How Much Bandwidth Does Your Forum Use?... and more

[Dem?nik]

I swear this will be one of my last questions

1. How much bandwidth do you use?
2. How much RAM does your package include/how much do you use?
3. How much are you paying?

Bonus question

How difficult is it to manage a VPS? Are there any "special" tasks that need to be done different than shared hosting? What are the advantage/disadvantages over a semi-dedicated server?

I appreciate all answers. Debating on going either VPS, or with WRZHOST Semi-Dedicated.

Dem?nik Reviewed by Dem?nik on 25th Aug 2010. How Much Bandwidth Does Your Forum Use?... and more I swear this will be one of my last questions :D 1. How much bandwidth do you use? 2. How much RAM does your package include/how much do you use? 3. How much are you paying? Bonus question How difficult is it to manage a VPS? Are there any "special" tasks that need to be done different than shared hosting? What are the advantage/disadvantages over a semi-dedicated server? Rating: 5

[MrPeanut420]

shortbusriders.net 6.31 Gig 6463.75 M 400.00 Gig 409600.00 M 2% used

Server 115 gigs 1TB Bandwith 3.5 gig ram 4.0 burst
37 Hosted forums on this server

37.39 Gig (38284.78 Meg)
cpanellogd up
cpsrvd up
exim (exim-4.69-23.1_cpanel_maildir) up
httpd (2.2.16 (Unix)) up
imap up
mysql (5.0.91-community) up
named (9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2) up
pop up
queueprocd up
spamd up
sshd up
syslogd up
Server Load 0.04 (4 cpus)
Memory Used 14.5 %
Swap Used 0.00 %
Disk /dev/simfs (/) 13 %

a VPS Can be a Wonderful thing if you get the right specs and Host
i my self think Semi Dedicated is a Joke
its a fancy pants word for less crowded Shared Hosting
with a cpl more permissions
but Vps and Dedicated do take alote more work

Servers = cpanel
Vps = 15$ extra
Dedi = 35$ extra

so if you buy a server know what you want to add and what you can afford don't count on clients or people to pay it most times you will have to pay out of pocket

[TLK]

1. 1*, wordpress. Not much

2. On my friends dedi. No idea

3. FREE

[Dem?nik]

Thanks for the replies, would like to see a few more.

[RT]

www.hq-uploads.com

1-80354.21 / 190000 MB so far this month. 10-20k uv/day.
2-No idea.
3-16$/m.

[snowmanrene]

Depending on how established the site is and how many images are hosted on the server, a forum can use from 50-150GB/mth in bandwidth. Having 200GB is a safe bet as you can optimize images to use less bandwidth.

As for RAM, also depends on the size and traffic for the forum. 512MB-1GB is what you should be looking at. If the forum is completely unoptimized, then 1.5GB should be your choice.

As for pricing, a moderately priced VPS is around $40.

A VPS is much different to shared hosting as with a VPS, you are required to handle all the software installs, updates and troubleshooting/optimizing etc.
If you think a control panel will help you, get DirectAdmin.