Forum size

[tom-knox]

A fairly simple question but one I just can't answer for my self. How much web space and bandwidth would a forum use in general, I'm not talking anything huge, just a community forum.

Secondly, a question maybe more specifically for David, How much space and bandwidth do the computer forums use?
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Tom

 

[adamjthompson]

How much web space and bandwidth would a forum use in general, I'm not talking anything huge, just a community forum.
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Tom

That is an unanswerable question. It totally depends on the size, traffic, and content of your forums.

A small, low-activity forum like I had on one of my sites might use a few MB of disk space and not much more in bandwidth. Nearly any shared hosting plan could support that. A forum like DP Forums on the other hand, uses a dedicated server that cost $85,043.84.

 

[tom-knox]

So its somewhere between a couple quid and 85000USD, Rightio. Any chance Mr. Lindon could provide us with the stats of computer forums?

 

[disturbed13]

hmmm
that would be interesting to know
just to see how big this site really is
just for s&g

 

[tom-knox]

That's what i was thinking.

Any chance David might indulge us?