| It is easy to fool a novice business associate by giving | | | | your website. Keep this limit to 10 MB. Surveys |
| him disk space and bandwidth that he does not really | | | | suggest that this limit is fair enough to accommodate |
| need. Depending on the type of website you own, you | | | | any load the website might get. |
| must be able to precisely calculate the amount of disk | | | | You might consider altering this limit a bit if you have a |
| space and bandwidth you need for web hosting. Here | | | | busy forum to maintain. If not, you know the amount to |
| are few tips to estimate the needs carefully. Read on | | | | keep. |
| to find out about them. | | | | Number of Visitors |
| Size of the Website | | | | Estimating the number of visitors to your website is |
| The size of the website is important to ascertain the | | | | very important to select the amount of bandwidth you |
| amount of disk space needed for hosting the website. | | | | need to maintain your website. For instance, if you are |
| This size depends on text, graphic images, animation, | | | | aiming at 20,000 visitors per month for your website, |
| and flash. Text uses very little space. But contrary to | | | | which has an average of 30 KB data per page, go for |
| this, images can take up huge chunks of space. | | | | 1.5 GB bandwidth strength. |
| Although animations, jazzy flash, or heavy graphic files | | | | So, next time your web hosting provider offers a 5 GB |
| can be really interesting to watch, it could kill the | | | | bandwidth for a similar website, you know the answer. |
| interest of the users as well. How? By taking a lot of | | | | Also, 20,000 hit rates are quite hypothetical. Usually, hit |
| time to load. Many users are still using slow Internet | | | | rate for an average website is quite less. |
| connectivity. Their computer may also not support | | | | Wrapping Up |
| heavy animated files as well. Why not select simple | | | | In short, unnecessary disk space and bandwidth would |
| images to keep your webpage within 50-60 KB? An | | | | cost you money and effort. Estimate your needs |
| average page should not be more than 30 KB. | | | | properly and seek those web hosting firms who offer |
| Amount of Disk Space | | | | upgrades as well. Unless you are offering a popular |
| Now that you have decided on the size of the | | | | movie songs and clippings, you don't really need mega |
| website - which is roughly 30-60 KB, select the | | | | space and bandwidth. |
| amount of space you need in the computer to host | | | | |