[Web4lib] Re: Drupal Hosting

[Blake Carver]

David has some really good points, though assuming you're on a decent
server the load issues shouldn't come up most days. It takes quite a
busy site (at least 50,000 pages, 200,000 hits a day) to really make a
noticeable difference on a mid sized server from what I've seen. So
unless you have a really busy site I don't think you need to worry
about too much traffic. There are of course a million other variables
to can cause troubles...

Like the spammers. Drupal, Wordpress, etc. attract them like you
wouldn't believe. Running things like mod_security on the server and
all the plugins/modules available help quite a bit. At least you won't
see the comments show up, but I see huge load spikes beacause of bots
that attempt to leave thousands of comments all at once.

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Blake Carver
LISHost.org
Web Hosting For Librarians
http://www.lishost.org

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Cloutman, David
<DCloutman at co.marin.ca.us> wrote:
> Without knowing anything about your organization, and the amount of
> traffic you get, I think it isn't really possible to give great advice
> for you. You need to figure our what kind of hosting is appropriate for
> you, as there are different options with different costs and benefits.
>
> The amount of traffic you'll get I think is a big consideration in
> choosing a solution. If you're considering shared hosting, you should
> think it through before making a committment. Running a CMS like Drupal
> may create some scalability issues when you move your site from beta
> testing to actual usage. In a shared environment, you are really at the
> mercy of the hosting company, and you can only hope that they haven't
> put you on a machine that isn't alreay over utilized. A CMS powered site
> is going to require larger amounts of computing power than a flat HTML
> site. So really, you need to make some guess as to both the amount of
> traffic you'll be getting and the computing demands of the functionality
> you'll be offering through your Drupal-based solution. Then you can make
> an initial decision about whether you need dedicated hosting, or if a
> shared solution a good fit.
>
> - David
>
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> David Cloutman <dcloutman at co.marin.ca.us>
> Electronic Services Librarian
> Marin County Free Library