How much space for a video/media sharing website

Hi all,

I try to find out how much space (GB) youll need for a average videosite.
Whats the size of an .flv file from the original 100 mb AVI/MPG?

What can i do with 1TB space by a hoster?
Is it more than enough???
Anyone have serious experience with it?

Thanks in advance for your reply

 

Most probably you will need multiple server support incase your site gets bigger. Start with smaller spaces and upgrade if needed.

 

Yes i understand that, but how can i find out what the size of a 100mb avi/mpeg is?
Then i can multiply it with the total amount of my members and limit their uploads.

Anyone answer?

 

I have asked about this. 30 second video is roughly 2-15 MBs, 1 terabyte of space is way too little.

In essence 1 terabyte will allow (if 30 second video is 8MBs) to let it play 125,000,000 times.

This may seem like a lot but thats just 1 video and just 30 seconds. If you have 500 2 min videos, they can each only play: 62,500 times.

I guess for early stages that is ok, but as you start hosting 1000s of videos, you will definitely need more space.

 

I think 5 GB Space & 500 GB bandwidth should work.

 

thanks for the replies guys.
im gonna try to find it out and calculate it.

 

AFAIK
its around 30MB when in .flv format

 

thanks for the info mentos

 

Bought Unlimited Webhosting it's Only $100 Yearly Per month.if u can't find yearly Unmetered hosting in Only $100 Pm me.

 

you talk about shared then...
if you want to make a SERIOUS website you need to have fast loading and fast website.
that means: dedicated server

i doubt you offer unlimited webhosting with a dedicated server for $100 a year

 

I think 1 TB would do for the start.

 

thanks for your opinion jckckrn

 

I think 1TB space is really a good start. Apart from space you would require a good machine with sufficient memory and good bandwidth. Only having space will not be enough.

 

thx for your comment as well hirecontentwriter