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PizzaGuy · 05-10-2008, 01:21 AM

I know it's 2 posts in the same area, but I don't want either question to be overlooked.

I want a website to hold video and audio files, alot of them. So I need speed, I want it to be loaded as fast, if not faster than youtube, if possible. How do you determine whether or not a host will be that fast or not. Is it internet speed? Is the only thing that determines the speed of the server the location? What kind of server specs would I be looking for in order to get a server that hosts as fast as youtube? Are regular web hosting companies sufficient? or is there some like "industrial web hosting"?

Tyler

JLHC · 05-10-2008, 05:53 AM

You can ping the host's IP as well as get a test file to download.

BobZ · 05-11-2008, 06:03 PM

There are the following sits that can help to determine the speed:

alertra.com and anonymization.net

You can try them in case there are some problems with the host and your site is slow.