Server specs for my forum?

[Tomzl]

I have a forum with 300.000 posts, 2.700 registered members with approx 50-100 people online at the same time. Currently I am still running phpBB but have already purchased the vBulletin license and will convert my forum in the next month.

I was looking at some hosting plans. Is a RootDS-server with 1500 MHz, 1024 MB DDR, 60 GB HD and unlimited bandwidth enough for a forum of this size? Currently the bandwidth usage is 35 GB per month (forum + other pages) but I expect this number to go up considerably when attachments will be allowed.

Also, does anyone have any experience with a webhost called Keyweb.de ?

Thank you very much for your help.

[encryption]

I would recommend getting a slightly beefier processor, one with HT

[Tomzl]

Excuse my ignorance but what is HT?

[Interdit]

HT stands for:

A technology developed by Intel that enables multithreaded software applications to execute threads in parallel on a single multi-core processor. This improves the performance.

For the long term I would take a small dedicated server, Amd as well, it's cheaper but with 2 gb ram.

For keyweb, i don't know, i'm using S4Y datacenter which is good as well except for their billing department and their renewal policy. (slow and you need to cancel a contract three months in advance when paying per year)

Best regards,
Francois

Ps: HT demo: http://www.intel.com/personal/desktop/dualcore/demo/popup/demo.htm

[jayson]

HT is short for hyperthreading.

[Tomzl]

I'm still looking for a suitable host so I thought I'd ask for opinion on the hosting offer at all-inkl. Does anyone have any experience with their managed servers?

http://www.all-inkl.com/?content=server

I'm thinking about the ManagedServer XL package. I believe it should provide sufficient performance for my forum?

[express]

IMO HT only masks real load. There are numerous articles on it all over the net.