Comments on: 10Mbps or 100Mbps up link port for a dedicated server

By: BLACKY

BLACKY — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:17:26 +0000

Hey buddy,
Im providing videos for mobile users thru my site! Site opens very slow indeed! I think host has provided just 3mbps port! Is 10mbps perfect or 100mbps is required? Morever monthly bandwidth of the server is 1000gb!

By: ripperbolt

ripperbolt — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:36:48 +0000

Thanks!! Very convincing explanation.

By: Keith Emery

Keith Emery — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:14:48 +0000

Would I need 100mbps to run several gaming servers of a dedicated box? The servers each hold 24 players and people come and go a lot, but they’re full most of the time. There is not a lot of actual up loading or downloading of files, they just connect and play a game. Thanks.

By: http guy

http guy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:14:13 +0000

Benn – thanks for asking. What are your peak time burst usage? Does it go over 10Mbps? If not, definitely go with 10Mbps – it will save you some dollars.

By: benn

benn — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:36:34 +0000

Hello and thank you for this article .
I am still debating and are bit confused.
Just purchased dedicated server with 10mbps and 2000GB monthly bandwidth limit.

My website is pretty popular and we get steady 100GB – 150GB MBT per month , what would you suggest ?

By: Guru

Guru — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:56:04 +0000

Very informative!
I was planning to buy a dedicated server and was wondering what to chose from. With a very little traffic site, 10MB would be more then enough for me.

By: Dominic Bobie Adade

Dominic Bobie Adade — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:26:14 +0000

Very good for that, it has really helped me understand some things. Thank you very much

By: http guy

http guy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:25:30 +0000

Nam: The best way is to check your current MRTG usage and see if your bandwidth peak is near maximum current bandwidth, e.g. 9+Mbps on a 10Mbps port and 70-80Mbps on 100Mbps port. Remember that with 1000Mbps port you can easily burn your all monthly traffic quota (1000-1500GB) in a matter of a few hours. In most cases 1000Mbps is probably an overkill, unless you distribute a lot of file downloads or have very, very popular web site or blog.

By: http guy

http guy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:23:26 +0000

Newbuy: You will definitely need a server with 100Mbps uplink port. What bitrate you will use for streaming? It makes a difference to have have 256Kbps or 512Kbps stream.
What video format you are planning to use?

By: Nam

Nam — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:27:50 +0000

Thanks for the information. From the way that you say, even if you don’t need 100mbps, it’s still worth upgrade just in case of peaked traffic? How about 1000mbps? It is overkill or it’s worth paying? My host ask for only $10 more from 100mbps to 1000mbps.

By: Newbie

Newbie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:48:30 +0000

Hi thanks for this post well i’m confused about choosing a web server if anyone can help me ,

I need a web server to host video files 100mb files
uploading 100mb x 30 files a day , so there are 100-130 simultaneous users watch that videos,

so what kind of a server do i need to buy ?
thanks and appreciate any help…

By: John Vivex

John Vivex — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:01:24 +0000

Thanks for the explanation.
You are absolutely correct about when to chose 100Mbps uplink port speed. Many folks just pay $10 to $30 monthly extra to get it but they do not actually need it due to low bandwidth burst requirements.