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How Much Hosting Space Do You Need?
By Herman Drost
Many web hosts try to sell you a large amount of web space
that then costs you a lot each month. However, you may not need this
much space. Have you ever calculated just how much disc space (MB)
your web site uses? Do you really need an expensive solution
for your web site?
For my first web site, I purchased 20mb of disc space and wondered if
this would be enough as I added pages to it. Well, recently I checked
the size of this site which had grown to over 20 pages. To my
surprise the size was only 3,269KB. This means it only uses a
little over 3Mb of disk space.
Most of my friends sites also only use 2-3Mb for their sites.
Therefore it is not necessary to purchase a large amount of space for
a small site (if 20 pages = 3Mb, then 20Mb = 140 pages approx).
Colocation Web Hosting Report, Released by Hosting.com
Louisville, Kentucky - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 - Global hosting solutions and services firm, Hosting.com, has unveiled the results of a new survey highlighting
2008 colocation industry trends, indicating that improved reliability is the most important reason for colocating.
Hosting.com surveyed over 200 individuals to develop its first annual study on the colocation industry. Topics include virtualization, disaster recovery, green initiatives, and value-add services.
Hosting.com completed the report based on data it collected over a four-week period through surveying its own colocation clients and clients of other colocation providers. Over 200 business and IT executives responded to the survey.
Aaron Hollobaugh, Director of Marketing and Communications for Hosting.com remarked, ''Client engagement is paramount to our success, but the true test is a company's ability to take this information during an economic downturn and continue to provide and develop solutions that are client-centric and relevant to the current marketplace. We are taking these responses and rolling out enhanced value-add services (in December 2008) for our colocation clients.''
Key findings from the survey include: -- 67% of companies choose to colocate their data infrastructure to 'Improve Availability and Reliability,' and 44% expect to see a ROI (Return on Investment) within 24 months. -- 40% of respondents foresee virtualization having an impact on their datacenter space requirements, 21% expect no reduction and 37% are unsure. -- Bandwidth, Security and Redundancy are the three most important factors for most companies when choosing a colocation provider. -- Colocation clients are increasingly interested in managed services provided by colocation providers. 53% of respondents view 'Remote Hands as a Service' as an important value-add service. -- 70% of respondents have a Disaster Recovery plan, but only 46% have a budget to execute on their plans.
The recent economic downturn presents an opportunity for colocation providers to more proactively consult with their clients to help them realize the reduced cost and security of virtualized environments, more effectively estimate their total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investments (ROI) when colocating, and provide the specific services they need from a provider to reduce their internal expenses.
Over 20% of respondents were CEOs or business owners. The demographics of the respondents ranged from companies with as few as two employees to well over 100,000 employees. Diversity was also evident in the revenues of the companies that responded, ranging from under $1 Million to over $100 Billion annually. The 2008 Colocation Industry Trends Report was published in the form of an e-book, and is available for download at Hosting.com.
Since 1996, Hosting.com has provided enterprise colocation, cloud computing, dedicated hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery and business continuance services to a global customer base demanding a high level of security, reliability and responsiveness. Hosting.com monitors, manages, and enhances the web based platforms of Web 2.0 companies, software as a service providers (SaaS), content distribution networks (CDN), and medium to large enterprises whose web presence is crucial and high availability mandatory. Hosting.com currently operates SAS 70 certified data centers in Louisville, Kentucky; Irvine, California; San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts, and is currently expanding into Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.
For more information about Hosting.com, please visit: www.hosting.com.
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Web Hosting as Semi-Dedicated Clustered Solution, Debuts at ReliableSite.Net
Vancouver, British Columbia - (The Hosting News) - October 15, 2008 -
Web hosting company serving individuals and businesses, ReliableSite.Net LLC, has debuted Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting, a new service offering the performance and capacity of a dedicated server, as a more cost-effective solution.
Radic Davydov, owner of ReliableSite noted, ''Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting provides our customers with the equivalent performance of a powerful dedicated server, at a fraction of the cost and without the hassle of managing a server. We handle everything, from security to software updates, so our clients can concentrate on what they do best.''
Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting works by distributing important services, such as web, email, and database - across a variety of dedicated servers, and repackaging them into a virtual platform. Ultimately, clients are able use the distributed services with greater flexibility and power than allowed by a sole dedicated server. The cluster also balances server load and adds redundancy.
Powered by Dell and SuperMicro hardware, each cluster is limited to a maximum of 10 clients and built to prevent the degradation of any particular service during periods of high use. Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting plans offer full access to ASP, ASP.Net 3.5, MS SQL 2005, MS SQL 2008, PHP, and MySQL.
Customers also enjoy quick account setup and easy administration, through a traditional hosting control panel. Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting is geared primarily for businesses and individual webmasters with resource-intensive Web sites. The company also hopes to lure customers away from traditional Virtual Private Server plans and dedicated servers.
ReliableSite offers a power uptime guarantee in its New York datacenter, outfitted with UPS and diesel generator backups, cooling backup with multiple redundant temperature and humidity controls, and round-the-clock network uptime with a series of premium top-tier bandwidth providers.
Semi-Dedicated Clustered hosting is available from $63.20/monthly on a Windows platform with 20GB of disk space and 100GB of monthly data transfer.
Since 2006, ReliableSite has been serving individuals and businesses internationally with its line of award-winning shared and dedicated Web hosting solutions. Offering 24/7/365 technical support, all technicians are Microsoft Certified Professionals and fully qualified in their field.
To learn more about ReliableSite, please visit http://www.reliablesite.net.
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Are
you paying TOO much for the actual space you need?
How Do You Calculate The File Size Of Your Web Site?
1. First you need to understand how file size is measured. The
smallest unit on a computer is a bit. One bit is one electronic on or
off pulse. 8 bits strung together make one byte. One byte of
information can put a letter, such as "B" on your screen.
If you put 1024 bytes together and then you have one unit of
information called a kilobyte. Put 1024 kilobytes together and you
have a megabyte. (Most floppy disks hold around 1.4 megabytes of
information). Most of your graphics and web pages are measured in
megabytes.
2. To determine your total site file size, right click on the root
folder where your web site is housed – this will not only give you
the total site size but also how many files and folders are contained
in your site.
3. If you use an editor, such as FrontPage, go to the reports view,
click on the site summary and you will get a reading of the total
site file size. In Dreamweaver, just use the method in No 2.
Prepare To Expand Your Hosting Plan
You may want to add pages, graphics, features eg scripts, databases
etc, to your site in the future. Begin with a small plan at
first (even 5mb is enough to start out with), and then expand it as
you add new features.
Check with your web host, if you can easily upgrade your plan
as you grow your site. You don't want to go through the hassle of
changing hosts every few months.
Once you have determined your total site file size, check what
hosting plan you have purchased and how much disc space has been
allocated for your site. If you are only using 3mb of disc space but
are paying for 100mb, then you may want to switch plans and
save yourself a ton of money each year.
Herman Drost is a Certified Internet Webmaster(CIW)
owner and author of iSiteBuild.com
Low Cost Hosting, Site Design and Promotion
(www.isitebuild.com/sitehosting.htm)
We strive to provide only quality articles related to hosting . Thank you to those contributing daily to our hosting provider website.
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