CPU Usage Question

[dual_alliance]

Hello,

I have been searching around the internet for hosting companies and host gator look like one of the best.

I'm 40% sure l will need a dedicated server however, if at the start when l have less then 100 members could l get away with shared.

My site will have CRON's running every minute or so and have allot of MySQL queries. I think that with less then 100 members it shouldnt take up too much CPU but l dont want to cause everyone else to lag, so here l am asking.

Thanks.

P.S Why do you have to register to post pre-sales questions? Cause then when you register you have to choose your host gator plan... seems a little dumb to me.

[dual_alliance]

Thankyou for your reply Serra it was very helpful.

Originally Posted by Serra

HostGator is one of the best. Just read the customer comments section, read only the negative posts, that will give you an idea of what people who hate HostGator have to say about it. Once you've dismissed all those people as idiots, you'll see HG is a good hosting company.

That is what l always do, l find it is the best way and l did dismiss most of them as idiots .

Originally Posted by Serra

Two things to consider: How hard will it be to move your site and what if its down for a few days, will that kill you? If you are suspended for over usage, it will take about two or three days to get your site back up. So not being suspended for over usage is important. Also if the site is a huge pain to move, then you might just start with the dedicated, if you start with the semi-dedicated, you will not be as likely to be suspended.

Moving the site would be a big problem if the box l went to made my PHP scripts encounter errors, having downtime for 1+ days is a big no no for me. I'm not rich and cant afford Semi-Dedicated, Dedicated when l first start of... its a PHP text based game, and you donate $5.00 and you get access to extra features this is how l'm planning to pay for the box so l cant start of with dedicated.

Originally Posted by Serra

Not knowing the specifics of your setup, it does seem you are right to question if a shared account is a good choice for you. There are some limits on shared accounts, such as max connections of 25, which is fairly high, but still is a limit. The semi-dedicated account does not feature that specific limit. Again, the semi-dedicated account would limit the trouble too much usage, the limits are far higher on that account and its cheap, compared to a dedicated.

With the 25 max connections for MySQl this could be a problem.

Originally Posted by Serra

Its because spammers come here and post tons of spam, asking us to go to their porn sites or buy their drugs.... after about 100 of those each day, it just seems better to have people register.

I guess it isnt so dumb after all

[slapshotw]

Originally Posted by dual_alliance

With the 25 max connections for MySQl this could be a problem.

This doesn't mean only 25 people can play at once. Typically, people connect to the database for less than a second before closing the connection, just to make a query or perform some other action. You'll be able to have many many more people than 25 playing at the same time and not hit this limit. I think Serra once gave guidelines for about how many simultaneous users that kind of max connection limit can support but I can't find them at this moment.