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futureawesome

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I was wondering if anyone could recommend some servers for me. I'll be using them to host files and provide direct downloads.

I've been asked to look into this but I don't know the CPU/RAM requirements for this. All that I know is that it will need at least 1TB HDD preferably more. The bandwidth preferably would be more than 2TB/month.

As an aside would an dual core atom with 2GB memory be able to handle serving out many files via nginx?

So requirements:
HDD: 1TB +
B/W: 2TB+/month
 
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I don't deal with warez. At least its not anything the USA Gov't would be concerned with lol.

Legal Media files to which I have license for. Videos I've shot with my camera that I want to share with an editing community. ie I'm the owner of the files. (These can be large).
 
Alright thanks for all the input, I'll look into it.

But as another question. What are the ATOM processors capable of handling? If I were to also host my webpage using it? I know they aren't powerful, but what would their limit be for # of hits/day
 
I also think kimsufi.com is the best option.
You get 2TB.
And for 14eur extra /month they'll hook up an USB-harddrive of another 2TB.

If you need a lot of processing done when the user visits your site ( forum ) I wouldn't opt for an ATOM server.
However, if you don't have a lot of visits ( I'm thinking 50-100 max simultaniously ) you could try it.

FYI we run epicimagehost which has ~40 images loaded every sec on the kimsufi2G, and my load is almost always 0.0

So it isn't that bad actually.

I also run rTorrent which is seeding 70 torrents (totally legit) ATM with a load of 0.0. ( Nobody is leeching tho :D )
 
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futureawesome said:
Alright thanks for all the input, I'll look into it.

But as another question. What are the ATOM processors capable of handling? If I were to also host my webpage using it? I know they aren't powerful, but what would their limit be for # of hits/day
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Atom processors are, on the contrary, greatly underrated. If the hardware/software environment is tweaked and configured correctly you can push a lot of performance out of them.

Since hosting in the USA won't be a problem from you, I would recommend you check out http://www.reliablesite.net (don't let the design deceive you). They are great, and they are actually the only provider I know who'll hook you up an atom with 8gb ram; yeah 8gb ram on an Atom is quite possible contrary to popular belief that it was limited to 4gb.
 
I almost post the same thread, im searching for the same so i have to create another thread? well anyway i will ask:

kimsufi is in french ._. i just understand a little, others options? my budget is aprox $50-150, thanks
 
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