I currently have an existing web hosting package with a web host. However, I need to supplement that with a file hosting service for my users.
I'm estimating that I will need about 2Gb disk space, and approximately 30~40Gb of traffic monthly. This will just be plain static file hosting. I don't need any scripts, databases, etc.
I'm planning to setup a server ONLY for hosting of static binary files varying from few KB to few MB in size.
I've seen some of the litespeedtech performance benchmarks, which you can find here: [url]
From the "small static file" benchmark chart, i can see that IIS6 beats lighttpd in this test.
So i'm wondering does the IIS6 really have better performance at file hosting than lighttpd.
Actually it does not matter which operating system i will be using at this server, since i will use it only for file serving. With lots of concurrent connections. Possibly thousands of connections.
I need some feedbacks on this, so i can decide, IIS or lighttpd.
Few more bucks for win2k3 won't be an issue here, if it's performance is better than lighttpd for this kind of use.
I am using DDOS Deflate
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I have a problem with NO_OF_CONNECTIONS.
The default is 150
For example, if a website has 200 thumbnails in one page, then the user will get banned.
But in my case, each time a user have only 1 connection(He only access 1 flv file each time).
So, is that safe for me to decrease the number to 20.
I can see a lot of IP having more than 80 connections, which I think they are ddos attack.
how to setup Nginx webserver on a cpanel server to serve static contents,
say /images folder from every domains hosted on the server so that Apache's load will decrease?
I'm configuring an VPS that's going to serve all static stuff and absolutely no dynamic scripts at all.
What could be the bottle necks with all these static content websites? Can a 256MB VPS handle a static website receiving millions of page views a month?
We recently began to mirror a large number of open source projects with a dedicated mirror server on our network and I was surprised not only with how popular the mirror server has become, is, but also of the ability of the hardware we're using to keep up with the load.
At an given time, the mirror seems to be pushing at least 50 Megabits of trafficthe server is also an IRC server (irc.igsobe.com) for customers and internal staff communications.
The hardware is a low end Dell Pentium 4 @ 2.66 GHZ server, running with 512MB of RAM and a 400 GB ATA hard drive. CentOS v5.3 is the operating system.
If you're interested, you can view the HTML logfile analysis here but that doesn't tell the full story as FTP users make up a good portion of the traffic. We've received over a quarter million hits in the first few days of November alone.
18:14:15 up 65 days, 9:04, 5 users, load average: 0.31, 0.69, 0.56
The only change that I made to the default configuration was lowering the maximum number of Apache servers to 128.
Just thought I'd share this information as I wouldn't have thought a server with such a small amount of RAM would be able to serve up so much data, even though we are talking strictly static HTML files.
I'll definitely keep this in mind when clients ask me for those "what type of dedicated server should I use for XXX" type discussions that are had all too often with clients.
My host [in USA] that I only use for php/mysql points to my static content CentOS server [in Japan] in my house connected to my CATV. At least for testing (outside my house) I can't notice any bad latency since my USA host just serves up small HTML code dynamically and the static content (up to 100k-500k per file) is already available inside Japan. I want to keep (and scale up, if needed) my php/mysql in USA due to language and other issues so I'm hoping (?) as the number of users goes up (or any other issues I can't think of now) latency does not become a problem just for the html. Any comment on that?
My next step to "create" balanced static hosting in Japan is to get two different VPS accounts here in Japan (on two different physical servers) and use php to randomly select which VPS will provide the static content when a user logs in. PHP will also test to make sure the static server is active. If it is down the code will direct to the other server. If my project grows I will - on the Japan side - get more VPSs or even multiple dedicated servers and use the php to manage this "balanced" system like I described.
Another similar kind of question
I want to run .asp pages on a windows server where i am currently running .HTML files (STATIC without any script or database). I want convert those .html pages to .asp (without any scripts).
So WHAT DO YOU THINK, that .html (static) should work exactly same like .asp (Static) ? Suppose .html pages DO NOT CREATE any issue with IIS load , so using same (basic html code) in .asp would create any issue with APPLICATION POOL (IIS)?
I just discovered that my Internet provider only provides me with a dynamic IP address because its not commercial!
Is there any way or workaround to sign up for a static ip on the web?
My ISP here in the UK does not provide static ip addresses. I'd like to be able to set my server to only accept root access attempts from a set IP.
I am aware of how to set this up on my server, but not on my own machine.
I'd appreciate if anyone recommend the best service to use when seeking a static IP address and also point me in the right direction of documentation that explains how to utilise this IP (connect through it so when connecting to my server it sees the static IP and not my dynamic ISP IP).
I've had a search on WHT and Google but most of the documentation I've encountered is for people who want to run a web server from their home machine and so want a static IP for incoming connections.
I am using a windows machine (xp pro).
I'm build Plesk Panel for Linux and Presence Builder, I don't want my user can upload their website to hosting via File Manager. How can I do it...
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View 3 Replies View RelatedRecently two servers of mine have stopped communicating with each other and I've been told to create a static route between the two, I am using CentOS 4.4 and not sure what the exact syntax would be
I also have the gateway IP which would be needed.
this isn't my server, so I don't have a lot of information about it, other than it's a Linux/Apache Dedicated server at EV1. (cPanel/WHM)
There are other sites on the server, and they are running fine.
One site has a terrible lag. It takes about 10 seconds to serve up a static HTML file..
Now, it's not like the server is slow. It's like this: You request a small HTML file. The site sits and thinks about it for about 10 seconds, and then after that everything processes quickly.
The forum on the site is the same way. Everything you click on works fine and loads quickly after that initial delay passes.
Is there a common configuration problem that might be causing this?
If you want to see this phenomenon, here are a few test files:
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Is there a difference between static IP's and dedicated IP addresses?
Also I'm in the Atlanta GA region, does anyone have any reccomendations on a bandwidth provider and avarage cost of static IP's?
I have a small network at my colo provider.
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I want to setup static routes on my servers so that my colo provider won't bill me for traffic among my servers.
I use FreeBSD 6 on my servers. I read the FreeBSD handbook on this and it looks like i should do this:
route add -net 0.0.0/24 0.0.0.3
where 0.0.0/24 is the C class I have from my provider and 0.0.0.3 is the IP address of my server (one of them/any of them).
However, this route appears to already exist as i get this error when running that route command:
route: writing to routing socket: File exists
add net 0.0.0: gateway 0.0.0.3: route already in table
Do I need to use a non-routeable ip block (eg 192.168.x.x) for this? Can I use "real"/routeable ips? Does FreeBSD take care of this for me automatically?
I plan to host a small multimedia site.
I am looking for a new webhost. I want a webhost that:
1. Costs less than $10 a month
2. Allows file hosting. (Video streaming/downloading)
3. Ideally allows for storage of files that are not related to the website.
4. Ideally allows for anonymous FTP access.
Only 1 and 2 are critical. The site will have many MP3s, Videos, PDF and text documents available for streaming or downloading. All the material will either be my own or the copywrited material of my organization. I have their express written permission to host and distribute these media files under a creative commons license. It will be 5GB or less of files, and they will be downloaded rarely and not very many people simultaneously downloading at once.
Most webhosts I have looked at (Monsterhost, 1and1, Bluehost, mmhosting.com, etc) All offer unlimited/tons of space and have some provision in their terms of service agreement like this: "Webhost company does not allow file sharing / unlimited media sharing." or "HostMonster.Com offers its Services to host web sites, not to store data. Using an account as an online storage space for archiving electronic files is prohibited and will result in termination of hosting services without prior notice."
So where can I find a host that allows file hosting, video hosting, etc? I don't need a lot of bandwidth/storage space, but I do want to host my media.
any reliable audio hosting service that can offer an *.mp3 - ending link to a file, not the "server.com/folder/4j8uz22ewssw" thing, please? In other words I'm looking for a hosting service with a direct link to an mp3 (just to clear things up, its not copyrighted since I'm the owner of it).
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I'm wondering if anyone can recommend an inexpensive hosting solution I should look at. Most of the cheaper hosting plans I see would probably consider this as file sharing and not allow it in their TOS.
I thought I would be able to use google appengine, and pay only for whats used... but since it doesn't do direct disk access I don't think there's a way for me to convert to mp3 with them.
I'm creating a script that includes a feature for people to upload files and music which they can distribute to their users...
What are legalities for hosting files that have been uploaded by other users? For example, if they upload files that are copyrighted, how do I protect myself from getting in trouble for hosting the files?
Would it be better if the files are hosted on the account holders website and my script just links to them?
I'm making a website which sells digital goods. Are there file hosting services that allow customers to download directly from them when they buy something? Instead of hosting files on my own web host?
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I want to run the main site off my dedicated server, but for the hosting of files, I want hosting that will offer good speeds/bandwidth/space
I'm not sure if I should get multiple 10mbit/sec lines, or one 100mbit/sec line, or what I should really do
is there a way that i can have a web server that runs windows server 2003 and be able to have file hosting on it...so people can upload files to it and be able to access it without having to have a domain name?
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Basically, instead of those free upload sites (ie MediaFire), it gives a direct link to the file, the file doesn't expire, and there isn't a 100MB upload limit.
Would prefer to have 50GB+ space, and if bandwidth is metered, probably 100GB/month or over.
Obviously, there's no need for any scripting/dynamic content.
Would such a thing be available for around US$5/month?
(Considering that sites like Megaupload can give you 250GB of space with no bandwidth metering for around US$50/year, I don't think it's too unreasonable to ask for something less but with direct links)
A friend of mine and I are developing a new File Hosting website. Growth of data is huge and we'd need a way to welcome million daily users.
What do we need? We have already 4 servers on hand ready to go. We are coding a kind of multi-server script to make our life easier.
What about the specs we'd need for our main server? Do we need a load-balancing system?
And for hardware replacement, is there anyway to get life easier if any hdd (hard drive disk) are broken?
i don't get why people can have more than one static ip...wouldn't you only need one?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI'm using XEN to setup my VPS. The installation have no problem for the first two server. On the 3rd server, I install using DHCP IP and it's ok.The problem is when I change the DHCP IP to static IP .
Using Centos 5.2, I'm using vi to edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
and restart the network service network restart, the IP change, but outside or other static IP VPS network can't ping to this server.
I've tried to change the /etc/xen/the-host-config to include the IP . the results is still the same. Is there some script or way I can use to bridge this new 3rd server to the Xen host ant other network?
* I've restart the Xen server.
I've been running website for several years, however, there's one thing that I've never quite figured, most likely because I haven't gone over to dedicated/vps yet.
How much memory would a static 10kb HTML use or for that matter a PHP page (static)?
I know it's quite a broad question, but I'm asking this as I might start a project and this one page may receive many hits. Oh and, would the memory usage go up if I have embedded objects from an outside source (e.g. embedded Youtube videos)?
I am using the following configure command in hope to generate a PHP binary which is totally independent, standalone and can be moved to other systems without caring for dependencies:
./configure --enable-fastcgi --enable-force-cgi-redirect --enable-discard-path --prefix=/server/php --exec-prefix=/server/php --with-config-file-path=/server/php --disable-all --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --enable-session --with-gd --with-zlib-dir --with-freetype-dir --enable-sockets
But when I try to run the generated binary on another system which doesn't have freetype etc installed, I get the following error:
error while loading shared libraries: libfreetype.so.6