# Estimating required server capacity for a popular forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-required-server-capacity-for-a-popular-forum/35574>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [2015 年 11 月 15 日午前 11:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-required-server-capacity-for-a-popular-forum/35574 "2015-11-15T11:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ljpp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ljpp/32/96506_2.png) [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 11 月 15 日午後 12:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-required-server-capacity-for-a-popular-forum/35574/2 "2015-11-15T12:02:28Z")

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Oh, btw - one question to @codinghorror and @sam : The old forum has been running on SMF for a decade. Is Discourse project future proof for the next 10 years?

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