Author Topic: VOD out of bandwidth (Read 7226 times)

Tony · « **on:** September 29, 2011, 08:40:26 PM »

Looks like VOD went over its bandwidth limit this month, a whole day without it - how will I live?!

Edit: looks like it's back again, Paddy must have topped it up from the donation fund.

K.H · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2011, 08:14:01 PM »

I see its exceded again,thought the donations were meant to have sorted it

Julian · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2011, 08:17:01 PM »

Beat me to it Keith! Last time I donated I was under the impression that it was a contribution to upgrade the software, but it never happened.

To run out of bandwidth again so soon there must be something a little weird going on.

I vote we send in Tony to sort it out!

K.H · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2011, 08:28:47 PM »

I dont understand the bandwidth thing,Knighty started to explain that most things shouldnt affect it but Rotary took the thread off track a wee bit!

Julian · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2011, 08:41:58 PM »

I'm not an expert either, but I think it's all down to the volume of traffic flowing in and out of the ISP's server. Bit like oil down a pipe ... Paddy has a medium size pipe, but 'cos so much oil wants to flow down it, he's gona need a bigger pipe.

As was pointed out, no photos are hosted on the VOD (and it's these that can be quite large files), so the volume of information transfer to build a page shouldn't really be that great.

Either there is a massive number of people requesting information from the server, or due to old software it takes a large volume of info to make a page or there's a problem like a virus consuming bandwidth.

Only the ramblings of an idiot ... I'm sure someone else can explain it better.

K.H · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2011, 08:48:20 PM »

So it all goes back to needing an upgrade,is that an expensive thing?

Julian · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2011, 09:38:08 PM »

Quote from: Julian on September 30, 2011, 08:41:58 PM

Only the ramblings of an idiot ... I'm sure someone else can explain it better.

I don't know for sure, but it might help. I think forum software can be had for free, believe this one was, as was the wiki.

Immediate issue is the size of Paddy's pipe ... so to speak!

Tony · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2011, 09:56:37 PM »

If you want to use a liquid and plumbing analogy then bandwidth limit in this case is like liquid volume - you're given a set amount of it per month which each visitor sips from, until it's gone (and your site stops).

What bandwidth did paddy say VOD consumed? I was kinda expecting 100-150gb/month from a properly busy site and he said something quite a lot less.

The machine biopowered is on slurps through about 40gb a month (not just wiki and forum), sometimes as much as 70gb.

Keef · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2011, 09:57:52 PM »

Seems to me that there is an underlying problem consuming the bandwidth but as Paddy is a very busy boy, he hasn't the time to sort it out so just keeps enlarging his pipe.

Or have I misunderstood?

Julian · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2011, 10:09:08 PM »

The idea of simply paying to enlarge ones pipe is very appealing!

K.H · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2011, 10:34:16 PM »

Pipe envy is a sad thing! bit like pump envy
30gb is what Paddy said

Tony · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2011, 10:50:58 PM »

That's not much in the grand scheme of things, that's in the budget hosting domain - 50gb/month hosting can be bought for about £5/month - £30/month gets about 1000gb/month.

K.H · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2011, 07:23:01 PM »

Is it playing up again? or just me?

mon · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2011, 07:40:44 PM »

Seems fine for me on BT

Tony · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2011, 08:46:55 PM »

Yeah OK for me at the moment, but then I have been outside all evening digging trenches!

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