How much disk space is required ?

[dungdm_it001]

When you want to publish your web site, the first question which comes in mind is How much disk space is required ?
how can we calculate it?

[Missy Oh]

If yours is a small or medium web site you might require 10 and 100MB of disk space. The average size of HTML pages is very small. But the size of the images used inside the pages is many times larger than the pages itself. Let us assume that each HTML page occupies between 5 and 50k of disk space on your web server, but it will vary on the use of images and other graphic elements. You might need much more disk space if you are planning to use lots of graphic elements. Make sure that you know your needs before you start looking for your web host.

[kellz123]

Originally Posted by Missy Oh

If yours is a small or medium web site you might require 10 and 100MB of disk space. The average size of HTML pages is very small. But the size of the images used inside the pages is many times larger than the pages itself. Let us assume that each HTML page occupies between 5 and 50k of disk space on your web server, but it will vary on the use of images and other graphic elements. You might need much more disk space if you are planning to use lots of graphic elements. Make sure that you know your needs before you start looking for your web host.

Thanx Missy Oh


After deciding the disk space the next question which arises is how to decide monthly traffic.

[Missy Oh]

Originally Posted by kellz123

Thanx Missy Oh


After deciding the disk space the next question which arises is how to decide monthly traffic.

Once again if the site is small or medium, it will consume between 1 and 5GB of data transfer per month. This can be calculated by multiplying the average page size with the number of expected page views per month. For instance, if the page size is 50k and the expected view is 60,000 page per month, then there will be a need of .05MB * 60,000=3.0 GB.

[dungdm_it002]

Originally Posted by kellz123

Thanx Missy Oh


After deciding the disk space the next question which arises is how to decide monthly traffic.

It is very much necessary that before signing a contract with a hosting company, you consider following things:

Can you expand the bandwidth later on
What will happen, when you exceed the volume
Is there any restriction on monthly transfer?If yes what are they