How many servers should you have per member?

Hell Puppy · 11-11-2003

That's impossible to answer.

First off, it depends upon the nature of your content. Just pictures wont burn too much bandwidth. Throw in some large videos and you'll approach capcity much faster. Or run some webcam shows or something so you're doing live streaming and inviting all your members to stop by at the exact same time to see the show, and you'll find you need a lot more capacity.

And further more the server itself is pretty much irrelevant now as even the slowest box installed these days is a darned fast piece of hardware. The pipe attached to it is going to be the limiting factor.

More importantly, and please dont take this as a slam as I really intend it as candid advice....based on the questions you've been asking, you're probably not ready to run a paysite just yet. You may wanna get your feet wet with something more simple first. I used to suggest starting with premium AVS sites before trying to run a real paysite, but the AVS operators have been squeezed so hard by Visa's rules that they're rapidly becoming worthless...

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11-11-2003	#1
Hell Puppy Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,523	That's impossible to answer. First off, it depends upon the nature of your content. Just pictures wont burn too much bandwidth. Throw in some large videos and you'll approach capcity much faster. Or run some webcam shows or something so you're doing live streaming and inviting all your members to stop by at the exact same time to see the show, and you'll find you need a lot more capacity. And further more the server itself is pretty much irrelevant now as even the slowest box installed these days is a darned fast piece of hardware. The pipe attached to it is going to be the limiting factor. More importantly, and please dont take this as a slam as I really intend it as candid advice....based on the questions you've been asking, you're probably not ready to run a paysite just yet. You may wanna get your feet wet with something more simple first. I used to suggest starting with premium AVS sites before trying to run a real paysite, but the AVS operators have been squeezed so hard by Visa's rules that they're rapidly becoming worthless...