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We are considering purchasing a license for a community based software. This is the answer I received when I asked how many members/users the software could handle at one time.
"The user limit is only based on the server hardware. This is affected mostly by concurrently active members. It could easily handle 100 million if only 100 visited per hour.
Most single-server setups can handle having 30-40 logged-in members actively using the site any moment (in most cases there are at least 3-4 times that many non-members online at the same time). If your site is completely members-only you could probably handle more. Of course you can always upgrade the hardware or add servers to increase the limits."
When they say server hardware, what does this mean? We will be hosted first on a shared server. Within 3-4 months we will move to dedicated server. Our projections show that we will have more than 100 members and/or guests per hour on the site at the same time.
Can someone explain this info to me in simple terms. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
"The user limit is only based on the server hardware. This is affected mostly by concurrently active members. It could easily handle 100 million if only 100 visited per hour.
Most single-server setups can handle having 30-40 logged-in members actively using the site any moment (in most cases there are at least 3-4 times that many non-members online at the same time). If your site is completely members-only you could probably handle more. Of course you can always upgrade the hardware or add servers to increase the limits."
When they say server hardware, what does this mean? We will be hosted first on a shared server. Within 3-4 months we will move to dedicated server. Our projections show that we will have more than 100 members and/or guests per hour on the site at the same time.
Can someone explain this info to me in simple terms. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.