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[Answered] Few Questions on switching from Shared to Dedicated
I currently have 3 shared accounts on the servers in my sig. I want to move them to a dedicated server and have a few questions.
I currently run a CsCart installation on one and will add a forum and also want the ability to have some live trailcams for the site. Most likely these would not be streaming content but only a picture uploaded every time the camera triggered and took a picture. Possibly add a Teamspeak client and on occassion a live streaming security camera.
I have tested all of my shared servers and the maximum download speed I see is around 225 k/b s but I did check on a file DewKnight had in another post from a dedicated server and his server I got around 900 k/b s
I did a tracert to my sites and all seem to ping around 22 to 24 with 14 hops from me here in Tennessee to Orlando. Would the speeds I see now be about what I should expect on a dedicated or am I just seeing the slow speeds due to the amount of others on my servers?
The CsCart installation is the most resource demanding with database and sql requests but I want to be ready for a medium size crowd of maybe 200 to 300 members on the forum and the live trail cams.
I have studied a few server specs and was looking at the DC28 with the duo 2 E6600 processor and 2 gb ddr ram and dual 200gb drives for backup. Would this server out perform the DP8 dual Xeon 3.0ghz with same ram and hard drives? Are these more than what I need or not enough?
When I goto a dedicated box I want to get something a little more powerful than what I need now with room to grow some.
Thanks for your help
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