web server newbie.... need help!

[PammyBoy]

Hi All,

A friend runs a website and wants me to build him his own server so he can host it himself. The site contains 280 pages of content (flash, pictures, message boards, etc.), no e-commerce, just content and the site gets about 20,000 hits per day. I told him that a T1 line plus a custom built web server would do it. Now the only problem is, would a T1 be enough and what kind of server would I need to build to handle that big of a site and the number of hits its going to be taking in? Please help!

-Tom

 

[sleipnir214]

The amount of bandwidth required is not a function of the amount of content. It is a function of the amount of activity.

What kind of use was he seeing before? Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[PammyBoy]

20,000 hits per day, as per my friend.

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

The amount of hits can not be calculated into a required amount of bandwidth, there are several factors that need to be taken into account.

Are 19,000 of these people going to be accessing the site at once? What size of data transfer does he have for each page etc etc.

A website that has 20,000 users hitting it per day and is only serving a 1k page is going to require less bandwidth allowance than the same server tranferring 200k pages at the same rate.

Hope this helps Wullie

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