February 13th, 2008
Web Hosting - What Does Your Site Really Need?
Diskspace
Most hosting providers display large amounts of disk space as an attractive incentive in an attempt to catch your eye. This can mean that normal home packages come with vast amounts of space in the tens of Gb range. This is simply not a realistic amount. Most websites range from between 2-20Mb, not Gb. You may use more space if you are uploading vast amounts of pictures, but even then, 200 JPEG images will still come in less than 70Mb. This means that if your hosting package is providing you with 1500Mb diskspace you will only ever use 10% of that space and the remaining 90% is still available to the hosting provider to sell to someone else.