wheel - 4:41 pm on Nov 9, 2005 (gmt 0)

We're currently on a dedicated server where I've turned off all non-essential processes. So yes, it'll be a dedicated box. And I'll be recommending all the horsepower we can get hardware-wise. Hardware's basically cheap and more is better, I'm OK there.

What I'm concerned about is that I believe on busy days the site can actually start to fill a 5-10mbit connection, sustained for the a good part of the day. I know everyone claims gigabit transfer all over the place and huge connections, but I'm looking to find a way to test this type of traffic on a data center. Hate to find out too late that the server's fine but the hosting company's firewall or router's can't keep up (I've seen this before).