Disk Space and Bandwidth are the two essential elements in establishing a website. They are a requisite in order for your website to perform well and to accommodate customers properly. However, you can estimate the perfect amount of disk space and bandwidth depending on what type of website you want to have.

For small businesses, it is usually classified into three types, mini-sites, brochure sites and theme-based sites. Each classification also requires their segregated amount of disk space and bandwidth.

MINI-SITES

This refers to one-product site. It only focuses on a single item for sale. It usually contains two to three pages. Its main purpose is to collect contact information from customers and try to market the products at a later time. Mini-site does not necessarily require a tremendous amount of disk space. It is considered a good start if you are new in the industry. Once you already gain popularity and already established customer base, you can update your bandwidth and disk space anytime.

BROCHURE SITES

This classification usually contains 10 web pages. It describes what a certain business does and offers to customers. It simple promotes the business’ products and services. The common web pages include, contact page, about page, and other pages related to purchasing the products. It is like a company brochure online. Brochure online only needs an average amount of disk space and bandwidth. A normal web hosting plan is already good for a brochure site.

THEME-BASED SITE

This one is more of focusing a specific market or topic. It usually receives frequent updates and composed of useful resources such as articles or tutorials. Theme-based sites can start to acquire an average amount of disk space and bandwidth and since it involves frequent adjustments, the need to increase disk space and bandwidth is quite fast.

Depending on what classification of website you have, the point here is to always plan ahead of time and always think of other alternatives when unexpected instances arise.