# Admins message to members.

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**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/admins-message-to-members/262285 "2012-01-13T14:01:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/admins-message-to-members/262285/51 "2012-01-18T09:31:54Z")

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> [@TW: 07 Cobalt SS/SC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tw-07-cobalt-ss-sc/44311/22):
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> its not jsut about bandwidth tho, active forums put a good stress on server cpu’s too, everytime u load a page or forum section or post, it has to look all that information up in the database,which is huge, that requires cpu power
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> and hosting plans that say unlim bandwidth is like cell phone plans , they arent REALLY unlim bandwidth, and if they are, u couldnt use it if u wanted to, because you would hit ceiling on another restriction long before hand, like cpu limit
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> size/graphics wise this place is super light, there is nothing to it, no videos hosted here, barely any pics… there isn’t a whole lot of bandwidth going on here, most just ‘work’ from the server calculating and pulling up information constantly

What he said.

CPU + the SQL backend (I’m assuming as this is vBulletin based) is the big hog here…not images or videos, etc.

You would need a higher end FiOS line (not their basic package) to host a site like this and you’d need a decent PC.

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