Posted: 3/8/2007 9:40:06 PM EDT
|
How many of each type and what software are the Arfcom servers running? Operating system & database? What kind of internet connection is needed to keep this place connected - DS3? I predict a couple of pastel-colored iMacs running in someone's basement/BDSM dungeon, hooked to a 128k ISDN line. Microsoft Access 97 for the back-end database. And no you paranoid fuckers, I'm not 'phishing' for info, and I could find out if it was that important to me. |
i'm pretty sure he's around for...."entertainment" 
|
No point. A DS-3 still runs around $20K per month, but 45 Mb/s of commodity bandwidth in a datacenter will run you much less. At least around me, quality bandwidth is around $200 per Mb/s retail. I'll bet I could get a 45 Mb/s commit for less than $5K, especially given the amount I'd be paying for floor space and power to use that much bandwidth! 
|