Marta_81 Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 Hi. I am going to contract hosting for an osCommerce shop, and I have no idea about how many bandwith I need for it. I would be grateful if the people which has a working shop could tell me how many bandwith use monthly. Many thanks, Marta.
dave12345 Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 Hi. I am going to contract hosting for an osCommerce shop, and I have no idea about how many bandwith I need for it. I would be grateful if the people which has a working shop could tell me how many bandwith use monthly. Many thanks, Marta. How long is a piece of string? I use a bit over 5gig monthly, im sure some would use 50meg and some would use >200gig.
Guest Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 My site has used 100 megs this month, I think I have 25 Gigs of bandwidth available. I don't think I will run out.
Jack_mcs Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 There is no clear answer for this since it depends on how large your files are and how busy the site is. For most new shops though, I would guess the required bandwidth is well under 1 GB. Since most plans include much more than that, it is not usually a concern for new shops. I think if you went with a plan that has 2-5 GB (or more) of bandwidth, you shouldn't have a problem at all. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons
compwhizmm90 Posted September 8, 2006 Posted September 8, 2006 Hi. I am going to contract hosting for an osCommerce shop, and I have no idea about how many bandwith I need for it. I would be grateful if the people which has a working shop could tell me how many bandwith use monthly. Many thanks, Marta. One of the stores I did started in february and I use about 2 gigs a month. I get anywhere from 50-100 visitors a day. My plan has 120 gb (only 5.95)
sugarsnow~ Posted September 8, 2006 Posted September 8, 2006 you wont have to worry on bandwidth. I would go with the lowest plan available that fits your other needs with a reliable webhost. The webhost will defintly let you know right away if your bandwidth is exceeded and ask you to upgrade. For the first year of any shop you probly wont exceed 5 gig so why pay for 50 when you wont use it all. Wait till you need it and worry about other things you host provides that effects your website greatly like server uptime and good technical support.
Guest Posted September 8, 2006 Posted September 8, 2006 we have about 50-100 people on the site at 1 time. i had to switched to dedicated server because between my site and 1 other large store that ran on the server it was constantly maxxing out the cpu and causing crashes and other probs. nw i run on my own dedicated box and its running flawlessly. i had to do some tweaking to improve page query counts and other stuff to take less strain off the server during busy times.
Marta_81 Posted September 12, 2006 Author Posted September 12, 2006 Many thanks to all you. I think I am going to start with 1GB, and upgrade after it if is necessary.
Marco.Hal Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Let me try to translate the explanation about the monthly trafic, that I listen of my web hoster. If your site had 1000 views in a month and each visitor see, in an average, 100Kb, so you have: 1000 views x 100Kb = 100Mb If you use FTP to update your site, in average, 10000KB (10Mb) and If you send and receive e-mails, in average, 20000Kb (20Mb) So you have (100Mb Trafic + 10Mb FTP + 20Mb E-mails) 130Mb of Total Trafic in a month So I believe that a 5Gb of monthly trafic and 500Mb in disk space is enough!!!!
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