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[Zoltrix]

Large phpbb forum, What do I need

Well guys,
Im looking aquring a phpbb forum in the future here, and im looking at getting either a VPS or a dedicated server.
Heres what im looking at, its a phpBB based site that allows users to create a forum... the script will duplicate a phpbb database and insert all the tables required into the database, seperating them with prefixes ofcourse.
Currently the database it 13gb, contains 100,000+ tables... and the website pulls off about 3 million hits a month.
This IS a free site, revenue generated by ads on users sites... so the real question is. What sort of specs do I really need. I cant go off what the seller is running because they run several sites on the one server. I really wanted to sneak away with a VPS because then its managed and comes with Raid10... was thinking of a VPS of
512mb ram dedicated with 2048MB burstable. (shared quad CPU's)
Since you guys know dedicated serveres the best, Let me know what you think.

[LoganNZ]

From the sounds of it, its going to need more than a VPS
3 million hits a month = 2-5 Dedicated servers, depending on the setup.
I would say cluster 2 fairly sized machines for MySQL, then use a single large box or two clustered/load balanced for reliability and speed as web servers.
3 million hits a month, thats a lot of traffic.
Also considering how large the database is, your going to need some fairly considerable server power.
Good luck
Regards,
Logan





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[Zoltrix]

Hmmmm, at 100,000 page views a day.. really think I need more than one dedicated server?
Before I purchase this thing, im trying to figure out how I can make a profit. He indicates I can get away with 150/month for a dedicated server, thats great, but I cant seem to get a server that is capable for that price.....

[jphilipson]

I just moved and optimized a large forum for a customer with less traffic and smaller DB than yours. It is running really well now on two dual xeon servers, one for the DB, and one for the web side. But there was also a static site on the web server that gets tons of traffic. Based on that I'd say you could get by comfortably on a two server setup, which would run you $400-$600/m at most good DCs. Of course would need to see real stats, web and db utilization to make a best call on it.A lot of it depends on how well the servers are optimized as well. Drop me a message if you need any help or thoughts on the matter (free of course ).





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[leeware]

I think that you need a dedicated server and a distributed setup would work fine for you.





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[Shikhir A]

Yeah get a Dual Quad Xeon with LOTS of ram (8GB+) for the database, and a similar Quad Xeon with 4+GB ram for the site, then a load balancer if you can.
I know http://liquidweb.com offers all this in a package with full management.





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[Zoltrix]

Hmm, Website income is only $500/month... I dont see enough profit in this site anymore if im looking at that much hardware for the site.

if your still looking at this see if you can acquire the host this is on as well. it might be the simplest option rather than moving to a new host.
with this you will KNOW the hardware is sufficient to support the site and the costs you have for it.

[Zoltrix]

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Originally Posted by Philderbeast


if your still looking at this see if you can acquire the host this is on as well. it might be the simplest option rather than moving to a new host.
with this you will KNOW the hardware is sufficient to support the site and the costs you have for it.


Hes a developer, hosts several large sites on the same server, not an option.. isists I can get away with one of these:https://www.theplanet.com/servers/sm/default.aspx

[Bono_]

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Originally Posted by Zoltrix


Hes a developer, hosts several large sites on the same server, not an option.. isists I can get away with one of these:https://www.theplanet.com/servers/sm/default.aspx



Xeon 3060 would pull it off, but better go for single xeon harpertown with sas disks and 4 or 8 gb of ram.
That would cost you around 330$, check out gigenet offering. I picked xeon
E5430 with 4gb of ram and 147gb sas and sata as backup for 330$, which is probably more than you need. Of course you need to optimize that server and maybe use alternative web server software.

[Woooo]

I believe a single server setup costing $150 is very able to run this forum, There are a lot of tweaks that a quadcore cpu and 4 GB ram is enough for this setup, use lighttpd, it works like a charm if u dont have seourls/apache-sepcifiec needs.





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[HD Fanatic]

3 million hits is nothing in a month. Single server setup works fine, just make sure the disks are fast and optimize it as much as possible.





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