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Product launch and shared hosting - need advice

by Alminc
12 replies
Hi,

I will soon have a mini product launch, and I have
everything hosted on my shared Hostgator account.

There are 2 big files, 250MB and 450 MB, that can be downloaded
by customers at the same time, plus some smaller files
under 1MB.

There is a limit of max 25 download requests at the same time
on my shared hosting. Hostgator support said that the bandwidth will not
be a problem, but if more than 25 people download at the same time
they will get 500 internal server error.

I may have 100-200 customers on the launch day, so I need to
solve the problem with downloads somehow.

Any suggesstions?
#advice #hosting #launch #product #shared
  • Profile picture of the author stevenh512
    Can you host the files somewhere else? Amazon S3 seems like a good choice for something like this. If you dig into their API (or have a programmer who can make it work) you can even secure the files so they can only be downloaded from your site, that way nobody can share the download links.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kyle Tully
    Yup S3 is a quick n easy solution to host the large files.

    And it's dirt cheap for the relatively small number of downloads you'll have.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alminc
    Kyle,

    I just found your contribution about using S3 in the War room.
    Let's see if it can help .
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    • Profile picture of the author Kyle Tully
      Originally Posted by Alminc View Post

      Kyle,

      I just found your contribution about using S3 in the War room.
      Let's see if it can help .
      I wouldn't worry about that code, it's only for secure downloads (ie a membership site) and as I hinted in that thread, there are now easier ways to do things.

      Check out eZs3.com - Making Media Easy by Unleashing the Power of Amazon S3 Hosting (aff) -- it's dirt cheap, used by some of the biggest names in IM, and will have you up and running in no time.
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  • Profile picture of the author reynald2790
    Hi you must definitely use Amazon S3 to host your huge files. If you can not to programming you can hire someone to do programming for you just see the link below.


    The On Demand Global Workforce - oDesk

    Yes you can try that site to hire someone.

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  • Profile picture of the author stevenh512
    If you're using Firefox, try this. It's free.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3247

    No programming required, unless you want to secure your files on S3 (then you'll need a programmer, but it shouldn't cost you too much, looks pretty simple according to the API docs).
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    • Profile picture of the author radhika
      Hostgator support said that the bandwidth will not
      be a problem, but if more than 25 people download at the same time
      they will get 500 internal server error.
      Yeah... right. That is one way of stopping using server resources. If they stop the excecution of site processes in first place, why giving unlimited bandwidth? Just to get the people sign up for hosting?

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  • Profile picture of the author rondo
    If S3 is too complicated then either get a vps hosting plan like these or use a file hosting service like FileKicker who charge per gb.


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  • Profile picture of the author IM Starter
    I'd also recommend eZs3.com - Making Media Easy by Unleashing the Power of Amazon S3 Hosting (no aff), you don't need coding and can restrict videos and downloads to only come from a domain you specify.

    Makes using the Amazon S3 service a dream (it's a headache otherwise).
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