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karlm
Wed 2nd Aug '06, 1:53am
Is there a sure way of measuring how much bandwidth I'm (or rather, my forum/traffic) using?
Also, can i measure the mysql database size and - aside from downloading everysingle file - can i determine my website (inc. forum) sizes?

I ask because my lease will expire soon. Currently my host offers unlimited everything-above, but I'm not too keen on the speed of my forum. I'm looking at other options, but have no indication what i should be looking for where my bandwidth & mysql sizes are.

I find my host to be pretty good with the majority of things, but the speed at which the pages load sometimes disturbs me, especially as i'm on a 4mb connection (6mb, but slowed to 4mb via wifi network) and I dread to think how painfully slow it must be for dial up users. I'm confident it isn't my laptop causing the delays as although it's a few years old, it's still more than adequately beefy for today's systems.

According to my stats (those free ones you embed in the page) roughly 1/4 of my viewers are dial up, and hence that is a considerable amount of potential traffic to lose.

Steve Machol
Thu 3rd Aug '06, 5:01pm
Your current hositing service should have some stat packages available (like AWSTATS) to check bandwidth usage.

To see the database size, you can either view your database with phpMyAdmin, or enable this in vB:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Admin Control Panel Options -> Control Panel Quick Statistics -> Yes