[Eagle Creek]

Thans for your reply.. I'm confused.

Originally Posted by TenTenths

Increase the RAM on the existing server to at least 2Gb, 4Gb if you can. RAM is the key, the rest of your server should be well up for the task.

The reason I said "new dedicated server" is because we may switch webhosts .
So a server with about the same specs with more RAM (also my idea, RAM is the key ) will be enough?
At busy times (and I'm talking about 400 people online at the same time) the CPU doesn't go below 60%.
In the past we had (other server, not ours) >1000 people online. Do u think the CPU is capable of handling this?

Originally Posted by TenTenths

Ah, right, well remember that 400 people online at the same time isn't necessarily 400 people, depending on your vB cookie timeout it may be around half of that.

60% of CPU means there's 40% still free for future expansion! A Xeon 3Ghz should be well up to the task and of course if you start with that spec of hardware and are taking a dedicated server from your hosting company then you can always pay them more and upgrade processor later.

Of course, I've said this before and will say it again, there becomes a "break point" where it makes more economic sense to buy your own hardware up-front and then co-locate and use the money saved on hosting to eventually upgrade the hardware, that's what I'm planning on doing.

Ah, right, well remember that 400 people online at the same time isn't necessarily 400 people, depending on your vB cookie timeout it may be around half of that.

At that time I had a timeout of 30 seconds, so yes, it was almost 400 people .
(at this moment it's 15 minutes, the 30 seconds where set by accident).

60% of CPU means there's 40% still free for future expansion! A Xeon 3Ghz should be well up to the task and of course if you start with that spec of hardware and are taking a dedicated server from your hosting company then you can always pay them more and upgrade processor later.

Roger..
I made a Terminal Server for a company before, that had 2x Dual Xeon (64 BIT) and 4 GB of RAM. The server was very powerful :-).
But I have to ask if the mainboard has the possibility of a second CPU I guess.

Of course, I've said this before and will say it again, there becomes a "break point" where it makes more economic sense to buy your own hardware up-front and then co-locate and use the money saved on hosting to eventually upgrade the hardware, that's what I'm planning on doing.

Of course . And maybe multiple servers in the future.
But at this point, the things are only based on calculations and expectations. Although they are made with serious thinking, you never know what the future will bring to you .

Thanks.

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As you can see, he thinks one server will be up to the job....

At this moment we have about 1500-2000 posts a day.

I heared a Windows Webserver is using more recourses then a Linux server is at the same situation.
Because we need to use MSSQL, a Windows server is a requirement. But vB needs MYSQL.
Therefore we need this combination.

At this moment the plan is:
Xeon 3.00 Ghz, but with room to extend to a 2nd one in the future.
Minimum of 3 GB of RAM.
(And because of the video's I think some kind of RAID combination, larger disks? )