showing RSS feeds on public website, how expensive is that?

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Is it expensive (for bandwidth) too run, say, 30+ rss feeds? I want to let users add RSS feeds so other users can see them too, but I have no idea how much that'll cost me.

user1438038 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-26T10:08:10.833

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It very much depends on how often the feeds are actually read, if you provide any caching mechanisms and so on... Its very hard to put a number on it with the information you are providing.

Just to get you started, I'd do an estimation, such as:

 Bandwidth usage per hour = Avg. size per feed entry × Items per Feed ×
                              Total number of feeds on site × Calls per hour

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answered Jun 26 '15 at 10:02

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 28 '15 at 16:33

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Yes, it is very expensive. I suggest you don't do that.

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answered Jun 26 '15 at 09:43

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showing RSS feeds on public website, how expensive is that?

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