Is it possible to get an upload speed increase if I pay a little extra? - Page 2

bmxbandit · 17-12-2005, 21:09

alternatively, you could get 2 x 2Mbit lines for double the upload - assuming you have more than one computer that is...!

AbyssUnderground · 17-12-2005, 21:21

But how would I link them together? I am running a server, upload is the evil. Download I dont need 2Mbps of, I could cope with them being the other way around, 2Mbps upload, 200Kbps Download

Also I wanted a cheap way to do it, not a double in price

bmxbandit · 17-12-2005, 21:38

you could link them both up to one pc (2 ethernet cards) but it would be a major faff... would be better as 2 separate servers.

but as you say, expensive, unless you get in on any offers...

Chris W · 18-12-2005, 01:36

Have you thought about paid hosting as an alternative... there are packages available from 99p/month which will get you much better speeds to your server.

Mauldor · 18-12-2005, 03:33

He might be running a Game Server, this also requires lots of Upload.
If Upload matters to you that much, the Only option I see about now is to pay ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£37.99 a month (Soon to be ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£34.99) and with this you will have 500K upload and plenty download speed for yourself. If it is a Web server, running this from a home connection (even 500k) is plain daft, $6.95 a month buys you:

A Domain name
10 GIG of web space
250GIG Transfer per Month
Plus all the other stuff you get with a web hosting

BlueHost

AbyssUnderground · 18-12-2005, 10:35

Yes I know all of this. I do have pro hosting but they dont have what I need any more. Also its not dedicated, sometimes its very very slow and completely unusable.

Hosting a server at home solves this. Also I need to run the Abyss Web Server, the only way to do this with paid hosting is to buy a root access server, which cost just that bit more.

Having a server at home also allows faster updates, you have to remember the slow upload again when it comes to transferring larger files to the FTP. If the server goes down, its my fault, and no one elses, and it relies on me to fix it.

dragon · 18-12-2005, 13:10

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

Yes I know all of this. I do have pro hosting but they dont have what I need any more. Also its not dedicated, sometimes its very very slow and completely unusable.

Hosting a server at home solves this. Also I need to run the Abyss Web Server, the only way to do this with paid hosting is to buy a root access server, which cost just that bit more.

Having a server at home also allows faster updates, you have to remember the slow upload again when it comes to transferring larger files to the FTP. If the server goes down, its my fault, and no one elses, and it relies on me to fix it.

Dedicated servers aren't as expensive as they used to be

you can get servers in the US for $80 or so (sometimes less) on 10mbit with 1000gb bandwith depending on what you want in the way of spec.

http://webhostingtalk.com is a good place to look for a host.

as for downtime a server in a DC is more likely to be up more than a server at your house seing as they have redundent power and usally multiple routes to the internet.

AbyssUnderground · 18-12-2005, 13:17

I have redundant power, 1 hour of it, but you'd be supprised at how good the uptime actually is.

http://www.mralert.com/stats/3759/

Thats my uptime for the last few months. Some days are really bad, thats either when the server is playing up or my router decides to crash. Im trying to invest in a new one as soon as I can. The days with 98% are actually 100% but the Mr Alert times out after 5 seconds. Sometimes its longer than 5 seconds to render a dynamic page such as the home page so I recently changed it to a text file for a more accurate uptime.

97.8% uptime is good for a home connection.

EDIT: Does anyone know if NTL has redundant power on their connections? So if the power goes out but I have redundant power I can still connect?

Graham M · 18-12-2005, 13:56

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

I have redundant power, 1 hour of it, but you'd be supprised at how good the uptime actually is.

http://www.mralert.com/stats/3759/

Thats my uptime for the last few months. Some days are really bad, thats either when the server is playing up or my router decides to crash. Im trying to invest in a new one as soon as I can. The days with 98% are actually 100% but the Mr Alert times out after 5 seconds. Sometimes its longer than 5 seconds to render a dynamic page such as the home page so I recently changed it to a text file for a more accurate uptime.

97.8% uptime is good for a home connection.

EDIT: Does anyone know if NTL has redundant power on their connections? So if the power goes out but I have redundant power I can still connect?

Due to a local Power Area fault i know that the Local Green Cabs do not have redundancy

**Paul** · 18-12-2005, 13:57

Our Test server is a VPS server and costs only £45 month, it's one of the medium range specs you can get. You can get them for as little as £30 month (a VPS server appears to you as a real, dedicated server, with full root access etc).

Graham M · 18-12-2005, 13:59

I pay £20ish ($39.95)/month for my VPS server with 10GB of Space, 300GB Bandwidth, 200Mhz Minimum CPU, 4x 2.4GHz Maximum CPU, 256MB Minimum RAM, 4GB Maximum RAM. This any good?

**Paul** · 18-12-2005, 14:02

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Originally Posted by Zeph

This any good?

Is that a generic question to anyone ? if so the answer is yes, that's pretty good.

Graham M · 18-12-2005, 14:03

It was kind of a question to you Paul and sort of a side-question to Abyss

dragon · 18-12-2005, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Our Test server is a VPS server and costs only ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£45 month, it's one of the medium range specs you can get. You can get them for as little as ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 month (a VPS server appears to you as a real, dedicated server, with full root access etc).

seems expensive for a vps, I don't pay much more than that for my dedicated server and thats including the $25 extra for the cpanel licence.

I host my mates sites and they help with the server costs

AbyssUnderground · 18-12-2005, 17:27

Well I pay ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£6.99/m for my shared hosting on Lycos.co.uk. Its not just for me, its for 4 friends as well so we have to share the webspace and the bandwidth. I host my site from home so its really for them only.

I prefer to stick with my home server. I get all the cpu, all the ram, all 310GB of disk space and unlimited (well, next year it will be) bandwidth, but just a lower speed.

I might upgrade to the 10Mbps when it comes around for 2Mbps customers. At least I get over 2x more upload and thats good enough for me.

At least NTL are one of the few ISP's that allow servers to be run on the connection. My friend was recently fined by Nildram for running a webcam server for his nice website 24 hours a day. They agreed he could continue to run the server if he downgraded to the lower 2GB/m connection. Weird