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Upload speed to your server?

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  • 28-02-2010 9:37pm
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    Sacred_git
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    Thinking of setting up a non profit site similar to youtube but for a niche market, i was looking at the eircom business package which is 12/2, download speed 12mb and upload speed 2 mb, my question is would this be sufficient for users to upload videos onto my server - would it be fast for them to upload? As well as having users watch videos at the same time. I would have a 2 tb server.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,126 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Sacred_git wrote: »
    Thinking of setting up a non profit site similar to youtube but for a niche market, i was looking at the eircom business package which is 12/2, download speed 12mb and upload speed 2 mb, my question is would this be sufficient for users to upload videos onto my server - would it be fast for them to upload? As well as having users watch videos at the same time. I would have a 2 tb server.

    Are you suggesting trying to run the site over that connection?


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    Sacred_git
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 337 ✭✭Sacred_git


    Spear wrote: »
    Are you suggesting trying to run the site over that connection?

    yes - am i way off the mark here? Suggestions welcome:)


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    Spear
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    Sacred_git wrote: »
    yes - am i way off the mark here? Suggestions welcome:)

    The 12 meg will be used by someone attempting to upload to your server. The 2 meg part will be anyone trying to view anything from the site. You don't mention how niche a market you're thinking of, but anything more than a single user at a time will consume all that bandwidth unless the video in question is very low quality.


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    Sacred_git
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 337 ✭✭Sacred_git


    jeez,makes you wonder how youtube started out, what would you suggest, how do i get more bandwith and at a reasonable price, if this site ever took off im thinking of maybe 500 users online, now obviously this is a big if but, if possible id like to get it right from the start!


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    Spear
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    Sacred_git wrote: »
    jeez,makes you wonder how youtube started out, what would you suggest, how do i get more bandwith and at a reasonable price, if this site ever took off im thinking of maybe 500 users online, now obviously this is a big if but, if possible id like to get it right from the start!

    500 simultaneous? What bit rate videos are you considering?


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    Sacred_git
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 337 ✭✭Sacred_git


    Spear wrote: »
    500 simultaneous? What bit rate videos are you considering?

    yes 500 simultaneous - probably 200kbps video and the site will just have audio streams as well


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    Spear
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    Sacred_git wrote: »
    yes 500 simultaneous - probably 200kbps video and the site will just have audio streams as well

    Then you either need to get a proper hosting contract or a CDN agreement.


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    Sacred_git
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 337 ✭✭Sacred_git


    Spear wrote: »
    Then you either need to get a proper hosting contract or a CDN agreement.
    thanks
    cdn agreement? anybody point me in the right direction to companies offering these services at an affordable price, i will have my own server, it appears the main problem is bandwith!


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    Spear
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    Sacred_git wrote: »
    thanks
    cdn agreement? anybody point me in the right direction to companies offering these services at an affordable price, i will have my own server, it appears the main problem is bandwith!

    One place to start asking then

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=375


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