David Lindon
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out of interest...
how much does CF cost to host, (I realise that it's a network of forums the you have)
The host we used to use, ev1servers, we had a package there for $329/month
out of interest...
how much does CF cost to host, (I realise that it's a network of forums the you have)
Wow, thats not cheap. Do you use the same server for all of your network?David Lindon said:The host we used to use, ev1servers, we had a package there for $329/month
Shared hosting is cheap, but large sites need dedicated solutions, not because of bandwidth, more-less because they need lots of resources.Renegadeandy said:I dont believe it costs that much tbh, webhosting is a myth - its cheaper than you think. There is just a lot of text shipping around here, not using up THAT much bandwidth Think about how many page refreshes and messages you need to send to add up even 512kb let alone 1024 of bandwidth to even equal a mb.
Renegadeandy said:I dont believe it costs that much tbh, webhosting is a myth - its cheaper than you think. There is just a lot of text shipping around here, not using up THAT much bandwidth Think about how many page refreshes and messages you need to send to add up even 512kb let alone 1024 of bandwidth to even equal a mb.
setishock said:Not even close. Places like CF need 15 to 30 gigs a month to just operate. Check the stats on CF.
Threads: 42,162, Posts: 448,787, Members: 14,973
Let's start with the members. Each one has 2 profiles. Sign up and the one they can edit. Almost 15,000 members. You're talking about chewing up some drive space. And the site software has to keep up with all that. Makes for a fairly large database matrix also.
Posts. Now you're talking about almost half a MILLION posts. And keep in mind a large portion of them have pictures links in them. Now the database is starting to bulge at the seams. Still think it's not even a meg? It's in the gig range now. And the party's just getting started. But I'm not going to take it any farther.
In the colonies dedicated servers are real pricey. And you get what you pay for. Well that applies anywhere. A dedicated server means you are the only customer on that server. You're going to pay dearly for the exclusive use of the server box, the maintance of it, and the connection to the outside world. It's not cheap. Average costs around 200 US dollars and it goes up from there.