Hi,
We currently have a website on one host, but with the recently added "photo database" we have exceeded our storage limit. Upgrade storage on the current host would be too expensive.

So we are looking for a basic host (no need of php or mysql for eg) to store images and "hotlink" them.

What we plan is writing a small script that would daily move pictures from the current site (where the upload script is hosted) to the new one. So ftp access is needed.
If you have another idea for our problem feel free to give us advice on that too :).


I don't have access to the site stats right now but we need about 600MB storage (upgradable preferably) and I have no idea about the bandwidth needed but it won't be huge at all (maybe 10GB/month? probably less, I'll try to post stats as soon as possible).

I haven't found a free image host that allows ftp upload, and most don't allow images bigger than 1mo.

I guess what we pay for when subscribing to a host is mostly storage+bandwidth(+support) so maybe the fact that I only need "basic" hosting won't help me get cheaper price, but i'm waiting for your good advices :)

Thanks,

S.

do a search in these forums for Image hosting :)

Good luck with your search.

Your space/bandwitdh requirements are pretty low, if you add on top of that not needing php/mysql/email just abou tany web host would be glad to have you (and offer you a discount from their normal rates).

If you set up .htaccess correctly on your current site, you can probably have the "hand off" from one site to the other be seemless and automatic. (users request /imagedatabase/filename.jpg, if it is still on your current server it is sent, otherwise it redirects the request to the new server.

That way the cron script just has to do the ftp(or rcp, or rsync) and delete the local copy.

-Jason

I don't think I have seen any large image hosts offering free ftp, but most offer it with their premium packages.

As long as you are willing to pay something, you shouldn't have much trouble finding low cost hosting(especially on these forums).

Thank you for your inputs. We have moved the files to a temporary web server in our office to free the space before subscribing to a host for a more reliable solution.