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Originally Posted by encryption

Thanks for that, I was actually looking for the max number of simultaneous users online (both members and guests) during peak time (as opposed to total number of members visiting the board in a given day.....

from the sound of it, you "could" sail away on a semi-dedicated option but then your host would have to put you on a less crowded server.

What are you looking to spend each month ?

Max number of users ever online is 684. A typical day sees up to 4-500 (total users, members and guests) at the most at any one time.

I tried their $249/month dedicated server and we crashed it a few times (though it was not optimized well obviously) and they moved us temporarily onto the highest one they have... and we are overloading that one now. I get the feeling their servers are just not configured to handle the type of load that these forums put on them.

I'd like to pay as little as possible obviously, but I need high uptime, preferably familiarity with the forum software's needs, and quick response to customer service calls at any time.

I appreciate your input.

BTW, I need to resolve this very soon, as they are moving me back down to the low level dedicated server and we will kill that off easily.