| Let's start with the space required for a website. | | | | dial up connection. So, an ideal web page size should |
| Web space or disk space is the amount of data you | | | | be 30 KB or less. |
| can store on hard disk of any web server. Each web | | | | Considering an average page of 30 KB, you can put |
| hosting account comes with a certain amount of disk | | | | approximately 330 pages on 10Mb of disk space. |
| space, usually over 50 MB and less than 50000 MB. | | | | Which means you can maintain a static website of |
| Calculation of web space required for a website | | | | 3300 web pages in 100 MB only. |
| Obviously, the amount of space needed depends on | | | | Calculation of internet bandwidth required for a |
| the size of pages in a website. Usually static websites | | | | website |
| are written in html, php, asp.net, with few images | | | | Bandwidth or data transfer is the amount of data |
| (gifs or jpegs) and little bit of flash animations. Text | | | | that is allowed to transfer per month. It includes all |
| based websites are very economical, as they | | | | uploads and downloads used regardless of the |
| consume very little web space. Websites using heavy | | | | protocols i.e HTTP, FTP, POP etc. |
| images and flash are more expensive comparatively, | | | | Bandwidth depends on three major factors: |
| as they need a lot of disk space and bandwidth. If | | | | 1- Number of web pages visited or viewed by |
| you are new to website hosting, you might think that | | | | internet audience. |
| it's great idea to have colorful images to attract the | | | | 2- Average size of a web page |
| internet audience. Do not make this common mistake! | | | | 3- Number of visitors to your website |
| unless you have high budget for your website. | | | | Bandwidth required for an average page of 40 KB |
| Your aim should be to compile a web page of 50-60 | | | | with 10000 visitors per month viewing 5 pages will be |
| KB including images. This will make your website to | | | | 1.9 GB/month or 1953 MB/month only. Usually low |
| load fast and easy to surf. A 50 KB web page will | | | | cost web hosting packages include that amount of |
| take more than 8 seconds to load for a person using | | | | bandwidth. |