What is “Storage Space” and “Data Transfer”?
These are the two variables that define how “large” your hosting account is. Storage space: is simply the amount of disk space (or hard drive space) that gets allotted to your hosting plan. A typical website may require 5 or 10 MegaBytes (MB) of storage space… but of course, that depends on how many images and pages there are. But our 50 MB Starter plan is typically more than most people will ever need in a hosting plan. Data Transfer: is a measure of how much traffic is visiting your website. It includes visitors to your website, incoming and outgoing email messages, and FTP traffic. It’s typically measures in GigaBytes (GB), where 1 GB = 1,024 MB. Many people commonly refer to data transfer as “bandwidth”. This is actually not correct. Bandwidth is a measure of the “size of the pipe”, whereas data transfer is a measure of the “information going through the pipe”. When someone asks you how much bandwidth in GB you get with our Starter plan, you can say, “I believe you are referring
