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[AndrewY]

Hi there.

I'm hoping to open a community site for youths, using a CMS.

Its going to be a; blogging, chatting, and games site.

I'm expecting big hits, and the problem I have, is how to visualise how much MB Space & Bandwidth I'd need.

So here are 2 plans I have my eye on:

MB Space: 5,000
Bandwidth: 250GB

MB SPace: 10,000
Bandwidth: 500 GB

If someone could give me a comparison, like myspace.. what kind of plans do they use? I know my site will never be as popular, but, i could size it down and visualise it.

Thanks a lot,

Andrew.

[stablehost]

myspace handles their own servers, and lots of them.

[Vonuts]

Go for a dedicated or low-priced colo. Well worth it for what you're doing.

[spikez202]

Hah. What plans do they use...

[StackHost]

Starting out, you will probably not need a dedicated server. To figure out how much space you are going to need, try designing the site and getting all of the necessary files in order, you'll find out.

[onerisk]

I would reccomend going for a good vps supplier and sticking with it..

[121212]

Are you going to host any games? And about how many and how MB is each one?
MB SPace: 10,000
Bandwidth: 500 GB

Would probably be good for the begining and you can upgrade from their.

[IBuyWebHosts]

You should be fine with an upend shared hosting account.

[Centro Space]

Just use a shared hosting account and upgrade it as your site grows. Then eventually you may need to move onto a dedicated.

[thomp256]

Originally Posted by Centro Space

Just use a shared hosting account and upgrade it as your site grows. Then eventually you may need to move onto a dedicated.

I second that.

[steveabraham]

I agree, there's no point in jumping in at the deep end - worst case, if it doesn't work out, you've lost a lot of money. Start small, you can always work your way up.

[CreativeLogic1]

Do a shared hosting, then upgrade when you need to.

[NetworkCloset]

You can't ask "What hosting plan does MySpace.com" use. They are the #7 highest trafficed site on the Internet, based on Alexa.com reports. There is no hosting plan for them. It's TONS of servers, employees, bandwidth, etc. This is not measured by "hosting plans" but by how many $100,000 bills you have.

[Cyrusis]

Use ipowerweb.com, they give you 10000 MB, free domain, a ton of extras, along with 250GB of bandwidth. All for $100 a year, it's what I use. You can add more bandwidth if you wanted.

[NetworkCloset]

But are you going to host MySpace.com on your IPowerWeb.com hosting solution?