taking advantage of unlimited bandwith ISP

[Nameless]

I'm starting a new site and I'm expecting alot of downloads Now, I was thinking I would get my site on a host then leave all downloads on my PC in the form of an FTP server. Links on my site will be direct FTP so that users will click the link and the download manager can directly access the file on the server on my pc. Now, what I'm wondering is, will this take from my ISP bandwith (since the user is directly taking from my pc) or the host's bandwith?? Thanks in advance!!

P.S. Will my pc with its current configuration be sufficient? files will be on a western digital 200gb 7200rpm 8mb drive BTW.

[surferpr]

You could do that if you want but you have to take in to consideration how much bandwith your ISP is giving you especialy upload bandwith example standard DSL speed is 256k Download 128k Upload (remember every 8bits is a byte) wich means if you host you own files you will be limiting the speed to roughly 10 kilobytes per secon so if 2 dudes using 56k are downloading, their gonna be using all of your upload bandwith wich you alsow need to browse send request to servers etc. Not to mention that you would need a static IP or a dynamic IP addressing service (NO-IP) to pull of the linking. However if by some off chance you are getting 2mbs from your dsl (like me ) then it would me more desirable to do but with less than 512k of upload you would just be screwing urself and pissing off the people who will be downloading. As for you system specs you could use a plain old Pentium PC with a hdd for a FTP server say RedHat or BSD FTP arent that CPU Mem intense. well atleaste for 10kbs

[Nameless]

I see. I'm aquiring a two-way satellite connection. So the upload speed should be around 512k. I've also found a host that gives me 5GB of bandwith daily and am considering that.

[lord_muad_dib]

u must have got fast ram & a fast hdd

[Nameless]

The HD is fine and RDram, although old, has the speed at around 1ghz IIRC. I'm trying to postpone a system upgrade as long as possible. BTW, how much bandwith would a small forums take up?

[Bill_gates]

:guitar: could work...

[FLaRe85]

Originally Posted by Nameless

I see. I'm aquiring a two-way satellite connection. So the upload speed should be around 512k. I've also found a host that gives me 5GB of bandwith daily and am considering that.

That satellite connection wouldn't happen to be through DirecWay/DirecPC, would it?

[Nameless]

Not sure what u're talking about Flare

[FLaRe85]

http://www.direcway.com

[surferpr]

Yeah satelite internet is fine and all but remember that the overall bandwith will be determined by signal streinght so if its kinda cloudy or raining like hell your forum or ftp would be slow or even down so if you want to run a forum and ftp I suggest you go for the 5g host and limit the download speed of the ftp (if the host supports this) and leave the forum at full speed since forums arent that bandwith consuming (althou this forum must rack up a nice amount of bandwith per mont )

[mikeshoup]

If you expect a lot of visitors, 512k upload is probably not gonna cut it.

[FLaRe85]

I honestly would not reccommend you do any hosting on a satellite connection. I obtained my DirecPC / DirecWAY certification and am authorized to install the two-way systems. I was the manager of the satellite department in a local PC shop a while back and dealt with it every day. Let me tell you, I was not at all impressed with the product. It's highly unreliable, a lot slower than advertised, and more expensive than your PC itself. To top it off, most satellite hosts place a cap on how much data they allow you to download in a few hours. If you go over that, they cap your transfer rate to a speed slower than dialup for a while. Now, I have no idea if your provider is like that, but DirecPC / DirecWAY is supposedly "the best" satellite internet product out there and it's simply crap, imho.

[surferpr]

I agree with FLaRe85 i worked for a local ISP here in PR and the offerd satellite internet with a company named nebulink and just about the only thing satellite internet is good for is surfing and downloading stuff and like Flare85 said some cap your speed and nebulink is one of them. Thanks to the lag issue you cant use it to play online games so forget about that. Self hosting or not I would recomend you get DSL and cable as a second option(cable has "other" little problems.) Go for the host man

[pedroarez]

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[FLaRe85]

LOL, you registered just to post that? You've read our board rules, right? Your post violates one of them.

3. Posts concerning "pyramid schemes," "get rich quick" offers, and advertisements are not permitted.

Unless the advertisement is officially authorized through NGEmu, you're not allowed to post it.

Besides, your strategy really needs some work. Nobody would buy from you at those prices especially with the horrible grammar and spelling you use to present yourself. My hosting company provides all you have and more with 100Mbit upload speeds and at cheaper prices.

[Nameless]

Heh, the phrase "shameless advirtisment" comes to mind suddenly...I wonder why

Anyway, I've found a couple of guys that want to start a site of their own and we've decided on sharing the cost of a dedicated server. Any good offers for Linux based ones?
The best I found was this http://www.valueweb.com/dedicated/de...ers/redhat.htm

[moomoomoo]

A dedicated server? Steady on, old chap. Are you sure you and/or the other guys have the knowledge to administer a server? It really is quite difficult.

If you're only hosting a few sites (what's going to be on yours to generate lots of downloads..?) then you might as well go with someone like flare

[Nameless]

Well, the others have experience as webmasters. I'm more of a designer and I want to test my skills and I don't mean we're gonna "build" one locally. Heh, I guess you could just ignore my firset few posts here

Oh, as for the content, I don't know wether it's okay to post it here. Basically, it's 40GB of unlicensed fan-subbed anime. If things go right, it's gonna be HUGE. Wish me luck.

[moomoomoo]

40 GB? And you were going to host it on a broadband connection? Heh.

40 GB of stuff would kill your server. Unless you wan't to sell your house+car+cat+watch to pay for one.. for a months worth.

[Nameless]

Again, we're getting that dedicated server offered by the host mentioned in the link. and we will make "wage" system for our visitors through the forums. Basically, it's the same one used in GamingForce Audio forums but with a new twist similar to bittorennet. A new user on the forum would be limited to a single episode per day or a an OST album or such. An older user- one who has contributed much to the community by helping on forums, setting FTP servers exclusive to our forum users, or by uploading directly to the site- would be offered much more freedom to get what they want. I know we could just limit the stuff we put on the site but this way we give people a choice. The amount of "ripped" animation we posses now is more than 600GBs combined. And by the end of the summer, we'll surpass a tera or two easy. We're going to change the stuff on the site every month or two to keep things fresh. Other things will be always updated ASAP e.g. say, the latest Naruto episode.

In any case, we are only in beta phase. We're just deciding on the team and we've gathered the money. Next will be the design and uploading phase. Hopefully, the site will be online by the end of the 1st month of summer or sooner What do you think? I know it sounds more of a dream but I still think it's worth a go and has a good chance of success. Even if things go wrong, then we simply pull the plug with little damage to ourselves & our pockets