Server powerful enough?

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As you may or may not know, I am a web developer.

I have just released a free image hosting site/service to the public - I aim to have it better than the big "popular" ones floating on the Internet.

Anyway, back on topic, it's being hosted on a dedicated server with the following specs:
- Intel Quad Core Q6600 Processor
- 4GB DDR2-800mhz RAM
- 2x 160GB HDD 7200rpm RAID 1
- 64-bit Linux OS

Do you think it's powerful enough for the job? :)
 
EGS said:
As you may or may not know, I am a web developer.

I have just released a free image hosting site/service to the public - I aim to have it better than the big "popular" ones floating on the Internet.

Anyway, back on topic, it's being hosted on a dedicated server with the following specs:
- Intel Quad Core Q6600 Processor
- 4GB DDR2-800mhz RAM
- 2x 160GB HDD 7200rpm RAID 1
- 64-bit Linux OS

Do you think it's powerful enough for the job? :)
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as a start that is ok, but it wont touch the big players. I wouldnt invest too much at the start if i wer you.
 
Seems to be a good service though, uploaded this onto it:

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If it does get more busy (and I will be using it from now on) you an always stick more kit in as Punk said.

EDIT: Before anyone asks, that picture was taken using fully legal software.
 
Yeah I just tested the website and it works great!! I wish you could subscribe or register and build folders of pics though. Even so, I am still going to be using that site for a while now!!
 
g25racer said:
Yeah I just tested the website and it works great!! I wish you could subscribe or register and build folders of pics though. Even so, I am still going to be using that site for a while now!!
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You can register and create albums for picture/photo sharing!

I am still working on making the member navigation menu a bit easier to navigate through at the moment.. :)

Thank you for the feedback everyone. :)

apj101: I was surprised to see an admin actually respond to this. :D I won't be investing that much money into this site but I do think that it has the potential to compete with at least ImageShack! ;) The domains are quite competitive, don't you agree?

I'm going to be keeping ImageSpace.us as fast as possible...I don't plan on having "too many members" etc becoming a problem!

Again, thanks for the feedback everyone.
 
You will need a lot more then 160GB of storage if you want to have several members upload their photos, but it seems to load images fairly quick with very few users active.
 
[-0MEGA-];945014 said:
You will need a lot more then 160GB of storage if you want to have several members upload their photos, but it seems to load images fairly quick with very few users active.
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It's on a server with 2x 160GB HDD with RAID 1 set-up! So right now it has 320gb of disk space available total for public use, minus a few kilobytes to host the site files! :D :p
 
EGS said:
It's on a server with 2x 160GB HDD with RAID 1 set-up! So right now it has 320gb of disk space available total for public use, minus a few kilobytes to host the site files! :D :p
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Either you don't know much about RAID or you don't have RAID 1.

RAID 1 mirrors the drives, so you will only have 160GB of available space. If you have RAID 0 then you would combine the drives for a total of 320GB.
 
[-0MEGA-];945056 said:
Either you don't know much about RAID or you don't have RAID 1.

RAID 1 mirrors the drives, so you will only have 160GB of available space. If you have RAID 0 then you would combine the drives for a total of 320GB.
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Yes I'm sorry...
I have more than one server man. :o

I think I just confused RAID 0 with RAID 1...or perhaps I am a fool.
My bad...forgive my n00b outbursts.
 
EGS said:
Yes I'm sorry...
I have more than one server man. :o

I think I just confused RAID 0 with RAID 1...or perhaps I am a fool.
My bad...forgive my n00b outbursts.
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haha, no hard feelings. We all go through that :P
 
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