How Much Disk Space Is Necessary for Your Web Hosting?

Disk space is the amount of hard-drive space on the server that will be allotted to you to fill with your source code, images, and any other files that you wish to store in your account. The amount of disk space that you will need is dependant on how big a site you wish to make and what kind of files you are going to be serving.

This decision should be made in conjunction with your needs. People running software download sites may have to stop talking megabytes but gigabytes. But other sites may not need as much space. Look at how big your website is, and choose a package with extra megabyte space for expansion. In my opinion, whatever your website size is, you should get at least 25% extra space on what you actually use.

In general, many websites, even ecommerce sites, don’t need too much space. Most web sites, except the multimedia centric sites, don't need over 100MB of web space.

Many small businesses, just establishing a presence, can run with a lot of space with just 100 Mb space. Basic html pages are not that big. A typical 10 page small business website uses under 5 MB webspace.