Pudding is in the Proof

So tonight has been a night of testing, I ate some food, watched Earl, then about 20 minutes ago sat down and begin to really weigh out things in this server plan, speed was one of my main concerns, finding the quickest download out there, and here’s what I came up with downloading a 100MB file from each provider I have been considering (2 Current in the Running) and my current provider, I have a 8Mb/s connection here, and each server is connected via a 100Mb/s connection so in theory I should be able to get around 8Mb/s in a perfect situation - but since that perfect world doesn’t exsist and folks are actively using connections, etc. etc. - I knew some tests would not be as slow, but the results are as such:

• Current Provider: 3m 03s - Average Speed: 5.6Mb/s
• Option #2: 2m 38s - Average Speed: 6.5Mb/s
• Option #3 (My Fav Currently): 2m 05s - Average Speed: 8.2Mb/s

Needless to say - #3 is by far my favorite option, nearly a complete minute faster to download via their backbone, than that of my current provider, impressive indeed. So I have been running the numbers, and figuring the servers, I think I may be de-comissioning one of the servers, since hosting numbers are down, I could really almost host 2 servers on one of this configuration vs. 2, but even if not, still - savings are big, and there’s always options to grow and grab another server if needs be in the near future if growth takes off.

So things are panning out to be good, going to rough out a migration schedule, and see if I can get in on this promotion they have for me since it is time sensitive, as it’d be nice to save some cash, lower costs, and increase revenues again, so even if this job doesn’t happen or at least not right away, I’ll have some more float in the budget.

Anywhoo - I think that’s it for me tonight, going to wrap up here, and probably hit the hay and hope the morning greetings me with a better day, Happy Pre-Friday folks, enjoy the weekend - and to Mr. Poon - Happy Pre-Birthday! Hope your birthday is a good one, eat some cake for me (or save me a piece, I’m always down for cake) - Night!