Server for distributing files or VPS with dedicated HDD's

[futureawesome]

Hi

I was wondering if anyone could recommend some servers for me. I'll be using them to host files and provide direct downloads.

I've been asked to look into this but I don't know the CPU/RAM requirements for this. All that I know is that it will need at least 1TB HDD preferably more. The bandwidth preferably would be more than 2TB/month.

As an aside would an dual core atom with 2GB memory be able to handle serving out many files via nginx?

So requirements:
HDD: 1TB +
B/W: 2TB+/month

futureawesome Reviewed by futureawesome on 2nd May 2012. Server for distributing files or VPS with dedicated HDD's Hi I was wondering if anyone could recommend some servers for me. I'll be using them to host files and provide direct downloads. I've been asked to look into this but I don't know the CPU/RAM requirements for this. All that I know is that it will need at least 1TB HDD preferably more. The bandwidth preferably would be more than 2TB/month. As an aside would an dual core atom with 2GB memory be able to handle serving out many files via nginx? So requirements: HDD: 1TB + Rating: 5

[bhanuprasad1981]

how much is your budget ?

[futureawesome]

50-100$/month depends on specs.

[shahaz]

How about Ks24G

[bhanuprasad1981]

what type of files

[sniffdog]

If they are warez files, good luck with finding a provider.

[futureawesome]

I don't deal with warez. At least its not anything the USA Gov't would be concerned with lol.

Legal Media files to which I have license for. Videos I've shot with my camera that I want to share with an editing community. ie I'm the owner of the files. (These can be large).

[Allan]

You should go with kimsufi then..

[futureawesome]

Alright thanks for all the input, I'll look into it.

But as another question. What are the ATOM processors capable of handling? If I were to also host my webpage using it? I know they aren't powerful, but what would their limit be for # of hits/day

[Robin H]

I also think kimsufi.com is the best option.
You get 2TB.
And for 14eur extra /month they'll hook up an USB-harddrive of another 2TB.

If you need a lot of processing done when the user visits your site ( forum ) I wouldn't opt for an ATOM server.
However, if you don't have a lot of visits ( I'm thinking 50-100 max simultaniously ) you could try it.

FYI we run epicimagehost which has ~40 images loaded every sec on the kimsufi2G, and my load is almost always 0.0

So it isn't that bad actually.

I also run rTorrent which is seeding 70 torrents (totally legit) ATM with a load of 0.0. ( Nobody is leeching tho )