• Disk space
  
• Band width
  
• FTP access
  
• Good control panel
  
• Support

Allotment of certain disk space for you means, you are given a folder on web host's server to upload your files. This is same like you creating a folder on your own computer.

How much space you are going to need?

Ask these questions yourself:

• How many pages to put up to complete my entire web site?
  
• Am I going to enlarge my web site in future?How fast?
  
• Am I going to keep '.exe' ,'.zip','.pdf' or audio and video files on my server?How many?

If you come up with opposite answers to any of the questions then you need an alternative plan.

This is what you can do:

Select a web host with starter plans that provide all basic features with 10-25 MB disk space.After few months you can upgrade to next level with increase of disk space.

By this method you won't end up with paying $20-25/month from the beginning.

This disk space is for your:
• Documents like htm files,images that appear as web pages to the world
• CGI scripts and their data
• Mysql databases if you are using any
• Your server log files like error logs,webloggers(with some web hosts)
• Your email account and email storage(with some web hosts)

So how much you need depends on your web site requirements.If you are going to put up audio presentations or photo galleries then 10 MB starter plans are not for you.You need a good amount of space.

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