Re: FN-FORUM: hosting a very large site

date posted 7th February 2007 12:23

=0AI currently run a large site and started off on virtual hosting, but=0A=
soon ran out of power. I moved the site to a dedicated server at=0AEasyspac=
e (see http://www.easyspace.com/dedserver_main.php). The site=0Aworks fine=
now, though setting up was a nightmare as we soon out ran=0Athe technical =
skills available at Easyspace. Also be warned the server=0Asupport team onl=
y works office hours, I have not been able to get 24/7=0Asupport out of the=
m.=0A=0A =0A=0AEdwin Crockford, =0A=0A Director, RME Associates Ltd., 0132=
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=0A=0A=0AI need some advice.=0A=0A=0A=0AI'm currently working on a large si=
te where the disk space usage is growing=0A=0Aquickly. The site has loads o=
f large photos with new ones regularly being=0A=0Auploaded. The site has be=
en running for a few months and is already 1400MB.=0A=0AIt's currently runn=
ing on shared hosting, but won't be able to cope much=0A=0Alonger.=0A=0A=0A=
=0AI'm not too familiar with the options available for hosting larger sites=
.=0A=0ADedicated, co-location hosting, Virtual hosting etc? (the price seem=
s to=0A=0Arocket whenever those things are mentioned). Or are there decent =
shared=0A=0Ahosting packages which can handle large sites with high bandwid=
th? =0A=0A=0A=0AReliability is a big issue for me (I was with Hostdepartmen=
t. They claim to=0A=0Aoffer lots of space but the site kept crashing daily!=
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