One hosting service that I have started using recently that provides way
more storage and bandwidth than I listed below is
http://www.eboundhost.com/ (see
http://www.eboundhost.com/hosting/shared/linux.php). They got very good
customer reviews in the sites that I checked. I have been relatively
happy with them so far. The support has been very responsive.
I have also been very happy using ICDSoft (www.icdsoft.com). Their
basic package doesn't include much storage space but as a reseller for
them I can upgrade the package to include 20 GB of storage space. With
my reseller discount that comes out to < $10 per month.
For ASP support you tend to need to pay more. One example of a service
that provides ASP support and relatively large storage is
www.3essentials.com. For $10 per month you can get 13 GB and for $20
per month you can get 28 GB.
As for the application, this is intended as a storage site for large
files that will be downloaded by a small number of people. Some of the
files will be video files and some of the downloads will be streaming
(or pseudo streaming). You are right that most sites do not require
anywhere near this amount of space and this actual project doesn't need
it at the outset but may grow to need it. Since I know that there are
services out there that do this for a reasonable price outside of Israel
I don't think the client should need to pay several hundred dollars per
month for an Israel based solution.
Another important factor is having very good support. I don't want to
take on the responsibility of managing a VPS or a dedicated server. The
software I want to use is standard enough that I don't need to install
my own packages. So I want a solution that will make this rock solid
without adding overhead to my work.
David Suna
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Oded Arbel wrote:
On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 14:20 +0200, David Suna wrote:
I sent this to the list once but only got one response for a service
that is very expensive. Using hosting services outside of Israel I can
find shared hosting packages as described below for $5 - $10 per month.
Does anyone know of Israel based hosting services that can compete with
that? I am willing to pay a little bit more but most of the prices I
have heard about for Israel based hosting services is > $100 per month.
25 GB storage space
The 25GB storage is your undoing. Almost all web sites use less then 1GB
of storage, most less then 100MB (What are you planing to do with that
much storage space?), so 25GB is about as many as 20 or so web sites.
Also - with so much storage you probably intend to use a lot of
bandwidth, and that might also be a problem.
<shameless plug>
If you'll spring for a new harddrive for one of my systems (one time
expenditure), I'll be willing to offer a generous hosting proposal ;-)
</shameless plug>
Using hosting services outside of Israel I can
find shared hosting packages as described below for $5 - $10 per month.
I really doubt this statement is correct, considering the above
limitations and that outside Israel its very common to charge for
bandwidth usage (though I'd be more then happy if you can prove me wrong
and provide references: maybe I want to host there ;-).
One of the cheapest hosting sites I know - nearlyfreespeech.net - will
charge you for the storage alone $25 per month, and if we assume 1GB
bandwidth usage per month (which sounds very low for a 25GB web site),
you'd pay additional $10 per month. Still not $100, but much closer then
the costs you quote above.
--
Oded
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