You may also want to look into using Google App Engine and use that as a CDN by keeping all of your static files on Google's servers.
Just a thought. On 12/25/09, Konstantin K <kkru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Im seriously considering going with SimpleCDN. For about $40/month = > 1TB/month, which isn't too bad and there's no extra server to maintain! > I'm not sure what the traffic profile will look like, I expect it to be > steady with some spikes if we get some publicity... > > I have the same fear as David, cuz I've had godaddy "transition" my site to > a bigger server without notifying me and resulting in a 7 day downtime > because I was using too much resources... > > Edward, what are you saying? You would go with godaddy? > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Edward Potter > <edwardpot...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> i think the advantage of S3 is now you have to learn S3. That knowledge >> could be worth millions to your down the road. Think big! I have seen some >> cloud/iphone integrated code, just about zero wait times to deliver some >> heavy graphics manipulations over the network. >> >> I was pretty amazed at the speeds. >> >> >> (PS Godaddy will probably be fine) :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Konstantin K <kkru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> looks like godaddy has unlimited plan for $15/month! or 1.5TB/month for >>> $7/month >>> >>> any comments on this? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Konstantin K <kkru...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> I need some expert advice. >>>> >>>> Let's say I have about 2MB of static data (images, css, js) and I need >>>> to serve about 1TB worth of it per month to users who visit this site. >>>> I know that means at least 500,000 page views per month (not >>>> considering browsers caching images, etc). >>>> >>>> What's the cheapest (but still fast) way to serve 1TB worth of static >>>> data per month? >>>> A) AWS S3 >>>> I think this comes out to about $180/month. >>>> B) dedicated server >>>> With nginx or lighttpd >>>> >>>> C) shared hosting >>>> godaddy? >>>> D) ??? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Konstantin >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> IM/iChat: ejpusa >> Links: http://del.icio.us/ejpusa >> Follow me: http://www.twitter.com/ejpusa >> Karma: http://www.coderswithconscience.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >> > -- Sent from my mobile device Brian O'Connor _______________________________________________ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation
