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Hey,

I am having same issues with my forum lately. Forum runs on SMF 2.0 and with 1000 users it consumes 100% available bandwidth within less then month. The limit is 70GB/month.

I tried forcing more functions to run through cache but its still ineffective.

So now I'm looking for another forum engine to replace current SMF. I'm thinking of MyBB (also PHPBB3 - but I'm afraid the story of SMF will happen again, what's your opinion? I think that there will be a lot of fun with converting the database, won't it?

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I'm with phpbb and I'm more than happy. When you disable avatar support, load a light theme, lower attachment size and tweak it a bit like I did it runs great even on a free host.

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Before you go and make a switch, do you know what is using the most bandwidth?

I'd look at your bandwidth log first to ensure that it's not an issue with hotlinking files and/or files uploaded that you don't remember that are being used elsewhere.

70GB consumption for a forum with 1000 users seems just a bit off there.

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If lightweight is what you want, you can't go wrong with fluxbb.

I second that, the default theme is almost entirely CSS based and it handles the "basics" (posting/search/moderation) quite well

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I agree with Cupcakes. Check your logs thoroughly to find what is causing that bandwidth usage.

I have used phpBB in the past but also I've been told good things about FluxBB...

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Have you looked at a different host also, with more bandwidth? You might be happy with them, but might be something to consider also. I'm not sure exactly how much bandwidth one forum would use over another. Looking through the logs like mentioned would be your best starting point though. You can do that before switching to something else.

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Before you go and make a switch, do you know what is using the most bandwidth?

I'd look at your bandwidth log first to ensure that it's not an issue with hotlinking files and/or files uploaded that you don't remember that are being used elsewhere.

70GB consumption for a forum with 1000 users seems just a bit off there.

I agree, make sure it's what you think it is before you go switching ... might be something totally different and switching forums will not solve your problem

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I agree, make sure it's what you think it is before you go switching ... might be something totally different and switching forums will not solve your problem

Hotlinking is not the issue. Forum isn't public and completely sealed from outside world - only registered users with accepted accounts can access forum (it's nonofficial faculty forum).

I will check more detailed server log when back from work.

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Hotlinking is not the issue. Forum isn't public and completely sealed from outside world - only registered users with accepted accounts can access forum (it's nonofficial faculty forum).

I will check more detailed server log when back from work.

How do you know hotlinking isn't an issue when you've yet to check out the log yourself? Just because it isn't public doesn't mean the current members haven't been hotlinking (if you allow attachments, etc) and/or don't have files elsewhere on your website.

Regardless it was merely an example issue with high bandwidth usage--I wasn't stating that it was the problem :p.

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You could try using a theme that uses CSS to replace images. Try disabling avatar uploading, and disable attachments. And give a 10 warning that current attachments will be deleted. People could be hot linking them.

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i would switch host before switching to another forum engine. unlimited packages are not that expensive

"Unlimited" quota for disk space and bandwidth packages are the bane of hosting. Do not fall into the gimmick of unlimited. There are limits no matter what. Read up on your host's ToS/AUP first. You have limits defined there.

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^^^^ i've had almost a 1TB of bandwidth used one month. and had no problem with the host at all. and i paid 120$ for the whole year of hosting.

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^^^^ i've had almost a 1TB of bandwidth used one month. and had no problem with the host at all. and i paid 120$ for the whole year of hosting.

What's your point? Doesn't change the fact that unlimited is a gimmick. Anyway, back on topic ;).

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