What
is hosting?
Hosting is the online space needed to store your podcasts so that anyone with
an Internet connection can download and listen to them.
There are two main things to bear in mind when it comes
to hosting; storage and bandwidth.
Storage
You’ll
need enough storage
to keep as many podcasts
and podcasts episodes
online as you want
to make available
at a time. You may
want to archive several,
or even all, of your
podcasts for your
listeners to download.
The amount of storage you need for your audio files will
depend on the following:
- The length of each episode
- The audio quality of your MP3 files (the higher the quality
the bigger the file)
- How often you produce podcasts / episodes
- How many podcasts / episodes you want to make available
at a time to your listeners
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of data that your web host allows
to be transferred to and from your web site (some hosts
set daily or monthly limits).
This is a big issue in podcasting because the audio files
that are being downloaded by your listeners are large. This
means you’ll have a lot of transfer from your site.
In order to ensure you have enough bandwidth you need to
try and estimate how many MBs each of your podcast files
will be. You’ll also need this to calculate how much
data transfer you’ll have from your web site.
To calculate
your monthly bandwidth usage:
- Take the average size of each of your podcasts
files
- Multiply that by the number people that download
each episode
- Multiply that by the number of episodes you release
each month
If you’re just getting started, you’ll have to
estimate how big an audience you want to be able to handle
from your site.
Example: If you have 300 people download a podcast that is 20 MB you will
have about 20 x 300 = 6000 MB or 6 GB of data transfer for each episode. If
you release four episodes each month this adds up to 24 GB of transfer per
month.
Our
hosting service takes the hassle out of sourcing online space
for you to store your podcasts because we’ll
provide you with FREE HOSTING UNTIL SEPT 2008 on Podium software orders taken during July 07. All you need to do is
tell us that you want this when you order.
What’s more, the
FREE hosting provides
has unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth!
Following the free hosting period, annual charges
will apply:
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Up to 199 pupils |
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200 to 399 pupils |
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400 to 599 pupils |
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600 to 999 pupils |
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1000 pupils and
above |
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Softease reserve the right to change
pricing without prior notification.
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