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The review of this web host was started by mikeveli20 on 2009-06-25 13:01:01:

Hello. I’m new here and I am in the process of getting my first website up and running. The site will have media rich content in terms of video uploads and photos. I am trying to find the best performance/cost solution for what I need. Here are the options I’ve come up with so far:

1) VPS hosting in the $50/month range to start. I’ve looked at two options in particular: WebHostingPad which offers 300GB storage but only 512 RAM and 1TB bandwidth, and VPSLand which offers 50GB storage but 2GB RAM and 2TB bandwidth.

2) A cheap hosting solution (in the $6-$8 range) combined with Amazon’s S3 servers for storage and transfer of video and image content. Basically have all the non-media stuff on the cheap host and then all the heavier bandwidth/storage stuff on Amazon’s S3 servers. I don’t know much about Amazon’s S3 servers and I am trying to find out more how they would work in conjunction with something like this.

So those are the two options I’ve come up with. If anyone can give insight or thoughts on those it would be much appreciated. Also, if anyone has any other suggestions I’m more than open to hearing them. Thanks.

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