By patataur on

Hi

I currently am managing a website with circa 5000 visitors daily. Very simple with .php files. Nothing fancy. On a shared server.

What do you think a drupal version of same website with a bit more tools (taxonomy, login, etc) will require serverwise? Will i need a dedicated server? What is your experience with drupal and thousands of daily visitors (not so much sure, but it will definitely impact my shared server!).

Thanks

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

That is hard to say.
What is important if those visitors are logged in users or not. Drupal can cache pages for anonymous users which will dramatically decrease your server load.

It also depends on how many and what modules you will install.

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Joep
CompuBase, Drupal, websites and webdesign

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patataur commented

Thanks

Most of the visitors will not be (logged in) users, just visitors.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Then I would go for the shared server installation.

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Joep
CompuBase, Drupal, websites and webdesign