As your site grows, your hardware might need to as well.  In fact, with any sizable growth, upgrading the hardware that is dishing out content to your users is inevitable.  Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at some general strategy in upgrading hardware so you get the best bang for your buck.  After all, not in your interest or our interest to waste time, money, and resources on upgrades that don’t make sense.  If this is your first Linux Dedicated Server, you might want to check out last week’s post about renting your first dedicated server.
Choosing and upgrading a bandwidth plan
By default, our plans come with 6TB of data transfer on a  100mbit port.  There are a whole host of changes you can make to this plan.  You can upgrade the port speed ($35/month).  This essentially allows you to do a lot more bursting, but doesn’t let you move more traffic over the course of the month.  In other worse, it lets you “spend” your traffic allotment faster, but doesn’t make it bigger.
Our 12 TB plan is a $70 upgrade, but allows you twice the bandwidth.  It lets you transfer more bits and bytes over the course of the month.
Alternatively, you can get a dedicated port.  The nice thing about dedicated ports is that you cannot get an overage.  In other words, if you have a 6TB plan (6000GB) and you use 6001GB, you’ll be responsible for a $1 overage.  It doesn’t sound like much, but it can add up fast.  To ensure you don’t have overage bills, get a dedicated port.  This is frequently called “dedicated unmetered.”  It’s essentially saying that you can use the full 10 mbps, 100mbps, or 1000mbps (or custom port size) without any chance of overage.  Changing the port speed greatly changes the price.
If you have any questions, let us know at sales (at) ubiquityhosting (dot) com!