Hello,

I own www.sbyweb.net, and Im trying to get input from hosts, and clients alike, what do you think the max number of clients/accounts should be on a server. Please vote, and express your reason below.

Regards,
Josh :D



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As many as will fit and still give adequate performance.
That's like asking how many people will fit in a phone booth.
Depends on the size of the people.

I agree with SWR. If you have a bunch of 2MB web sites, you could fit hundreds and hundreds on a server.

It also depends on whether users are using databases, scripts, etc. that will slow down the server for other clients.

But I voted for 160-180, I think that's a fair estimate.

I would like vote for 500 sites per server :D


jk



<!--EDIT|RackFive|Nov 12 2002, 06:40 -->

I would definitely prefer the bare minimum. Why slow everyone down? Some sites like to use custom scripts and streaming media, obviously you could ban these sites, but that is the wave of the future. Flash, streaming audio/video and game servers...these type of sites will pay for reliable, quick servers!

Just a thought......

I agree with Blowdeadline.
Depend of wich services you are offering.
I voted for the minimum as the important point isn't the income you can made with you server but the perfomance and the quality of services you can offer.
To be honnest, i would like to vote for 80-100 sites hosted on a 20 Go Hard Disk... Fit for me the perfection :)

Well I ask because my Safari Server is

P4 1.7 GHz
60 GB HD
1 GB Ram

it has 140 accounts on it. I'm trying to frigure where to limit it. I'm already setting up the next server, but still.

I voted for the smallest one. Whoops just noticed the original post date.

lol :p (The phone booth)