As with other questions along these lines, we really need to know more about what your users will be doing, how many users will each have in the contact list. How many server2server connections will be involved? There is no 1 to 1 metric for users versus bandwidth.
Guessing, I would think a 100 Mbps connection will be more than plenty.
Thanks for the help i really appreciate it… if you know of anything better i can do to acquire some good bandwidth and servers or a better deal just let me know…
I really appreciate your help
So now i guess i have to figure out to get the connection manager to work… thanks
Have you checked with the hosting service that you can even run this on their servers. It needs admin level to install. This product is not really meant to run in that environment.
You need to be a system admin to install and make some modifications to ensure autoload at boot. This product was designed to run on a server that you have complete control of, one that resides on your network (generally speaking). There may be hosting companies out there that will let you run this or will install it for you.
well generally as you’re probably aware of… home connections dont have good upload and no good ISPs run to my area…
so what would be a good option to host an OpenFire server? I’d really like to know because I originally wanted to buy a computer and host the server myself however I realised it may be too expensive to run the server.
what would you recommend to solve that problem and ave enough bandwidth? (I really appreciate your help btw)
Actually, looking at the link and plan that Silpheed2K posted (s)he shouldn’t have any trouble running Openfire on what is specified. If I read the details correctly that’s a dedicated machine so they’ll be able to install and manage anything they want on it, including Java/Openfire and their choice of database, assuming of course they’re comfortable working on a remote machine. One thing that did catch my eye was that the plan only includes 3 restarts, which really shouldn’t be an issue if you’re running some flavor of Linux, but which seems a little odd if you have complete control over the box.
I did miss the fact that the server at the spec he quoted was a dedicated box. Some of the limitations on a server you are supposed to control seem a bit wonky to say the least. He will definitely need to know how to remotely manage the server as well.
Thanks to all of you… all of you have been major help and I really appreciate it… I’ll look into how to remotely manage a dedicated server or I’ll ask around
I’m really thankful that you all were so helpful… you solved so many problems for a project I want to get started on.
Most I know about managing servers is CPanels, FTP, CVS Servers, SVN Server, stc. but not a dedicated box… never done that before.
I really appreciate all the help and thank you all
Mastercard had to make 3 chargebacks against sp and after that they cancelled my credit card number because they never stopped to charge me when I cancelled my service. Customer services is a big zero and network is not very reliable.