Hosting audio video websites : Multimedia Hosting,

Nile Hadwards · #1 (**permalink**) 31-05-10, 05:20 AM

Multimedia features can be quite unique when it comes to web hosting. There are some very important factors that go into the creation and web hosting of a multimedia site.The factors that play an integral role in the web hosting of a multimedia site are:

* Space: Most multimedia sites have music and video archives that browsers can go through.
* Bandwidth: Streaming videos and music require a lot of bandwidth, and an average multimedia site can easily be above 1 Mb file size.
* CPU/ RAM Usage: This is extremely necessary for a multimedia web hosting service. A dedicated server will have only a particular processing and RAM power, and a lot more people get suspended for over-usage of CPU/ RAM.
* Technical Support: For the successful web hosting of a multimedia site, a fast and efficient technical support team is needed to resolve the frequent troubles that will come up.

Pongers · #2 (**permalink**) 31-05-10, 02:51 PM

@Nile : * CPU/ RAM Usage: This is extremely necessary for a multimedia web hosting service. A server will have only a particular processing and RAM power, and a lot more people get suspended for over-usage of CPU/ RAM.

Yeah, it's very true hence if you are planing to host online video/audio streaming files then you should go with higher hosting package like a dedicated or cloud hosting where you would be getting enough server resources to cope with demand.