Moodle.. Server..

Moodle.. Server..

by Andrea Andlais -
Number of replies: 5
These are the features of a web host I found:

No Advertisements/Banners/Popups
orangearrow.gifFREE Domain Name of your choice (http://www.YourDomain.com)
orangearrow.gif220 MB Web Space
orangearrow.gif6500 MB Data Transfer
orangearrow.gifFREE 220 Subdomains
orangearrow.gifFREE 220 Personalized Email Addresses (name@YourDomain.com)
orangearrow.gifFREE 220 Mailing List
orangearrow.gifFREE 220 MySQL Databases
orangearrow.gifFREE 220 Individual FTP Accounts
orangearrow.gifCPanel Control Panel
orangearrow.gifAnonymous FTP Access
orangearrow.gifMaster FTP Admin Account
orangearrow.gifMail Server
orangearrow.gifWAP/WML/COD Wireless Support
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Server Features
E-mail Features
bluearrow.gifApache mod_perl
bluearrow.gifApache mod_php4
bluearrow.gifApache Mod_ssl
bluearrow.gifCustom MIME types
bluearrow.gifExim
bluearrow.gifMySQL
bluearrow.gifPerl
bluearrow.gifPHP
bluearrow.gifPrivate CGI Bin access
bluearrow.gifServer Side Includes
bluearrow.gifPython, Tcl
bluearrow.gifFlash/Shockwave Support
bluearrow.gifMS Frontpage Extensions
bluearrow.gifWAP/WML/COD Wireless Support
bluearrow.gifDefault Address Manager
bluearrow.gifEmail Account Manager
bluearrow.gifE-mail Auto Responders
bluearrow.gifE-Mail Forwarding
bluearrow.gifHorde Web-Based Client
bluearrow.gifMailing List
bluearrow.gifNeomail Web-Base Client
bluearrow.gifSquirrelMail Web-Based Client
bluearrow.gifSpam Assassin/Spam Filter
bluearrow.gifWebmail Access
bluearrow.gifSMTP Server
bluearrow.gifPOP3 server
bluearrow.gifIMAP server
 
Pre-installed Applications
Website Management
Portals
bluearrow.gifPHP-Nuke
bluearrow.gifPost-Nuke
bluearrow.gifPHP-Website
bluearrow.gifXoops

Blogs
bluearrow.gifb2
bluearrow.gifpMachine Free

Bulletin Boards
bluearrow.gifPhpBB2
bluearrow.gifSMF

Other Scripts
bluearrow.gif4Images Gallery
bluearrow.gifAdvanced Guestbook
bluearrow.gifSimple Guestbook
bluearrow.gifCounter
bluearrow.gifPHPauction
bluearrow.gifPHPProjekt
bluearrow.gifphpLinks
bluearrow.gifMoodle
bluearrow.gifNoahs Classifieds
bluearrow.gifPHPList
bluearrow.gifWeb Calendar
bluearrow.gifHTML/Java Chat Rooms
bluearrow.gifPHPmyChat
bluearrow.gifEntropy Banner
bluearrow.gifEntropy Search
bluearrow.gifJava Countdown
bluearrow.gifJava Clock
bluearrow.gifRandom Html Generator
bluearrow.gifCGI Wrapper
bluearrow.gifCGI Email
bluearrow.gifFormMail Clone
bluearrow.gifInterchange Shopping Cart
bluearrow.gifAgora Shopping Cart
bluearrow.gifFrontPage Manager
bluearrow.gifWeb-Based File Manager
bluearrow.gifCustom Error Pages
bluearrow.gifRedirects
bluearrow.gifApache Handlers
bluearrow.gifSearch Engine Submit
bluearrow.gifIndex Manager
bluearrow.gifDisk Usage Viewer
 
FTP Features
bluearrow.gifAccount Manager
bluearrow.gifAnonymous Setup
bluearrow.gifLogin Message
bluearrow.gifSession Manager
 
Databases
bluearrow.gifMySQL
bluearrow.gifPostgreSQL
bluearrow.gifPhpMyAdmin for MySQL
bluearrow.gifPyAdmin for PostgreSQL
 
Website Statistics
bluearrow.gifAnalog Web Statistics
bluearrow.gifAWStats Web Statistics
bluearrow.gifBandwidth Statistics
bluearrow.gifError Log
bluearrow.gifGraphical Site Statistics
bluearrow.gifLatest Visitors
bluearrow.gifRaw Log File
bluearrow.gifRaw Log Manager
bluearrow.gifWebalizer Web Statistics
bluearrow.gifWebalizer Ftp Stats
 
Security Features
bluearrow.gifPassword Protected Directories
bluearrow.gifAnonymous FTP Server
bluearrow.gifRemote Backup
bluearrow.gifBackup/Restore Manager
bluearrow.gifIP Deny Manager
bluearrow.gifHotlink Protection
bluearrow.gifGPG Keys
bluearrow.gif.htaccess Override


I wish to install Moodle to open an online school. But I'm not sure if it's enough. How many user in total (logged-in and not) can this web server with these specs accommodate? How many online users all at once can it accommodate? I really have very limited knowledge about these part of Moodle. Though, I know my way around it when it's already installed. The hard part for me is installing and knowing the right specs for Moodle. Any help would be greatly appreciated! What else do I need to know that's very important?

By the way, the school is targetting at least 150 users in total and about 20 users online in a day. If it's not too much to ask, what are the web host specs that we need to accommodate this much users?


Thank you very much!
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In reply to Andrea Andlais

Re: Moodle.. Server..

by Luis de Vasconcelos -

The biggest problem with that package is the 220 MB web space. That's very little and you're going to run out of space quite quickly - especially if you have lots of media rich content (lots of graphics, multi-media, etc.)

What is the name of the web host?

Be careful with the free web hosts. They tend to close shop on a regular basis and at the least convenient time for you.

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In reply to Andrea Andlais

Re: Moodle.. Server..

by Rosario Carcò -
Only a quick reference of what I installed 2 years ago:

  • HP Proliant DL380 G4
  • 2 Intel Xeon, 3.4GHz
  • System: 2 x 36 GB diks Mirrored
  • Data: 4 x 72 GB disks RAID 5
  • RAM: 8GB (50 concurrent users per GB according to Moodle installation docs)
  • SUSE SLES Server 10.x
  • users: 3'000-6'000
  • courses: 500-1'000
After two years of operation I reached:

  • users: 6'600
  • courses: 876
  • Data: 143GB used of 201GB, i.e. 76% used
  • mySQL database: 1.6GB on system Disk
Have a look at the according moodle installation docs. Data is what users (teachers and students) uploaded into the different moodle courses. DataBase is moodle's internal data and references to keep the whole logic working.

Hope it helps, Rosario

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In reply to Rosario Carcò

Re: Moodle.. Server..

by rolio rolio -

Hi Rosario,

Currently i need to deployment moodle in windows platform, but i can't find any usesable information about hardware requirement in windows platform. Could you share your successsion ? my target is 1000 concurrent users ( access simultaneously).

Webserver

Windows 2003 + IIS + PHP

Database server

windows 2003 + SQL 2005 clustering

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Re: Moodle.. Server..

by Barbara Harkin -
Hi Rolio,

My IT guys are having problems with IIS - Windows XP - PHP. I cannot get my PowerPoint presentations to run correctly. I keep getting IIS errors. Are you having those sort of problems?

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