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[Mr__Ghost001]

I want to know if I can make a video website (streaming and downloading) on godaddy or 1and1.
because I heared that no hosting company will accept these kinds of sites that videos will make too much pressure on their servers.
and by the way I donot have enough money to buy a server for this site.
pleas answer me is it possible to make such website on one of these companies?
if not which company can accept it?

[layer0]

Videos don't put "stress" on a server. They are static files.

[Mize]

Depending on number of hits & overall throughput, the shared hosts you mentioned should be able to accommodate you.

[AL-Benjamin]

as said above its probably more about the amount of transfer you expect.

[40sixty]

I suggest you ask them.
I'm pretty sure both companies have some kind of pre-sales support.

[Mr__Ghost001]

thanx alot for your replies, is that mean that nothing can be happen as long as long as I don't exceed my limits in my bandwidth?
thanx martint for ur idea and I have already done, but I still waiting for more of your replies.
thanx alot

[ImageLeet]

it would not be a problem,depends on the number of hits you get.
also consider single stream download speed of your host if you are considering video streaming sites.

[Mr__Ghost001]

thanx alot for your reply hashcoder thanx also for all u guys

[asianbboy775]

hey mr ghost, did you find what server you are goin to use, I am in the same process as u

[Mysteriouskk]

IS there a cheap host or good offer host that I could use for putting videos on my site?

[rllunzmann]

You will definetly need to find a host that supports streaming (if thats what your doing) otherwise even many people are downloading large video files it can definetly put a large load on Apache, hence crashing shared servers. You may need to bite the bullet and go VPS at least...

[AL-Benjamin]

as above, shared hosting is not the way to go. Best to have a dedicated if you can afford it.

[asianbboy775]

but can i go to sharing first and then go dedicated.
Do you know where I could get good dedicated hosting with high bandwidth around $500. Ill be streaming quicktime videos, mostly anime episodes.

I have my eyes sight on dreamhost dedicated, godaddy ( watchanimeonline and narutofan is getting their service from). I was also considering softlayer.

[AL-Benjamin]

me personally, with that budget, would just go directly in with a dedicated box with an unlimited port for that kind of budget. You could probably get it managed for that price also. That way theres no messy switching boxes when the site becomes popular.

[asianbboy775]

Originally Posted by thebyp2

me personally, with that budget, would just go directly in with a dedicated box with an unlimited port for that kind of budget. You could probably get it managed for that price also. That way theres no messy switching boxes when the site becomes popular.

what do u mean by unlimited port. Also do u have a suggestion for which server company i should go too?

thanks for the answers