requirements for a webforum

[rookie1010]

Hello

I was thinking about starting a forum about mobile phones. i was wondering if you guys could tell me what are the requirements for a web forum?

i mean
web space
do i need to cater to a certain number of connections
(what are the requirements for supporting multiple users browsing the forum)

etc ...

 

[office politics]

most forums save thier info to a database usually mysql.

to make sure you can serve to multiple users, just make sure you have a fast enough WAN connection to serve the access.

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply

would not the server hosting the forum provide the connection, and they would set the limits on how many users can access the forum?

 

[office politics]

they prolly wont set a limit....unless you were DDOS'd in which case they'd prolly cut you off completely. If too many users were connected, your forum would experience slow load times.