[thelist] Help with Heavy Serving Requirements

[Clayton Smith]

Maybe you need something more like this http://www.akamai.com/ ?  It's 
the backbone load balancer for google/msn/etc

-c

Steve Bissonnette wrote:

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I would like to know if anyone has suggestions on a VERY GOOD host that can
>handle the following type of site ..
>
>
>1-1.5 terabytes of transfer per month
>
>100-150 million hits per day
>
>10-20k emails a day
>
>a 250k mailing list and a mail server that can handle it
>
>24/7 support and very quick (within the hour) turnaround
>and manage serious / constant attacks
>
>---
>
>and truthfully, an opinion of if we should get pricing from major
>telecoms....? Or look at medium-sized hosts that will be more competitive ?
>
>
>
>
>Thanks so much for input
>--
>Steve Bissonnette
>steve at plankdesign.com
>
>PLANK. A multi-faceted-media company.
>http://www.plankdesign.com
>v. 514.875.0003   f. 514.875.7611
>
>
>  
>


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Clayton Smith
Developer
Geni-Us, Inc.
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651.493.HOST (4678)
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