As you all probably know, bandwidth is one of the most important things when it comes to selecting a shared web host. just wondering how i would decide how much bandwidth i need?

Bandwidth is kind of hard to compute really, because as a webmaster you would like as many visitors as you can, right? Especially if you are into selling stuff. There are a lot of website statistics checker out there.

Take the total size of the page (including the images) and multiply it by the amount of hits you expect. That will give you a general estimate. The actual number should be lower if the images are cached (a user visit again your website) to the users browser.

When you are calculating the bandwidth necessary for your website, you need to know some things such as: how much data will be sent, and whether or not you will be needing more in the near future.

thanks for reply
After a small research i found that 99% of Small sites don’t even use 1GB

Hello,
I want to start my own forum site, but dont know where to start. I’m not sure of what host to use . Can anyone help me please?

If you are going to start a forum, you will not need much space and bandwidth for a while… so i recommend to search for a small plan in a web hosting provider that you can upgrade your plan as you need it.

Buy a web hosting plan from cpwebhosting.net, there u found the software for forum.

Is there a way to check the other web sites that are on the same server as my?
I have a couple of sites that are just consistently slower than the rest and I’d like to see who I’m sharing space with.

Yes,whois.sc offers a service that show sites being hosted (as well as parked domains) on the same server.

I think the best way you could actually get that to happen is if you contact yout host and see if they are allowed to tell you.

you can request your web host to change your server because you are paying for it

i have seen many offers such like “get unlimited space with unlimited bandwidth for only $$” , i am thinking that how it can be possible, theres nothing unlimited in this universe, if there is no unlimited hard disk storage then how is there any unlimited bandwidth.. ? any one may correct me…

Be aware of them, I will prefer not to buy even something else other than webhosting from such company, it is just a marketing trick.

It is just another way of convincing new customers ?

you are right that there is no such unlimited thing. Bandwidth and web space can never be unlimited. Hosts which lie such like that have usually written the amount of bandwidth limit in their TOS.

Dont be fooled by such offers, they are completely nonsense.

Yes, There are usually restrictions in the terms fo service also so they can cancel your site if you actually start using alot of bandwith, they also usually set max filesize limits.

They full us

There is no host with Unlimited bandwidth.

There’s no such thing, you’re simply hanging on to an unknown upper limit of data transfer.

Don’t ever believe anyone hyping unlimited anything. There are always some other practical limitations that prevent you from ever taking them up on their offer.

Thanks for your suggestions

hi,
cpwebhosting.net allow to host Unlimited Domain in their Shared hosting plan.This means that I can host all of my websites in single web hosting account then you should I choose a reseller plan.

If all your sites require its own control panel then a reseller plan would suit you better as it would give you more control, most typically don’t so shared hosting works.

Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the account owner may split up their allotted hard drive space and bandwidth and resell web hosting.

If u dont want different different control panel for different site then cpwebhosting.net Shared web hosting plan will be best for u.

Does with the Shread hosting, bandwidth measured in megabits or gigabyte.

Bandwidth consumption over the last several years has shifted from a per megabit usage model to a per gigabyte usage model.
As the shared hosting model developed, the trend towards gigabyte or total bytes transferred, replaced the megabit line speed model so dedicated server providers started offering per gigabyte.

Bandwidth was traditionally measured in line speed access that included the ability to purchase needed megabits at a given monthly cost.

Hello,

I have 1 domain on one server but need to use subdomains over 2 servers like:

server 1
ns3.domain.com
ns4.domain.com

server 2
ns5.domain.com
ns6.domain.com

How can i do it?

Go to your domain registrar and set up subdomains with the ip addresses of the specific servers.

I think you could just out it all across like private nameservers. Just put the IP for 3 and 4 on server 2’s IP and redirect it to a subdomain.

Yes, I think this setting is going to be under your domain registrar. Check it out with them if you can make several sub domains under your main domain account. Else, you may need to simply share the servers used by your main domain.

I have about 20 different web sites which are hosted with different hosting services. Would it be smarter for me to go with a dedicated server and move all my sites on one? And how would this effect my Google ranking for my sites on one dedicated server?

You most likely don’t need a Dedicated server. A Reseller is probably best for you. U can purchase a Reseller web hosting plan from cpwebhosting.net and host Unlimited Domain and SubDomain.

It depends on u. How much bandwidth and space are your websites taking up and how many hits do you receive altogther? This should be the main thing you think about when switching to a bigger server.

If you have high traffic sites or you store large amounts of data (movies, music, images, etc.) you might want to get a dedicated server.

you should go for a Reseller account,if your websites are not so big.

Not unless your websites are high in traffic , I do not think it is pratical to acquire a dedicated server.

To maintain a dedicated server you must have the technical know how. Else you end up spending your time maintaining your dedicated server than maintaining your websites .

I think You could go with a managed dedicated server. This would allow you the advantages of a dedicated server without the headaches and knowhow.

Thanx Dolbz, I have no technical knowledge to maintain a dedicated server.

If u have no technical knowledge then go with Reseller web hosting.

Can I use my own computer as a host? I am trying to get my computer to run as one since I have an extra hard drive which holds around 80 gigabytes of space.

U can but that usually never works properly. You’ll probably have low uptime and slow loading sites.

I do not think so that it is a good idea to use your Pc as host because there are going to be lot of technical problems arise at that time.I think its better to use other reliable webhosting server.

Running commercial websites from you home PC is really not a good move.

first off your PC has no redundancy as compared to dedicated server hardware, RAID, Spare power supplies, UPS etc. Secondly you have no saervice level agreement with you home provider and a 95% uptime for example is no good for a commerical site.

It is very possible to do this, however unless you are running a T-1 line at your house.

It will be the good idea,If you are thinking of running a personal website.

Hard disk is not the only thing you have to consider – memory, processor speed, and security are all important. Plus, your computer needs to be powered on all the time.

I would probably not recommend it. As you will have slow access and also the redundancy issues involved. If you are planning on spending the money and have a good service already you might be able to pull it off.

you CANNOT use residential internet for commercial purposes.

Hi,

I have a site in which

150 users online at the same time
400 visitors per hour

What do I need… VPS or Dedicated?

Any advice

It might really depend on what these 100 users online at one time are doing. If they’re streaming videos you’ll definitely need a lot more than if they’re just reading articles.

If your users are only loading text or something that doesn’t take up too much bandwidth, then VPS. Otherwise, I would make the switch to a Dedicated server. .

If you are expecting more traffic,I would suggest u Dedicated server

If your site traffic is not so high, go for Vps otherwise go for Dedicated server.

Its depends on the service you are providing to your visitors.If your site offers streaming videos,music then you better go for Dedicated server otherwise not.

Choosing between VPS and Dedicated server stricly depend on bandwith needs and feature needs.

I think that in this case for what you want to do I would probably go with a dedicated server this way you avoid having to change if you need to and since you will be yeilding high traffic as people are logging in you it would work out better.

For a regular site, you could probably go with simply a larger vps as long as you find a good provider.

use a dedicated, it should not be too expensive. U can find a Dedicated server at 110$ from cpwebhosting.net