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by technogeek-1995

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It has been brought up to me to create an internet radio station. Could you give me some in site into the technological side of this.

(i.e. -Could I use a blog as the webpage?
-Is 250GB of Bandwidth enough + regular HTML email and normal web browsing + Games.
ect.)

I would run this off a custom built PC with an AMD 64 X2
1 GB Ram
10/100 LAN
B/G WLAN

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by mjd420nova

I don't think I'd find any better source. What a fountain of information there. The complete tour all they way up to registration was so informative, I was going to cause a printer meltdown. Lets see now if a T1 can support sixteen 56K users. I don't know if what I might find as a serious threat to the Comcast uplink speeds that would be surely imposed unless I pay for the uplink speed needed to be a decent provider with a serious popular following. Much to think about and ponder.

by oh smeg

[i]1 GB Ram[/i]

No where near enough for a Streaming Application unless of course there are very few people listening.

[i]10/100 LAN[/i]

Will only work if there are a very few people listening as it will require more bandwidth or you will get Lags being introduced as the use rises.

[i]B/G WLAN [/i]

This is even slower than the 10/100 so whatever problems it would have this will be worse.

[i]Is 250GB of Bandwidth enough[/i]

Depends on how many people actually listen and how long per day this will be up. 250 Gig can be chewed up very quickly. It also depends on how the ISP measures your usage as well.

Col

by technogeek-1995

What about...

4 GB
AMD Phenom
1 TB
separate LAN card (haven't bought it)
(direct connect to router)

Are you happy now with the specs?

by oh smeg

The others will work OK within limits of the number of Listeners.

Just one question what OS do you plan on using as no Windows 32 Bit OS will use all of the 4 GIG. Though it will make the maximum use of the RAM that it can use so it may not be too much of a waste.

Col

by oh smeg

The 32 Bit Versions of Windows use about 3.2 Gigs of RAM so by using 4 GIGS you will provide the Maximum Amount that Windows 32 Bit can use with about .8 of a Gig not being sterilized so you will be getting the Best possible Performance out of the OS provided the rest of the Hardware is Optimized to use that particular OS.

You shouldn't have a problem with what you listed though I would be looking at a Brand Name PS to offer better protection from the Mains.

Col

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