hi !! i want to make a site for online movie streamig ... i have a sharedhosting with 2 gb space and 25 gb bw...do i need to buy vps ??
You say you are embedding the videos. Does that mean your embedding the videos from other sites (ie: youtube, veoh, etc)? If so, then you won't need very much bandwidth as those videos will be using the host's sites bandwidth instead of yours. The only bandwidth you need to worry about is just enough to run your site with the amount of visitors you get. If you are hosting the videos on your site, you'll need a lot more bandwidth. If your site starts getting decent traffic, you'll need to look at going for an unmetered server. For starters a VPS would be a good start. Another thing, is if you plan on hosting copyrighted material (like movies) then you should look at doing offshore hosting outside the United States or any pro-copyright country.
Hey, I agree with Mentos, if you're hosting the videos then get a small VPS, if you're embedding them then just stick with your shared hosting. For any copyrighted materials then just use a offshore VPS or shared hosting, or use could come up with a smart ToS. If you're looking for cheap shared hosting or a VPS, you can buy them off me for £2 per month for unlimited web hosting, or buy one of my VPS's from £5.59 per month, you probably won't be able to find cheaper If you want any, go to RARnetwork.