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04-09-2008, 08:13 PM #1Newbie
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about co-location
Now people use MBIT as bandwidth instead of GB. Whats difference between them?
Such as 500GB, I know it is cap of transfer is 500GB. so 2mbit, what does it mean?
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04-09-2008, 08:16 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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well you can xfer 2mbit per sec upto 500GB, basically 200k/sec until you reach 500GB
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04-09-2008, 08:27 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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When people use mbit (megabit), they are usually referring to per second, when people use GB (gigabyte) they are usually referring to per month.
1 byte = 8 bits, this is how data is stored on a computer (binary form, 8 bits). Here is a relative look at the max you can transfer with 1megabit per second:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
Basically, mbit is speed, GB is amount of data.
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04-09-2008, 10:45 PM #4Backup Guru
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Keep in mind that most websites have peaks and valleys in their traffic graph, so if you are peaking at 1Mbps, you're probably pushing 180-200GB per month. The rest is lost to idle bandwidth in off-peak hours.
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