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4/26/2006 9:31 PM
 
The biggest DNN database I've seen was 320gig and that's pure data - not including the log files.
 
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4/27/2006 12:50 AM
 

I tried using a cheap host but ended up switching to powerdnn. I've been much happier since.

As far as the PHP vs .NET debate goes I look at it like this. If I look at monster or yahoo or other job boards companies pay more for .NET then they do for PHP. So I work with .NET. I figure I might as well invest my time into something that pay's well.

I've done the PHP thing in the past and I also feel like PHP is similar to ASP but .NET is pretty unique with the post back events, master pages, and things like that. On the other hand a lot of those cool thing turn .NET apps into resource hogs.

Kevin,
freesis.net

 

 
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4/27/2006 2:08 AM
 
Don't get me wrong .. I will probably host with PowerDnn too ..
The point I am trying to make is about disk space and bandwidth ....

The whole industry seems to think if you are a .net user you should pay heaps more for the same disk space bandwidth as a PHP user on a Linux platform.
I just don't understand why, thats all.

To DNN or not to DNN .. this is the question ...
My reasons for are.
1.I know some Visual Basic.
2.Seems to be more modules available and they seem to be of a higher standard and also in the main seem to be better supported.
3. .NET might just take over the world and will be in everything from Linux to your toaster.. I think MS are planning it that way. So support should be around for a while.
4. Heaps of pro's are using it for every type of business.

The against reasons are mainly to do with the expense.
Expensive hosting.
Expensive modules.
Probably lots of expense I haven't even thought about too !

The main against is that it's so microsoft dependent. Which means uncle Bill still has my goolies in his handbag.
Someone usually does whichever way you go .. but.
With the Linux Apache PHP MYSQL platform (LAMP) at least I have a chance of extracting at least one if things turn nasty.

What I mean by that of course is that there are heaps of ways the other platform can go if people really don't like the way a particular approach by a particular group. ie: the Mambo/Joomla split.

Now I know that a lot of these split projects turn into "evolutionary dead ends" to quote someone famous who just happens to own this board (you know who you are Shawn)

But I think that gives it a bit of vibrancy too ... I dunno . I am just thinking out loud .. and wondering which way I should jump.

90% chance I am jumping for DNN ... I just hope I don't get fried !



 
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4/27/2006 2:20 AM
 
I think that Knhus hit the nail on the head with "I've done the PHP thing in the past and I also feel like PHP is similar to ASP but .NET is pretty unique with the post back events, master pages, and things like that. On the other hand a lot of those cool thing turn .NET apps into resource hogs."

Coming from a DNN hosting background, although we have an official maximum limit of how many people we put on a server (50), what we use to measure the "fullness" of a server is how much free CPU it has at peak hours.  Like Nina also said, you'd be surprised at how many resources a high intensity DNN site will eat.  I guess it all goes back to the "Engineering Triangle" of Speed, Cost, and Quality.

 
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4/27/2006 3:23 AM
 
Ok then ... heres a direct question.

Whats stopping you as a hosting provider putting in some fat disk space for the 50 users on each server.

400 gig hard disks (sata 7500) are under A$300
50 users get 8 gig a piece.

Oh sure .. thats a cheap hard disk .. maybe not quite server grade , I don't know, I am just asking, and not suitable for every type of user maybe.. but for me with my photo album I think it would be just fine.

Now given PowerDNN's personal dot net hosting is 1 gig .. and assuming all are on the one server .. you only require 50 gig's the users and a bit more for operating overhead.
I just priced a sata 74gig 10000rpm drive for about A$250 ...

All this is chicken feed .. even if the 400 gig hard disks were a A$1000 each I am sure you would still make your money back on them.

Prices quoted here are in Australian dollars ... would be even cheaper in the US.

Which reminds me why I don't host in Australia .. for the same reasons. Nobody will give me a good deal .. not like hostgator and countless others in the US.

Competition ? ... don't know .. don't really care much either .. I just take my dollar where I will get the best bang per buck,  most  people  do.
 
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