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11-10-2014, 05:05 PM #1Newbie
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Cheap File Hosting?
Hi guys
You have been helping me before (thanks) and now I need some help again
As the title suggests, I am looking for a cheap file hosting service, with direct download access.
I don't care about CPU, RAM etc. as long as my users can download the files. The speed of the download is secondary as well.
What do I need this for?
I have a website where I am hosting a lot of downloadable files (mostly zip files), each file is in the 1-300Mb range (mostly 1-30Mb).
Right now I am using Mediafire and Mega and it works fine, BUT I don't like to be reliable on these services - what if they get shut down like Megaupload - then I had to move ALL the files to a new place and change hundreds of links. So I want static links so I can move the files (www.example.com/filename.zip). If I one day choose to change host, I can just move the folder from the old host to new host and change the DNS settings - this is what I want.
This is kind of possible with Amazon S3 service - I went with this for a while, but my bill just went up and up - I stopped it when the bill reached about 50$ a month.
Requirements
So I am guessing I am going to need about 1TB bandwidth a month (max) with about 120.000 hits a month.
Do you know any cheap file host that you can recommend, that can do this for me?
Also, it would be a bonus if I could use the host with different domains and it also supported PHP (so I could restrict access to files).
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11-10-2014, 09:55 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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What is the total size of your files? For last storage requirements, these services would work fine for you:
- Backupsy storage VPS
- Vultr (they provide a Storage VPS service)
- Dedicated server from OVH
- Dedicated server from Wholesale Internet
All of them are lower than the $50 you were paying for Amazon S3 and offer more than 1 TB bandwidth per month.★ NetworkPanda :: Web Hosting SSD Powered :: Reseller Hosting
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11-11-2014, 06:46 AM #3Newbie
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I think the total size is max 15 Gb (also the 1Tb bandwidth might be the maximum.
Thank you I will check out your suggestions
I've heard about places where you pay for lets say a 50Mb/s line and then the bandwidth is unlimited but can't seem to find these services (I don't know what it's called).0
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11-14-2014, 03:04 PM #4Newbie
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Okay so I have been looking at Vultr and it looks very promising. I don't have any past experience with Cloud hosting and little experience with VPS and can't seem to find any info on the website, so my question is - can I use PHP with it? Does it normally cost anything extra? (like a control panel modul)
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11-14-2014, 04:59 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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There is no "modules" for Vultr's VMs. They are bare OS machines so you have to do everything yourself so yes you can use PHP on those.
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12-03-2014, 02:17 AM #6Disabled
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So by cheap I assume you mean less than 50$ a month right? Why not get a VPS somewhere?
Digital Ocean is cheap.0
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12-03-2014, 05:56 AM #7Newbie
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It seems here is a solution:
You purchase for a hosting plan, and also try to buy a CDN service.
CDN service can help you cache your static files, and you just need replace your files with cdn.domain.com/file1.zip for all downloads.
Let's search Google, I found a CDN service which provide you trial up to 10TB bandwidth without paying any cent.0
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12-03-2014, 02:06 PM #8Newbie
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12-03-2014, 02:41 PM #9WHT Addict
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How much storage space total are you looking for?
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12-03-2014, 08:54 PM #10Aspiring Evangelist
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Surprised nobody mentioned RackSpace CloudFiles.
Also was mentioned in passing, but Vultr storage is cheap: $5/mo for 160GB storage and 1TB bandwidth.Your IT Concierge
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12-03-2014, 09:08 PM #11Web Hosting Evangelist
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12-04-2014, 04:38 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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12-04-2014, 07:08 PM #13Web Hosting Evangelist
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Cheap File Hosting?
If you turn on CDN...It gets put onto the Akamai Cdn ,which is the biggest in the world.
"Cloud Files uses over 200 global edge locations around the world, so your users get content fast—from servers within their region. This makes Cloud Files great for media hosting."0
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