Dens Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Hi, I'm thinking about installing my board on a dedicated server but really would like to know what the best specs are for the server. My forum have about a 800 visitors a day. any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyF Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Moving topic to "Server Management, Resources, Optimization" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 That's hard to answer....I mean, are there other things running on the server? Any mods to IPB, or are you using any components? How do you configure the board? 800 visitors is quite a bit simultaneously, but you said that's in a day. How many online at once, typically (and at peak)? It's hard to say if one dedicated server can fully handle 800 visitors, especially without knowing the size of the database (posts, members, etc.) for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dens Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Well here are some numbers of my board: IP.Board Version (History) v2.3.1 (ID: 23004) Members Manage (14951) Topics 20228 Posts 56796 Uploads 13.58 mb The online users are normally around 30 and at peak 60. Mods I have installed: Invision Chat (ParaChat) (FSY22) Global Forum Message (FSY23) Universal Mod Installer D22-Shoutbox (FSY22) Member Anniversaries (FSY22) Auto PM New Members (FSY22) Group Name Indicator D22-Statistics D22-Live Board Life Status I hope you can say something about a minimal server configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeC Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 The number of users you have would only require a small server, maybe something along the lines of a Dual Core Intel or AMD with 1G or 2G of RAM. I always recommend 2G of RAM just for additional growth and RAM is cheap right now. That is going to give you plenty of performance now and some headroom as well for future growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Also, be aware the shoutbox can increase the load much more than a stock installation would show. Some mods use more resources than others, and any shoutbox mods are among those that increase load (the ones that auto-refresh at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostedPopTart Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Slightly OT, but your IPB could use a bugfix update. We're on 2.3.4 now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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