JamboUK Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Hi Guys Just wondered what your thoughts were on the pro's and con's of running your automation software from either a PC at home streaming 24 hrs a day to running your automation software on a VPS? We currently run SAM Broadcaster for our automation but have LIVE DJs link in via a remote show script and most of them use Radio DJ. The PC running SAM is currently housed in an office in a Taxi garage but it is very dusty in there and the PC is not going to last long, that combined with the cost of the Broadband connection is making me wonder whether it would be better to run it from a VPS. I have found a Windows 2008 VPS with 2x3Gb Processors, 8GB Ram and 500GB of storage for £24.95 per month or £200 per year. Just wondered what your thoughts were on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 SAM runs just fine on a VPS. I have 2 stations running right now on one. But 25 quid a month is expensive for a small VPS. SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andhow Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 SAM Broadcaster does not require a sound card to operate, so running from a virtual server will not be a problem. Reverend Aquaman | Station Manager | andHow.FM Where it's *ALL* about the music! A world-class, always eclectic, commercial-free, alternative, modern, retro, indie rock radio station. Jamming the free world, one person at a time since 1998. Got Indie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboUK Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 What sort of specs do you need for a VPS for SAM to run on and can anyone recommend a decent VPS host that is cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboUK Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 SAM runs just fine on a VPS. I have 2 stations running right now on one. But 25 quid a month is expensive for a small VPS. Can you recommend a VPS, your small VPS works out at £23.00 per month for 20GB storage 512mb memory and a single core processor and 1000gbs of bandwidth! At the moment I have it running on a VPS with a single core and 512mb of memory and it keeps buffering! This VPS only costs me £9.95 per month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Try this one, they are in Europe: https://order.server4you.com/pages/vserver/ SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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