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How Much Bandwidth and Storage You Need for Your Website?
How much storage space and bandwidth will you need for your website?
Plain text takes the least amount of space. Images take considerably more and audio and video files will need the most space. This applies to both the storage and the bandwidth.
In non-technical terms, bandwidth is the diameter of a water pipe and data transfer is the amount of water that flows through it. If you’re likely to have a lot of data being transferred, you should look for high bandwidth plans.
If you choose a plan with high data transfer but low bandwidth, your site can slow to a crawl when it gets too many visitors. The amount of information you’re allowed to transfer is high enough, but the pipe it’s flowing through doesn’t allow enough to get through at once to keep up with all the requests.
The best way to manage your bandwidth and space is to keep your site as simple as possible. Don’t use large images – optimize them for viewing on the web which will decrease their size considerably.
If you’re not sure how to determine your needs, the better web hosting companies will be able to help you figure out which of their plans will best suit your website. Speak with us at http://www.iwebhosting.com.my, one of the popular Malaysia web hosting providers.
