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Hosting Video Sharing Sites?

I am about to start a video sharing site and I am wondering what is the best way to go since the site has not even started yet and has no visitors. Should I go with a Virtual Host that will provide me with FFMPEG hosting for about 10 bucks a month or less and will give me unlimited bandwidth and storage. OR A VPS that will give me unlimited transfer/2MBPS and 100GB storage for 30 bucks a month. Do I really need to start out with a VPS since the site will initially not be receiving much traffic? How long would a Virtual account last me before I had to move to VPS or dedicated server? The most important question is about how long a virtual account would last me and how much could the site transfer before experiencing heavy lag... For instance, lets say most of the videos were about 50MB in size, with a video site hosted on a virtual account, how many users could view this video before the site would experience a lot of lag? I didnt really mean how long in terms of time, I meant how long in terms of size, like how many visitors would my site be able to handle while on a virtual account before having to move to a VPS or dedicated server, how much can my site grow before I have to move to a VPS/dedicated server. And as far as the lag goes, I was trying to get a comparison on what the difference in lag will be like between a site hosted on a VPS and a site hosted on a virtual account, each with very small amounts of traffic.

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1. How long depends on how fast the site grows. Figure that one out and apply the method to the stock market and become wealthy. (You can't figure it out unless you know what your growth rate will be.) Lag? That depends on the speed of the server, the speed of the drive being used and the bandwidth of the pipe. It has nothing to do with whether it's a VPS or a dedicated host.
2. If Iwere you I picked a dedicated server. Take a look at: http://www.goldpuma.com . As an experienced webmaster I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.
3. Shared host arent going to take you very far, maybe at the most, 50 to 100 users. VPS's seem like a better option and dedicated servers might even be better. if you want i can hook you up and help you setup something with myself or another company. Ross AIM:anime96797 YIM:animehawaii MSN:animerth@gmail.com Email:ross@smart-site-designs.com