Hot for File Hosting? Don't Opt For Less Than 1gb Hosting Reseller Web Space
If file hosting is your main priority, you should look at larger reselling hosts. Get no less than 1gb hosting reseller web space!
Say you're a multimedia expert, and you want a safe place to archive your works. You should know that the standard affordable web hosting packages of 200-500mb may not be enough to meet needs. A 1gb hosting reseller web space would be a good start to building a great archive.
Even if you're not a multimedia expert, say you want to start a legal mp3 hosting business... or any other sort of business that requires you to archive and transfer large files. You'll need a manageable space for that, even if you plan to "cycle" your files and only keep certain files "live" for a specific period of time. Anything less than 1gb of space is hardly enough for this!
You also have to look into bandwidth. If you just want space for archiving purposes, transfer limits may not bother you so much... but if you plan to distribute your large files, you definitely need to know your reseller's terms of hosting. Otherwise, you may be banned from your account, and at the worst case scenario, you could lose your files forever!
Some web hosts employ, spiders or robots -programs created specifically to crawl through the files on a server, or a network of servers, while sniffing out illegal files. Make sure the files that you host are completely legal, otherwise they may be automatically deleted! Just to be on the safe side, make sure to discuss hosting terms with your reseller. Ask your reseller if he or she has additional safeguards against accidental loss of files.
Don't forget to ask your prospective resellers about their preferred backup methods. All web hosts should have rock-solid routines for backing up the files hosted on their servers - and if your reseller is not in charge of maintaining the servers, he or she should at least be able to inform you what they are. If they can't, don't take the risk!
Of course you need your 1gb hosting reseller web space provider to be absolutely reliable. You need an online vault where you can store your files, and you need to protect those files from corruption and abuse!