What is Disk Space and Bandwidth?

When shopping for a Web hosting plan,more often than not you are going to run into a few phrases thatconfuse and bewilder you. I ran across just about every question aperson could be asked during my days in the Web hosting world. The twomost often asked Web hosting questions were, "What is bandwidth?" and"What is disk space?".

These are both things Web hosting geeks take for granted that people know about. Not everybody does though.

What is Web Hosting Disk Space?

Disk space refers to the amount of server disk storage your Web hostingaccount is given. The amount of room you have on the Web hostingserver. This account space is used to store your html files, graphics,audio clips, POP mail messages, databases, movies, and all other filesthat make up your Online Web site.

Everything that sits on your Web hosting account is taking up diskspace. This is why you want to compress your file sizes down as far asyou can without compromising quality. This way, you can make better useof the space you have.

What is Web Hosting Bandwidth?

The dictionary definition of bandwidth can be kind of confusing:

"The range of frequencies, expressed in Kilobits per second, thatcan pass over a given data transmission channel within a frame relaynetwork. The bandwidth determines the rate at which information can besent through a channel - the greater the bandwidth, the moreinformation that can be sent in a given amount of time."

Now let me un-geek that for you.

Bandwidth is how much stuff, with stuff being defined as htmlfiles, graphics, audio clips, and so on, can be uploaded to your Webhosting account or downloaded by viewers of your Web site. Every timesomebody views your Web page, they are using a chunk of your bandwidth.Every time you upload something to your Web hosting account you areusing a chunk of your bandwidth.

Bandwidth can be though of as traffic on a road. As long as you haveenough bandwidth, traffic can flow down the street as much as possible.Then if you run out of bandwidth, the road is cut off at both ends withnobody being able to get into or off of your road.

Now That You Know...

When shopping for Web hosting, you should always pay attention to howmuch bandwidth and disk space they are offering you in a plan orpackage. If you don't plan for your Web site to be very large or indemand then you can afford to go with a smaller sized Web hosting plan.If you plan on having a large Web site with many visitors you mightwant to go with a larger sized Web hosting plan.

Also, it is very important to always buy a little extra whenshopping for Web hosting. If you think one plan looks like it would fityour Web site, then go with the next one above it. This way you giveyourself a little room just in case, down the road, you decide toexpand on your Web site or get a new plethora of visitors you hadn'tplanned on coming.

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