I have got a few clients who wanted to start Image Hosting Sites. But Im totally confused abt the Disk space & Bandwidth that it will normally use Since Image Hosting Sites were not our Niche. So guys,could u help me in telling what could be the Best Configuration for a Adult Image Hosting Site & Non-Adult Image Hosting Site ?(Like the Optimal amount of Diskspace & Bandwidth needed). Most Hosts have GD & Imagemagick,so that wouldn't be any problem. Also they want to be on Shared Hosting plans at first & not start with a VPS/Dedicated Servers initially. Hope to get some good Suggestions from you people.
If those are completely new sites then they will probably need some time to promote their sites before people actually start using those. Personaly I would start with at least 1GB-2GB disk space limit and upgrade later as the sites grow. As for bandwidth... huh it depends on the number of visitors also. Personally I would start with 50GB-100GB monthly bandwidth limit, and then again upgrade later if needed. If they plan on advertising their image hosting sites a lot, then they'll probably need to upgrade soon. If not, then it will take probably a lot of time to reach those account limits. Also, per disk usage question, their size limits on the images that can be uploaded through those sites could also influence disk usage. So maybe check that first with your customers.
Shared hosting is not recommended. 100 GB bandwidth /month first kick off If member area , then 1 GB limit per member . Total disk should be 1/2-1 Terrabytes. Use other service minimally , eg. lite httpd instead of apache .