Hosting question (Jamie?)

[evenflow]

If choosing a hosting solution for a website, at what level of traffic/DB hits and so on would a dedicated server become necessary? What are the likely costs involved?

Thanks.

[JamieBeeston]

evenflow said:

If choosing a hosting solution for a website, at what level of traffic/DB hits and so on would a dedicated server become necessary? What are the likely costs involved?

Thanks.

It entirely depends on what you're actually serving (dynamic content, video content, database driven content, forums etc)

Static content and large downloads aren't really that CPU intensive, so you can service a lot more clients than say a Forum, or blog / image gallery / something 'web 2.0'

We offer Dedicated QuadCore Xeon Servers from as little as £49.

As to when you need to make the switch, this is partially down to budget (ie if you have a pseudo decent budget, get one from the start for the additional flexibility, security and resources it affords) and the traffic content and profile mentioned above.

Feel free to drop me an email via my profile if you'd like to chat more.

Always happy to help a PH'r



J

[evenflow]

Brilliant, thanks for that. May well be in touch soon