From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MSCF9-00068m-Kt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:54:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D48FEE01F0; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f217.google.com (mail-ew0-f217.google.com [209.85.219.217]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A606E01F0 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy17 with SMTP id 17so1217314ewy.34 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:54:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QUtr73aQI4fE2JweGqR/29tytojeq87Ut4i4QAiCJbg=; b=vfxDVK01C9Vpkm1L5z+1OMo4Q3M4TO8lrmgb6Au9yoEUcwHap63Vh4qoyptVpistQe b5msDmYZ269OR176yof2nht1gz5gVYekTYtICz3lc+kgg7esWLUzWUpn/daE9FXlD4pf icvBfRCg2oa6ZpeU/Fe4q3/3+bY6e9QjRHkOk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=uincLph1GO8qcPxvyHQGMhXx1sJ9iiwnpIYx0QPKaSDpc0F+iqauurWJ6lo7q0AY0B 8gFqOJB6Q0fZz7HmQeCwzcEj/gwMNgcS9TmPdGcjPnQF2AfxAlFV4UH0SFFK4TtE7Eet bD1vGg59pVN1IW4azCRrXf+mgPpI6rfIcYd7I= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.138.7 with SMTP id l7mr1257497ebd.81.1247932472943; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:54:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <342e1090907171124j265e6b02l45b1e0fb33b6558b@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10907170948n4fc1f2b7ida35fe79b1d506a4@mail.gmail.com> <342e1090907171124j265e6b02l45b1e0fb33b6558b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:54:32 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10907180854r1620b048x156f515e945c313e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink? From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: eec37b61-4d37-484a-9cee-f89bab6d135d X-Archives-Hash: 6cc2ab91acc695387d875ed09660288b >> I'm about to sign up for a new remote dedicated system and I'm >> wondering if I should spring for the 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink >> upgrades from 10mbps? =A0Is there a test I can run to find out? =A0I'm >> running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visitors/day. >> > > Most providers will have some sort of tools to monitor your traffic. > Go for 10Mbps, and if you notice slowdown, or the mentioned tools > report bandwidth problems, upgrade... My guess is 10Mbps is a lot for > 300-400 unique hits per day, but if you serve downloads too, then you > may have problems in the future, as Kyle said... > > -- > Daniel da Veiga Thanks everyone. I'll stick with 10mbps. - Grant