VPS vs Own Computer
I've been a student of SEO for a long time (call me a perfectionist and I want to know it all before I drop my $) but I just invested in some GSA products (SER, CB, SEO Indexer). I was wondering what type of difference there is from a VPS and a home connection? As far as the numbers of submissions being made? Having a 20mbps/5mbps line at home (I consistently get 16mbps/4mbps) is it worth it?
I'm more just wondering if the net speed makes that big of a difference on link building speed (I know having good proxies also but let's just assume the ones I use are as fast as yours). Isn't there a point where SER can't work as fast as the bandwidth provides info?
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I'm running SER with Captcha Sniper on a WHS2011 box that runs on an oldish E6600 cpu and 4Gb ram. My connection is 30mbps/10mbps that is consistently at 27/9mbps.
I'm running 10 private proxies with 18 projects over 10 campaigns (some with up to 3 tiers) and after tweaking SER I'm getting an average of 40k subs and 3-6k verified each day.
To achieve this the CPU is pretty much at 100% with 50 threads running and I'm at the point where I don't think I can squeeze anymore out of my current setup and I'm not sure if it's proxies, my server or my connection which is the bottle neck...
Do u only use that 10 private proxies, or u also use public ones ?
I have a I7 2006k sandy bridge cpu running at 3.6 Mhz on a 50 / 5 line
I have 100 private proxies which i mixed up with public proxies.
I have around 30 project s
I can push it to 1000 threads but for some reason i hardly ever utelise more than 2 MB download and 700 k upload.
Could this be because of the proxies, and should i only use the private ones .
I am also running Ultimate demon at 60 threads, Capcha breaker, GSA Indexer, Outlook and normal day to day stuff.
My combined traffic is about 10-12Mbps
I have Comcast Burst at home which gives me 36Mps/6Mps when all goes well. The problem with home cable is that you share bandwidth with neighbors, so 3:00pm the kids get home it sucks, and then 6:00pm people get home from work, and that sucks too.
Regardless, I'm making about 150k-200k links per day. 30 semi-privates from buyproxies.org. Don't run GSA Indexer while you run SER. It will suck every ounce of internet connection bandwidth and SER will greatly suffer. Pick a time once or a few times a week where you don't run SER and maybe do project maintenance, and run GSA Indexer by itself.
I measure my @home-servers resourrces..
Limiting factor here are my private DOWNLOAD-Speed of my 16mbit dsl connection....... (UPLOAD somehow is not limiting....)
never thought that that would be the case.
Some days, I have 20-30 gig traffic, and I am not pumping out that many links like ron/leeG...
For Hardware ressources:
I even "downgraded" to 4 Gig ram..... onym server.
saves 2 watt of energy ;-)
got some kind of intel i5 quadcore 3,3 ghz cpu.. techi days are long gone, so I dont recall the number.
running 100 threats. more gets ser unstable. cpu-time is at best 30% with ser/cb/cs3x..
but, In the long run, If I make the first ROI with SER i will switch to a VPS.
Just wondering what approach you are using for GSA indexer when you only run it once in a while.... I have indexer on a separate computer but am finding it not so smooth to export links and then import into indexer and run all this on a schedule etc... The nice thing about SER is you set it up right and check it few times but nothing in required for you to do. Do you have a system for indexing?
@ranknow - Just do it once a week. Tier 1 is the biggest priority. Then Tier 2. If you start rolling everything in the Indexer, and depending on how many links you make per day, it will take forever. Prioritize. Make sure you check which ones are indexed using scrapebox and public proxies. You don't want to put things in Indexer that are already indexed...waste of resources.
For me, everything first goes via API to Lindexed.
I'd made some more tweaks based on @ron's post (Thanks :-)) in one of the other threads and yesterday I got it running set at 130 threads, which it ran at pretty solidly, occasionally dropping as low as 60-70 depending on what it was doing.
Late last night, I added the additional 10 proxies to take it 20 in total and that has completely maxed it
It's still running at 130 threads, sometimes dipping to 120-125, but never lower and so far today, it's submitted 65k links, which is pretty much a full day's submission and just 11am UK time
The only downside is that since adding the extra proxies the CPU has flat lined at 100% and the core temp is about 85C which is not good - it's been like this for about 11 hours - eek!
My options as I see them are get a new CPU, which will be difficult as it's a socket 775 mobo and I don't think Intel make socket 775 processors any more, although I have seen a 2nd hand Q6700 quad core on ebay for about £40, or I can get a new server - I've seen one based on the 8 core AMD Fx8350 with 8Gb for about £300...
Or I can go the VPS route, but from reading other threads and my own experience with emailing a couple of hosts, seems like a lot of potential hassle.
I think I'm going to go the AMD route and with an SSD and another copy of WHS 2011.
Are there any limitations in moving SER between PC's e.g. one move per month? If not, I think I might move it to my desktop until the new server arrives just to give the old one a bit a of a rest - it could be
me, but the CPU fan sounds a bit wheezy after running flat out for 22 hours solid :-)
I have a similar set-up to @doubleup, AMD quad, 64 bit, 8 Gb ram. Absolutely no problem at all.
It makes a ton of sense to build it yourself, or give a kid $100 who knows what he's doing to build it. You save a crapload of money, and will have a pc that rules the world.
I am completely at home doing this. Just make sure you have a decent internet connection.
This is just my opinion, but I think the optimal setup for SER is 4 cores with a minimum of 4Gb Ram.
Don't forget, as you go further and further into this, your SER file gets bigger and bigger. Eventually you need to buy a new SER and get an additional PC. When you get to that point, you can easily afford it. If not, then you are a complete moron and deserve to burn at the stake.
Just kidding...but not really.
no high thread count is needed too.. if 50 or 100 threads does not make that much difference here,
Anyone of you have any bandwith limitations?
@thisisalex I have fibre that runs at a solid 27mbps down and 9mbps up on an unlimited bandwidth package, so no issues for me.
Don't rely on the stock processor fan. I literally can't hear myself type - 6250 rpm is noisy :-)
Also, if you plan on going down the WHS2011 route, make sure you have a drive that is 160gb min otherwise you'll end up having to install everything to another drive and then copy it across to your 120gb SSD