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 1MRrTv-0005al-NA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ECFF5E04AE; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D59E04AE for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.23.170.145] (helo=anti-virus03-08) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1MRrTs-0005WU-0Z for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:44:24 +0100 Received: from [94.172.57.88] (helo=ep.mine.nu) by asmtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1MRrTr-0006Dw-Gz for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:44:23 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (apollo [192.168.1.102]) (Authenticated sender: neil) by ep.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7107920A001 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:44:23 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4A60B877.2010601@ep.mine.nu> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:44:23 +0100 From: Neil Walker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090629) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 10, 100, or 1000mbps uplink? References: <49bf44f10907170948n4fc1f2b7ida35fe79b1d506a4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10907170948n4fc1f2b7ida35fe79b1d506a4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5c132fc5-21e9-48ce-a0ba-2bf88c80b7ee X-Archives-Hash: 11e3dd8cdea6d07a9b328b30d8725ff1 Grant wrote: > 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? Is there a test I can run to find out? I'm > running a lightweight website with maybe 300-400 visitors/day 10Mbps should be fine for that. Actually, most companies provide 100Mbps as the lowest now. I use RapidSwitch. http://www.neiljw.com is one of several websites running on a 100Mbps connected server there. It has coped very well with 10,000+ hits per day. Be lucky, Neil