By killedar on

I am planning to move my exiting community to Drupal. I have 3 choices
1. Install Drupal, APache and Mysql on my existing dedicated server ( Intel, Fedora linux 800 Mhz, 256 MB RAM) Easiest choice since I already have those install except Drupal.
2. Install Drupal(php scripts) and Apache on my dedicated server but buy a cheap shared server space from same host and use MYSQL hosted there
3. Buy cheap shared server space from same host, host Drupal (php script) use Apache there and just host mysql on my dedicated server.
I am talking about 10,000 to 12,000 users with about 600-900 comments/posts daily

appreciate any suggstions or tradeoffs I should be aware of when planning a new installation.

thanks

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killedar commented

Actually this was meant as a question and not suggestion (I was hoping to get a suggestion) but it won't let me edit once I posted.

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Zethris1 commented

If you are having that much volume, deffinatly host the mysql on your dedicated. Most shared hosts limit mysql queries between 50,000-150,000 per hour and 12,000+ users will eat that up very fast. However, you should be ok with served pages overall because most hosts give you plenty of bandwidth and disk space.

By the way, any chance you could send some my way?:D I have a new site I am trying to get going at www.thinkingpost.net. I could use the traffic. For me, I am actually having everything hosted on a shared host at the moment, and want traffic to encourage me to get a dedicated host. I know some people at rackspace that can get me a good deal. But $7/mo is much better than $99/mo anyday.

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killedar commented

Thanks for your suggestion. My community is dedicated to a different language and not in English so you won't get any value out of it.