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Unfortunately, some hosts have devalued the "unmetered" term. For example, some 10Mb unmetered actually means 3.3TB on a higher speed port, so you can still go over.
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11-14-2005, 11:50 PM #16Newbie
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Thanks for the clarification. How do I protect my files from hotlinking?
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11-15-2005, 12:16 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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If you have mod_rewrite installed you can use the following in your .htaccess, this will prevent hotlinking of images and mp3s.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?tjsdjs\.com/ [NC
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
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11-15-2005, 01:05 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by horst
that's what unmetred mean. unmetered != unlimited.
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11-15-2005, 01:10 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by TJsDJs
perhap you should get another server that is only do video streaming. that way your website won't get bogged down if you got a lot of people browsing the website while requesting the video.
you should talk to liquidweb (your current provider) first and see if they can set something up. that way it's easier to move your website since i it's all in the same datacenter.
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11-15-2005, 01:35 AM #20WHT Addict
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Just out of curiosity, how much bandwidth do you use per month? It's possible you don't need unmetered, just a large amount.
Also, do you know what kind of port you're hooked up to? 100mb/s? 10mb/s?
What are you server specs as far as CPU, hard drive speed, and memory?
But I'd say load balancing with multiple servers would be the best idea. Get one server for the website (with no mp3s or videos on them), and another server that only has mp3s on it. That way, if a bunch of people are downloading a lot of mp3s, it won't really slow down your main site.