Flipping the Switch with Tom Green
Online videos are a popular communication medium on the Internet right now. Companies publishing video content such as YouTube, Google Video, and Video.AOL.com, have all taken technology to the next level by integrating with Social Media websites as part of the Web 2.0 generation. Increasing daily are requests for Social Media based hosting servers specifically used for video streaming, niche MySpace replicas, and various other methods for people to communicate with each other. All of these concepts are part of the Web 2.0 sensation where “ease of use” and overall content are becoming part of the Internet as we know it.
As Social Media websites that utilize live video and streaming media gain popularity, they must utilize the power and speed of dedicated server hardware in order to maintain the amount of traffic and bandwidth they receive on a daily basis. Turning to a solution provider like FastServers.Net will help Social Media and video driven websites maintain their online presence. Social Media Web Hosting might even become an industry of its own, or at least a service offered by major dedicated hosting server providers.
FastServers.Net has been providing a dedicated server solution to The Tom Green Show, an online talk show with host Tom Green. Tom’s website is becoming more and more popular each day with thousands of visitors and video downloads taking place when the show airs (M-F 11PM EST). As a result of the show’s extraordinary popularity, the influx of increased traffic put a strain on their current dedicated server’s memory and caused the server to shut down during last night’s show. After the show, around 1AM, their technical engineer (Bill Snitzer) requested we double the RAM in their current server to keep the incident from recurring. In about ninety minutes or less, our team of hardware engineers added the new RAM and had the server back online and running!
Concerned that RAM might not be the single cause of bottlenecks in the server, Bill and Tom called our Sales Engineers to discuss alternative solutions. After a long chat on the phone, we all agreed the next best move would be to upgrade their current server to a new Dell PowerEdge 2850 with 4GB of RAM and SCSI Drives! With all this power and speed, The Tom Green Show is set to achieve even greater numbers in terms of traffic and video downloads. When it comes to growth, Tom clearly understands the philosophy behind building an online presence: “You have to build it for the potential growth.”
The following video shows Tom talking to Bill about their server running out of memory and how they need to address the issue.
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By working with FastServers.Net, the staff at The Tom Green Show can focus less on technology and more on producing interesting material for the world to view. Tapping into FastServers.Net’s inventory, 24x7 staffing, and fast deployment procedures, The Tom Green Show can quickly scale from a single server, single processor solution to a multi-server, multi-processor solution in a matter of hours instead of weeks! Also, Tom sent us a personalized video testimonial. If you haven’t seen the video yet, head on over to our new customer video testimonial page or view it below!
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