How much disk space

[Mr. Wolf]

I'm wanting to upgrade my hosting plan that I paid for but I want to know how much space I actually need for a forum if anyone knows.

thxbai.

 

[Umbreon]

About 300-2000MB is fine

 

[USHost247]

Good amount is about 1 gig worth of space to start out. (1024mb)

 

[Cosmic]

Good amount is about 1 gig worth of space to start out. (1024mb)

Yeah, I think I agree with at least 1 GB. You should get as much as you can, though. I have 3 GB myself and I'm doing fine.

 

[Mr. Wolf]

I'll upgrade then.

 

[DarkRaven]

FP is on 3 gigs and 30 gigs bandwidth. I'm on the same hosting plan as them (Fowler suggested it). That should give you the picture of how much you need.

 

[Watch Me Sink]

I have 3 forums and 1 website hosted on 1GB. If I were to cleanup the random files floating around, and 20+ extra themes that I don't use, I could fit all of that onto 500MB.

I suggest you get at least 500MB so that you have room for attachments and such. If you plan on a good size forum, 1GB is ideal.

Just a plain forum with no custom theme and such, you could fit on a 50MB plan if you needed to.

 

[DarkRaven]

The biggest thing is going to be the database. My old forum which had about 50,000 posts and 450 members, was on a 76 MB database.

 

[PromotionLadder]

Yeah, the database is the major thing. My old forum had a 50mb database.

So yeah, get a big enough package, i'd say 500mb to start out with, then if the forum gets really big you can upgrade. 🙂

 

[Tsuna]

About 500MB to 1GB. It's the best for me.

 

[Akilan]

1 gb is enough to have a forum like fp.....

 

[DarkRaven]

The only reason I have 3 GB space and 30 GB bandwidth is because it's the basic package on HawkHost - which are the best paid host I've been with so far. If there was smaller I'd get it.

I do store an awful amount of other crap on my hosting package though. I use it to test scripts, host random files and I even have my personal blog on it too. So far I've filled 800 MB.

 

[Rich Edmonds]

Most hosts offer unmetered or high capped packages that have more than enough space for a forum. Just make sure the host has good speed and reliability is bearable. As stated in the thread already, 1 GB of hard disk space should give you peace of mind.