gogoboygareth
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Hi all!
This one is directed towards to owner of the site... I've been a member for a while (and have made quite a few posts - well, me whinging about problems with my VXII mainly). So this post isn't someone visiting the site for some sinister purpose (i.e. to spam their wares).
I'm an engineer my trade, and have been doing basic web design for around 10 years (yes, seriously). I've recently begun making small websites for businesses, and have been asked to host a few of them (nothing "mission critical", just basic stuff really).
I've created a few packages for hosting (I'm officially a "reseller" as of this morning)... and the reason for this post is simply to get a feel for the "average amount of space/bandwidth" needed for a forum-based website.
I remember a mod once saying the site used about 8Gb a month - does this still stand? Or is it more than that now?
Basically my plans so far are...
Lite : 150Mb space + 5Gb bandwidth
Standard : 300Mb space + 10Gb bandwidth
Maxi : 500Mb space + 20Gb bandwidth
(everything above is subject to change, as I'm only really just starting and am trying to put together a business plan).
Note this is simply just to get a feel for *what* my plans should be providing, not as an advertisement for a small business I haven't really started yet... Thus, I haven't included any prices.
Many thanks for any info you can provide.
- Gareth
http://www.garethforward.com/pics/
This one is directed towards to owner of the site... I've been a member for a while (and have made quite a few posts - well, me whinging about problems with my VXII mainly). So this post isn't someone visiting the site for some sinister purpose (i.e. to spam their wares).
I'm an engineer my trade, and have been doing basic web design for around 10 years (yes, seriously). I've recently begun making small websites for businesses, and have been asked to host a few of them (nothing "mission critical", just basic stuff really).
I've created a few packages for hosting (I'm officially a "reseller" as of this morning)... and the reason for this post is simply to get a feel for the "average amount of space/bandwidth" needed for a forum-based website.
I remember a mod once saying the site used about 8Gb a month - does this still stand? Or is it more than that now?
Basically my plans so far are...
Lite : 150Mb space + 5Gb bandwidth
Standard : 300Mb space + 10Gb bandwidth
Maxi : 500Mb space + 20Gb bandwidth
(everything above is subject to change, as I'm only really just starting and am trying to put together a business plan).
Note this is simply just to get a feel for *what* my plans should be providing, not as an advertisement for a small business I haven't really started yet... Thus, I haven't included any prices.
Many thanks for any info you can provide.
- Gareth
http://www.garethforward.com/pics/