@99golems Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 As I'm getting more traffic to my own hosted games I thought of an interesting question that I hadn't really thought of before. At what point would you guys switch from traditional web hosting of your games to delivering your games through some kind of CDN, like Amazon S3? CrurnNubJuill33pdqwqtoe and Emhuang33 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 At the point where your server can't handle the amount of requests anymore and/or your traffic gets eaten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlibulf Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I recommend taking a look at http://www.cloudflare.com It's free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotama Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 At the point where your server can't handle the amount of requests anymore and/or your traffic gets eaten up.Why not straight away? Or is there a reason you would only host on your own site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Sure: time and money.Most developers make the mistake to worry too much about scaling right from the beginning. My advice is: completely ignore scaling at first. Over 90% of the developed applications or games never get to the point where they have to worry about scaling.Make up your mind when you realize your normal hosting isn't enough anymore (and you can't optimize). Thats the point where you already have a huge userbase and (hopefully) a regular income, so thats the point where I would worry about scaling and maybe even hire an expert. Gotama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny! Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Totally agree with Chris here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@99golems Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 Chris, thanks for that. I agree and that's what I've been doing all along... but now I'm wondering at what point I should actually consider scaling up, and I suspect right now is not the time. Maybe in a few months. CheerS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny! Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 ... but now I'm wondering at what point I should actually consider scaling up... Sounds stupid - but I would say - when it starts to hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soybean Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I agree with Chris. Don't worry too much. Just order a webhost that suits your basic needs, and then worry later if it really needs to scale. This is usually more unlikely, so why bother overthinking it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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