Keeping ENWorld alive

[jgbrowning]

I am one of the admins at CyberStreet. It seems that management has seen fit to give the fund raising effort a few days before taking any action. Good luck guys!

Thanks for being patient. It'll pay off.

joe b.

 

[Adlon]

Macbeth: I saw on another thread where you slightly questioned the validity of GlockWork.

I can confirm that the said poster IS the owner of Cyberstreet.

 

[Macbeth]

Sorry, I didn't mean that to seem as sceptical as it did, but at the same time I had no way of being sure, so I wanted to make sure that if it was some kind of crazy hoax I wouldn't screw thing sup too much. Sorry to doubt the validity of GlockWorks' assertion, no insult is ment, I just had to take into account the anominity of the internet.

 

[Adlon]

Your questioning his validity is in no way an affront of any kind. This IS Cyberspace, after all.

I can tell you that he'd take NO offense what so ever about your concerns.

 

[Cergorach]

I had some computer trouble the last couple of days, so i haven't been on Enworld before a few minutes ago. I'll donate the moment i get home and have access to my credit card.

I'm really wondering how much traffic a site such as Enworld generates. I'm guessing +/- 200GB/month, but could someone provide me with some hard figures? I'm mostly just curious, but i'm also planning on setting up a community site (not specificly D20 or anything) in the next year or so and am wondering what kind of traffic a successful community site generates and how much it will cost...

 

[Thomas Heretic]

I had some computer trouble the last couple of days, so i haven't been on Enworld before a few minutes ago. I'll donate the moment i get home and have access to my credit card.

I'm really wondering how much traffic a site such as Enworld generates. I'm guessing +/- 200GB/month, but could someone provide me with some hard figures? I'm mostly just curious, but i'm also planning on setting up a community site (not specificly D20 or anything) in the next year or so and am wondering what kind of traffic a successful community site generates and how much it will cost...

How much traffic you generates really depends on your site. Most sites never break the 20GB/month range. The cost can vary greatly. If you don't mind adds the free services will work out ok, or you can go with hosting for about $10/month to start. That cost range will fit most sites out there. Once you start to get large it gets expensive, closer to $500/month.

 

[Cergorach]

How much traffic you generates really depends on your site. Most sites never break the 20GB/month range. The cost can vary greatly. If you don't mind adds the free services will work out ok, or you can go with hosting for about $10/month to start. That cost range will fit most sites out there. Once you start to get large it gets expensive, closer to $500/month.

I know that, but people talk more about expected costs than hard figures for example data traffic. Let's say that $500 gets you a co-location for a 2U rack and around 250GB of traffic per month. I can get that for half that amount, but also for double that amount (kind of dependant on the services rendered name, etc.). Also, when we're talking about 200GB+ it might be interesting to see if you can decrease your traffic (decrease size of images, smaller webpages, getting people faster to the places they want to go, etc.).

In short, i know what the services can cost, but do not know what kind of traffic such a site as this can create...

 

[Thomas Heretic]

I know that, but people talk more about expected costs than hard figures for example data traffic. Let's say that $500 gets you a co-location for a 2U rack and around 250GB of traffic per month. I can get that for half that amount, but also for double that amount (kind of dependant on the services rendered name, etc.). Also, when we're talking about 200GB+ it might be interesting to see if you can decrease your traffic (decrease size of images, smaller webpages, getting people faster to the places they want to go, etc.).

In short, i know what the services can cost, but do not know what kind of traffic such a site as this can create...

I'm not sure I understand you question. RPG sites generate from 1 vistor per month to over a 100 vistors per sec. So no I can't really answer that broad of question.

 

[Cergorach]

I'm not sure I understand you question. RPG sites generate from 1 vistor per month to over a 100 vistors per sec. So no I can't really answer that broad of question.

How much traffic does this site generate per month in GB and in page loads?

 

[Thomas Heretic]

How much traffic does this site generate per month in GB and in page loads?

Ahh it was really a specific question.
I'll let Morrus answer that one if he wants.