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What size of server?
| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 02:46 PM |
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What size of server would i need for a forum with around 1 million posts and 32k users? Would a xeon d1520 be enough?
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| Posted by CentexHosting, 07-07-2016, 03:00 PM |
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what is the site on now? How is that running for you. This would give you an idea of what you may or may not need.
Budget would also be a factor.
For me I would run Dual E 5 2620 but that is just me.
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 03:01 PM |
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The site is broken right now and it is not mine
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| Posted by SenseiSteve, 07-07-2016, 03:27 PM |
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How many active members does this forum typically have daily? I ask because I just checked one forum that has 34000 members and close to 600000 posts, but has only had two members login in the last 24 hours.
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 03:41 PM |
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Right now, none. The site is down.
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| Posted by SenseiSteve, 07-07-2016, 03:45 PM |
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How long has this forum been down? Do you have any stats on the resources it consumed when it was last online and active?
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 03:48 PM |
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It has been down for a few months. It has not been active for a few years since it runs software from 2003. It is going to get an upgrade.
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| Posted by SenseiSteve, 07-07-2016, 03:58 PM |
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Yes, that should be enough, given the current status of the forum. What are you projecting for active membership when it's updated?
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 04:02 PM |
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it will be more active.
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| Posted by SolaDrive - John, 07-07-2016, 04:50 PM |
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Well it sounds like you have lost a good portion of your traffic if its been down this long, that's usually how extended downtime works. Even if you had 1k users online at the same general time you could get away with a mid size E3-12XXvX server, 16GB RAM, SATA or SSD drive setup and you would be fine. Right now though you could be fine on a VPS though to get things rolling again.
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| Posted by helpdesk, 07-07-2016, 05:12 PM |
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Just start with the a good VPS and regain your users.
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 05:30 PM |
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I am going to be hosting another forum on the server with 60k posts and 5k users and i think that a dedicated server would be good.
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| Posted by SenseiSteve, 07-07-2016, 05:47 PM |
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Is that a forum that you own now? Same question though - how many of those 5k users are active? How much resources does that forum consume?
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-07-2016, 05:48 PM |
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Not too many active users. I am going to upgrade both software.
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| Posted by SenseiSteve, 07-07-2016, 06:01 PM |
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You'd probably be fine with a decent VPS to start, but yes, your Xeon D1520 should work well.
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| Posted by mhostingin, 07-08-2016, 11:04 AM |
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16-32 gb ram is enough.
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| Posted by net, 07-08-2016, 08:47 PM |
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The server you mentioned is fine. Put some SSD there for mysql and make sure you to optimize it.
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| Posted by HostColor, 07-09-2016, 04:43 AM |
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@CarpCharacin I'd agree with SolaDrive - John that you'd be fine with any E3 CPU powered server. However, you actually do not know how many computing resource you'd need, as the forum was down for few months. The best option is to go and get a Virtual server on a monthly contract with an upgrade options. Then when you'd monitor performance, collect some data and then decide on a permanent solution.
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| Posted by rogriverac, 07-09-2016, 09:20 AM |
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A Xeon E3-1200 series CPU with 16-32 GB of RAM and SSD for the high I/O of the databases should be good for your dedicated server. Sharing your budget would allow for a more specific advise from the community.
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| Posted by Forward1, 07-09-2016, 11:42 AM |
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You can use an Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 v5; but the processor is not so important for a site like yours, you should focus on SSD/RAM/bandwidth.
Also, you want to buy a server or rent one?
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| Posted by CarpCharacin, 07-10-2016, 11:09 AM |
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rent one. budget is up to $80 per month, preferably less. i also need SSDs. We are not going to use a VPS because we are going to be hosting a few forums on the server.
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| Posted by ReliableSite, 07-10-2016, 11:39 AM |
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I would recommend an Intel Xeon E3 instead. It's a cheaper platform and offers far superior performance.
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