How To Safely Store Files Through Web Hosting

If you have been thinking about storing data and files online you need to choose

your web hosting based on your needs and exactly what kind of data you're intending to store. You may already know how important file storage is to web hosting, if you did not then you now do. A website has many reasons host files on the internet, such as video streaming, podcasting, hosting a game, pictures, images, among others.

The first option that a website owner may want to explore is to use the web space that is allocated for each web hosting plan. This will be the easiest choice for you as you will be entirely in control of your own file storage and you will have your files stored in the same domain as your website and within your own servers. Of course if any of your files are directly linked to from your website you will find your bandwidth skyrocketing.

Another option would be to host it on a remote website such as Box.Net or any other remote file storage websites. With these sites you can upload your files and simply link to them from your own site. This is a great choice because it avoids losing bandwidth while people check out your files but it also means you have a lot more space to store a lot more files.

If you need to display many image files you may want to look into an image hosting service. Online image directories such as Flickr, Imageshack and other such image hosting directories may be a good solution for you to remotely host your pictures. There is a downside to this method and that is that if you have a lot of high resolution images, you might bump up against the bandwidth cap that the host allows you.

Either way there are options out there, depending greatly on your needs and the types of files you wish to store, depends upon which option you should take. Simply think about what you need to store the files for, how many there will be and why you need to store them, and you will know which service is best for you.

by: Nathan Oulman

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