Sunday, September 27, 2009

Disk space and bandwidth


Disk space and monthly bandwidth are not important, as the practical limit is the CPU usage, and the allowed values are actually far from those claimed in ads. Unlimited space and bandwidth, which are very common these days, are truly meaningless, as just a small amount can be used in live performance of websites (e.g. in order of few gigs) on a shared hosting.

In addition, it is not possible to use the disk space separately (for storage purpose), as it is noted in the Terms of Services that any files should be associated with the running websites. On the other hand, handling large files is accompanied by much CPU usage. This is indeed an advertising trick, as almost all web hosting companies are shifting such values to 'Unlimited', though no client could reach even normal limits.

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