Comments | crowhen: Rubifruit may have to close.

crowhen

Rubifruit may have to close.

Apr 06, 2009 22:37

Edit (or, before you use the word "bandwidth")
I've said this before, but the bandwidth is not a problem. It's the RAM usage and resources that cost money. Every time we display a banner hosted via Rubifruit, our server has to make a calculation. That calculation takes up processing power, usually in the form of RAM ( Read more... )

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kgammons April 7 2009, 20:40:20 UTC

{htdiwdnab}

crowhen April 8 2009, 00:45:22 UTC

kimonos_house April 8 2009, 01:09:01 UTC

Bandwidth fail.

goodkingnerdnor April 7 2009, 21:07:03 UTC

What kind of memory are you using that isn't cheap? The vast majority of memory in use today can be purchased at $50 for 4gb, often even less. Do you absolutely have to have ECC memory? If you're using standard DDR2 memory, you can probably get donations that would cover as much as 16gb pretty easily. Heck, even a 4gb single stick of ECC DDR2 is only $100 from Crucial, one of the more reputable memory makers.

Also, not to be nitpicky or anything, but bandwidth isn't solely an internet term. The amount of data you can transfer from your memory to your processor and back in a certain amount of time *is* bandwidth, it's just the bandwidth of your memory controller, not the bandwidth of your cable line or NIC.

goodkingnerdnor April 7 2009, 21:09:51 UTC

I suppose an equally relevant question is, "Do you own the hardware the site is stored on?" If the answer to that is "no", I can see why you might have memory problems. If you don't own the physical server itself, it may behoove you to make the long term investment in purchasing the server hardware and just leasing the rack space and bandwidth. I understand these may not be instantaneously economically feasible, but just something to think about for the future.

crowhen April 8 2009, 00:43:17 UTC

The answer is in fact no. Elsewhere I have stated that we're on Dreamhost.

I can't think about leasing rackspace unless the exchange can earn something of its keep. Alas.

goodkingnerdnor April 8 2009, 01:49:18 UTC

I know you stated you were on Dreamhost, but I didn't know if you were renting storage on their server or using them solely as a bandwidth provider (most hosting companies offer both services). Depending on who you rent the rack space from, it can be significantly less expensive than renting hosting space (discounting the initial outlay for the hardware which would be recouped over time). It can also be more burdensome if your server is taxed enough that you have to do hardware swaps frequently. I'm sure you've already thought of all of this though. My apologies for the annoyance.

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Alternate idea. kahm007 April 17 2009, 16:50:49 UTC

I know this is on a serious budget here so don't shoot me but about the only way to get around this is possibly Co-locate a machine. This is by no means Cost effective but I figured that if we were throwing ideas out there it would take care of the provider having to crank up the power on their end. Of course then you have to figure out how much CPU and Ram you are using and expect it to grow in next 36 months an project for that and so on and so forth.

The feeling I am getting is that the system you are hosted on is a Virtual Server which is why or how they can crank up the CPU / memory as necessary.