Starting out a new social media website on a dedicated server?

Gettingmile said:

I'm planning on starting a social media website and I don't know which server is best to start with.

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Gettingmile said:

Should I start with a dedicated server or I should go for another server like the VPS, if yes what's the advantage of a dedicated server on a new social media?

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Gettingmile said:

And can anybody please tell me what server did big social media today like facebook, twitter started with?

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David Beroff said:

I guess it is a new site hence you can start with a shared hosting package at this time.
Check it out some good plans here https://forumweb.hosting/102-shared-hosting-offers
Unless you are using a platform that needing to have more resource to run it then you can start with a VPS, if not you only need a shared hosting and it is enough for your site because your site will have less traffic when just started and you don't need a dedicated server for it.


Dedicated server are always better but VPS is also a great choice if your site doesn't have too much traffic.
As said, your site is new and you should go with a shared hosting first, if you see it needs to upgrade to a better hosting plan like VPS or dedicated server, then it is time to go with one.


I think they are using big data centers to store and running their social sites.
With a mount of traffic coming to Facebook or Twitter daily I could not imagine what type of server they are needing to run them.

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fishmonk said:

I agree with this statement. I hope your social media site has differentiating points from the current big boys in the industry. The competition is stiff but it's not impossible. I am curious to see how you market your site.

As for the hosting package, it depends on what resources which you require. What sort of medium does your social media use ? If you are still at early stages of initiating the site, I think it's best to used shared hosting. At the end of the day, budget planning is important so do proper allocation on important stuff.

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HostBastic said:

If its a new social media site and doesn't yet have a huge amount of daily views and depending on your budget I would suggest a scalable SSD VPS which will offer all of the benefits of a dedicated server at a lower price. However once your project grows it would be advisable to upgrade to a cloud server instead of a dedicated.

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Gettingmile said:

The ultimate there is the Cloud server and I will look into it in the future. By the way, do you know much about Google cloud, does it worth it?

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