here is my theory... a few boxes spread around the world... not neccesairly rack/managed hosting... more like *stable* home users, but one rack somewhere in england?, seams central, that manages the database, all of the vbulletins on the others servers access the central database (wouldnt cause any trouble), so you could have mirrors of the site... i myself have a 10mbit/10mbit cable connection that could hold a mirror probably... but not just the site 
, itd get raped 
well anyway, just an idea
, itd get raped well anyway, just an idea
Re: Re: I may be able to help
You mean vbulletin? Vbulletin breaks on my box with MySQL 4, unfortunately had to roll back to 3.2x... i'm seasoned in freebsd/linux/apache/mysql/php ... if any help is needed (sure you guys have it covered, running a nicely customized board), just in case tho, email me i'm always around and would love to help
AudioFreak said:
You mean vbulletin? Vbulletin breaks on my box with MySQL 4, unfortunately had to roll back to 3.2x... i'm seasoned in freebsd/linux/apache/mysql/php ... if any help is needed (sure you guys have it covered, running a nicely customized board), just in case tho, email me i'm always around and would love to help
Have you considered hosting on Ausgamers? you would have to supply/buy a box from them
But judging by your bandwidth, and average users online at a time a pentium 3-S 1.4ghz should suffice. We could all supply hardware?
and as usual.. for hosting the computer has to be in a rack mount case and power supplies/everything has to be non modified hardware due to chance of fire
But judging by your bandwidth, and average users online at a time a pentium 3-S 1.4ghz should suffice. We could all supply hardware?
and as usual.. for hosting the computer has to be in a rack mount case and power supplies/everything has to be non modified hardware due to chance of fire
AudioFreak said:
Actually. it would be wise to disabled attachments altogether. Also,
Delete all the images as attachments in the database as it chews up excessive data.
For example. This thread, page(reply) is a total of 49kb(html, minus pictures) adding a 190kb picture brings this up to 239kb if 100 people were to view this page it would be 23900kb of outbound data. Thats 23mb, for one thread, 100 users.
Take away that picture and you bring it down to 4.9mb thats an 18mb difference, caused by one image.
on the reply button theres a 'img' tag so you can remotely link images. There are pages dedicated to hosting images for forums. For example: www.ugbox.net or www.theforumisdown.com
You can chop down the data massively by doing this.
Tensop,
As stated earlier, the site uses GZip for all transfers so it's going to be way smaller than you calculate, also, this site relies on attachments, without them, this site would basically cease to exist. By making a true small version of any big graphics, you save a fair chunk on out going traffic 90% of the time and occassionally when someone wants to see a particular image in full size, they just click it and it loads the big version. We also limit attachments so your 190kb picture could not exist.
As stated earlier, the site uses GZip for all transfers so it's going to be way smaller than you calculate, also, this site relies on attachments, without them, this site would basically cease to exist. By making a true small version of any big graphics, you save a fair chunk on out going traffic 90% of the time and occassionally when someone wants to see a particular image in full size, they just click it and it loads the big version. We also limit attachments so your 190kb picture could not exist.
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I personally think we should have a member's gallery that members can upload there audio schematics ideas prints and pictures and then when some one posts a picture it actually comes from there gallery. For me the gallery would be best and i think some can relate to it being a great idea also.
better idea...
better idea...
JasonL said:
In the future, this is likely to exist but it all takes coding and time ... with the server move happening in just a few weeks time, time is not exactly something I have alot of at the moment.
Now can we please get back to the topic. We can talk about things you want done to improve the site in another thread ... go ahead just start one someone or for that matter, you could make a suggestion on the poll we run on the homepage. For the time being, the only thing i'm interested in is finding a new place for diyaudio.com, please keep this in mind and dont post anything else in this thread.
I've sent an email to one of the 2 moderators/admins on the first topic. Agg from overclockers.com.au has kindly agreed to host you guys under a few conditions, free of charge. you should contact him at agg@overclockers.com.au , as i said in the email
- Tensop.
- Tensop.
I would like to suggest colocation at http://www.fdcservers.net/. For $99/month, you get unlimited bandwidth and a 5mbit connection. for $149/month you get a 10mbit connection. I could probably donate at least a case and power supply, and I'm willing to set it up, and have it shipped to Chicago (where they are located). I'm sure other people here have a few things they can donate, and we could probably put a server together for $400 or so.
Also, one way to help pay for the colocation is reselling hosting to people. I know at least a couple people who would pay $10/month for a gig of space. They wouldn't use any considerable amount of bandwidth, so they would not affect this site.
Another way to make money would be to sell diyaudio.com email addresses to members. With a dedicated server, that would be no trouble at all, and I could set up the email server and webmail. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who would pay perhaps $5/month for a really nice POP3 email address.
Also, one way to help pay for the colocation is reselling hosting to people. I know at least a couple people who would pay $10/month for a gig of space. They wouldn't use any considerable amount of bandwidth, so they would not affect this site.
Another way to make money would be to sell diyaudio.com email addresses to members. With a dedicated server, that would be no trouble at all, and I could set up the email server and webmail. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who would pay perhaps $5/month for a really nice POP3 email address.
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For anybody thats interested. I also have a cheap T1 unmetered bandwidth, dedicated server .
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The name of my business is:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Diamond Hosting - Click Here To View The Website
CURRENTLY FEATURED SERVER
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
CPU: Intel Pentium 4-1.7Ghz
RAM: 512MB
Hard Drive: 60GB UltraDMA 7200RPM
Operating System: Redhat Linux 9.0
Unmetered High Speed Connection
2 IP Addresses
99.999% Uptime
Get all this for only $299.99/Month CAD!
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
-Current Available Upgrades:
Pentium 2Ghz – $25/month
Pentium 2.4Ghz - $40/month
RAM Upgrades, Additional Hard Drives, Additional IP addresses, 10Mbit and 100Mbit dedicated connections available upon request.
-Colocation Hosting now available.
Bandwidth start at 100Mbit.
For 50GB it only costs $140/month.
Omnidust Labs [ http://omnidust.com/hosting ] Is already selling this Dedicated Server on their website.
Well thanks for the offer, but I think the $150USD/month for unlimited bandwidth on a 10mbit connection is a much better deal.
I have a few questions for people here:
1) Would you pay a yearly fee for a diyaudio.com email address?
2) How much would you pay yearly for the above adress? It would probably include 50 megs of storage and unlimited attachment size.
I have a few questions for people here:
1) Would you pay a yearly fee for a diyaudio.com email address?
2) How much would you pay yearly for the above adress? It would probably include 50 megs of storage and unlimited attachment size.
damonpip,
I've spoken to nathan myself and he presents a fairly good offer that will be worth us considering. Given that you dont know the full details, I dont think that you or anyone else is really in a position to decide what is or is not a good deal so please leave that to me.
Re: your questions... As per my earlier posts, please keep this thread totally on topic and leave such questions for another thread. I've already suggested that someone start another thread for such things in Everything Else.
I've spoken to nathan myself and he presents a fairly good offer that will be worth us considering. Given that you dont know the full details, I dont think that you or anyone else is really in a position to decide what is or is not a good deal so please leave that to me.
Re: your questions... As per my earlier posts, please keep this thread totally on topic and leave such questions for another thread. I've already suggested that someone start another thread for such things in Everything Else.
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