holy crap! 30GB storage

[woody24]

we just got bumped from 10 to 15. Now 30! I checked my account, but it still says 15GB. Home page says 30. Hopefully they will be converting us over here pretty soon. Heh, its not like I'm going to instantly take advantage of it though. i dont even think Im using 5% yet.

[jamesd116]

nice and who said blue host wasnnt ****!!!
now only thing is how will i ever reach that

[DaHiA]

OoooH, this AWESOME :eek:
even matt the CEO didnt mention any hints regarding that
Yet,it happens :D

we got a 100% bump,i believe this is right after the impact of..
aplus solo XR package (http://hosting.aplus.net/soloxr.html) revolution

P.S: i would donate BH 60% of my webspace in front of bumping my maximum limit of emails per hour to any value over 500

we can't even mass mail our university discussion board members :confused:
furthermore,dada mail don't work for more than 5 minutes [300 second only]
im in a dilemma !!!:mad:

[alexvf]

P.S: i would donate BH 60% of my webspace in front of bumping my maximum limit of emails per hour to any value over 500

we can't even mass mail our university discussion board members :confused:
furthermore,dada mail don't work for more than 5 minutes [300 second only]
im in a dilemma !!!:mad:

Check my post in this topic (http://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?t=1786). You might want to take a look at it. ;)

Best regards

Alexvf

[thirstee]

Wonder when we will get bumped (not as if i will use all the space, but I have enough video of my kids band to start upping it!

[Yanyan]

How do i check my limit?

[thirstee]

go to your cpanel, and look at disk space available. mine is like 13000 megabytes

[Yanyan]

NOpe nothing yet.

Disk usage 8617.18 Megabytes
Disk space available 6742.82 Megabytes

[alexvf]

Hello,

In your CPanel, in the general account information on the left, look for 'Disk space available'.

[Yanyan]

Yea forgot about that thanks lol.

Too bad mine isnt updated yet.

[StrongBad]

we got a 100% bump,i believe this is right after the impact of..
aplus solo XR package (http://hosting.aplus.net/soloxr.html) revolution

What they're offering is insane! There must be a catch. Then again, that's what I first thought about Bluehost.

[dvessel]

Just did some scanning on google and they are not good. Really bad service on one site review and reliability is not there.

http://www.webhostingjury.com/reviews/APlus_Hosting

Can't vouch for the review site but I wouldn't take the chance. I waste enough time as it is.

Also, the so called awards aren't linked directly to the article. Sounds like baloney to me.

[Rikstr]

30gig storage, 720gig traffic, phew! Thanks Bluehost, it's not often you get something extra for free.

Happy Bluehost Customer,

Rikstr

[jamesd116]

Wonder when we will get bumped (not as if i will use all the space, but I have enough video of my kids band to start upping it!
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[Mauldor]

How many people will use anywhere near the storage any of these sites offer including bluehost - how many Webhosts have you seen advertising "Unlimted Space" for example??

So lets do some sums...lets imagine they host say 1000 people on each server, thats 30,000 Gigs worth of space right there if everyone uploaded it all now. They might as well stick 200Gigs per person on the adverts - until one person tries to upload this much and then breaches the TOS somehow...

maybe the people who own and run bluehost could post and explain how they keep doubling the space or is it all smoke and mirrors??

[areidmtm]

If all 1000 of those people wanted to use all of their 30 gigs allowed, then they can. Bluehost DOES have the necessary means of having everyone use what they bought. If you need it, you bought it, you can have it.

[areidmtm]

Just did some scanning on google and they are not good. Really bad service on one site review and reliability is not there.

http://www.webhostingjury.com/reviews/APlus_Hosting

Can't vouch for the review site but I wouldn't take the chance. I waste enough time as it is.

Also, the so called awards aren't linked directly to the article. Sounds like baloney to me.

I used to have aplus to register one of my domains, before I moved it bluehost. Their services were fine, as far as I could tell, but the only thing that I didn't like was that 1-2 times a month I would get a call from them trying to get me to upgrade my account or add some service that I didn't want. I told then that if I wanted it, then I would find it and get it myself. There response was, well don’t you want to save money, we are just trying to help you. I told then to not call me anymore and that I was removing my domain from them, and that seems to just make them call more. They stopped AFTER I canceled my domain with them

[dvessel]

Hmm.. There's always something. Pulling off crap like that gets on my nerves. Dumb ass sales think they know what's good for ya. And I'm sorry areidmtm, if everyone on a box used up all resources it would cause it to collapse but we know that'll never happen. ;)

[areidmtm]

Hmm.. There's always something. Pulling off crap like that gets on my nerves. Dumb ass sales think they know what's good for ya. And I'm sorry areidmtm, if everyone on a box used up all resources it would cause it to collapse but we know that'll never happen. ;)

Right if everyone used up EVERYTHING, then yes it would. But bluehost is constantly moving around accounts to make sure that everyone is getting what they paid for. They are adding more and more boxes everyday. If you need it, then they will give it to you

[BearState]

What they're offering is insane! There must be a catch. Then again, that's what I first thought about Bluehost.

Catch 22: Most people who have access to 15GB don't use hardly a fraction of it. So, if they were given 1TB ( Terrabyte ) they still wouldn't use more than 15GB. Can't promote 1TB; that's rediculous and has a cost, so why not double what they got and promote 30GB? Can't think of a reason why not ... meeting adjourned, papers get picked up off the long conference room table, half finished cokes get choked down and the empty cans get tossed toward the basket as the staff exits to go back to their phones. A voice from the line of departing staff asks "Hey, ain't it about time for the company picnic?"

[dvessel]

Exactly, the limits are for the one percent or so that use the service to the extreme. Ya gotta cap them somewhere. The upgrade doesn't effect the majority since we won't be using it. It's nice to know it's there so thanks for that but it doesn't change anything for most of us.

[Styx]

Last time when space was upgraded to 15 GB, we were able to email support@bluehost.com to request an upgrade. Are we able to do this for the recent upgrade as well?

[areidmtm]

Last time when space was upgraded to 15 GB, we were able to email support@bluehost.com to request an upgrade. Are we able to do this for the recent upgrade as well?
Yes! anytime there is an upgrade and you want it, just send an email to support or give them a call, and they will be more than happy to do so. If you wait, eventually everyone will be upgraded.

[wesbed]

Yes! anytime there is an upgrade and you want it, just send an email to support or give them a call, and they will be more than happy to do so. If you wait, eventually everyone will be upgraded.
Thanks for the information. http://www.bluehostforum.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

[alligosh]

Yes! anytime there is an upgrade and you want it, just send an email to support or give them a call, and they will be more than happy to do so. If you wait, eventually everyone will be upgraded.

Call in or email support and they will raise the limit.

And yes, the catch is that if you are on a server that is over a certain percentage of drive space, you will have to be moved to anouther server, which can cause a few hours of downtime due to DNS propagation.

Basically, I would suggest that if you need the space, get it. If you don't, then don't worry about it. There is no rush, as Matt is always been very good at giving any upgrades to anyone; there is no time limit on getting them.

[woody24]

This is sweet. I signed up for Blue host because of the space that was given. 10Gb at that time. But I never knew that I was signing up for great service too. I've been extremly happy with how helpful, and quick the support team works.

[wesbed]

After poking around the internet I notice that certain other hosting companies have raised their storage & transfer offerings after Bluehost raised its offerings.

Bluehost is setting the standard? :cool:

[areidmtm]

That is just what happens. Once one hosting company raiser their limts, then the others has to as well. The last upgrade, I think that Ipower first upgraded then bluehost and the rest did as well.

The funny thing is I still see some hosts that only offer less then a gig of space at higher price then bluehost or some of the other well know hosts

[wesbed]

The funny thing is I still see some hosts that only offer less then a gig of space at higher price then bluehost or some of the other well know hosts
I know what you mean. Just last week a friend of mine moved his domain from his previous host, Readyhosting, to Bluehost, on my recommendation. He was paying $99 per year to Readyhosting for 1GB of storage.

[aceofspades]

im using about 34% but that is only cause i uplaoded so many downloads files and stuff. Also I have only used about .09% of my bandwidth ^_^

I have converted many ppl to blue host also. I have seen ppl who pay 1 buck a month for the kind of hosting you can get from a free webhost + they have $20 domains and they must be bought through the webhost.

1&1 is a POS. I have a friend with 1&1 and the cpanel SUX so much. It doesnt have the ability to make multiple FTP accounts and most of the support is via FAQs.

BLUEHOST ROX!!! The amount of features is great! I love the fantastico (when using PHP-Nuke i just run the upgrade file and im set!). Also you get 20 mysql databases and the bandwidth is impossible to use up unless u have the worlds largest IRC!!! It is amazing! How can anyone use that much bandwidth. Must webhosts charge 6.99 for only 1 gb of bandwidth. HAVE YOU SEEN some of the free webhosts paid webhosting plans. IT IS SO NUTS!!!! You only get 1 GB of bandwidth per month with free webs and only like 10 emails >_<!!!!

[Reichling]

...Also you get 20 mysql databases...

You get 50 mysql databases.

[StrongBad]

Yes, the amount of bandwidth is just ludicrous. I've often wondered if I would ever be able to use it all up, perhaps with some sort of world-wide advertising scheme to get as many people as possible to download a file from my site. Then I realised that that idea would be stupid, and it could spiral out of control rather easily, possibly leaving me with a heafty bill.

Actually, what is Bluehost's policy on going over bandwidth? Does the site get cut off, or are you charged per MB extra bandwidth used?

Also, when do you think all our accounts will be upgraded to 30GB? I won't e-mail support because I don't really need the upgrade yet, but it's like waiting for a bus in the rain: knowing when it'll arrive won't make it arrive any quicker, but for some reason it helps psychologically. :)

[vinalink]

I move my website to Bluehost when i see promotion with 6,99 USD/month for 30GB Store and 750GB bandwith/ month, I see alot of good review about Bluehost , but still wonder that Does Bluehost accept high traffic website ? my website traffic around 100GB - 150 GB/ month , and space volume around 500MB - 1,5 GB only, using 3 emails only. Anyone have experiences with bluehost before ? I hate to move my website to other hosting services because alot of experiences show on WHT about overselling.
I hope that Bluehost will be the number 1

[Basil]

I'm somewhat concerned about bluehost overselling myself. I know there is no way a site that actually used anywhere near the max resources could stay up on the shared servers. I had my account suspended for using a proxy on it, the reason they gave was that proxies used too many resources and somehow was unfair to the other customers on the server. I'm not sure what they meant by that because I was using barely any bandwidth and very little cpu, it couldn't even be compared to programs like DRUPAL.

I don't know when they changed their TOS, but that bit about proxies being not okay to host was NOT in there when I signed up and I was definitely not informed about it changing.

[dvessel]

vinalink, If you can manage to serve static pages with little to no scripting, the site should hold up pretty well. The CPU time is the weakest link in any shared host. A VPS could do better but don't expect the same type of disk space & data transfer since you'd be paying more for the components that really matter. Bluehost will eventually offer that option.

The other factor is the capped uplink stream from the server (i.e. "bandwidth"). There is no solid number (I know Heaton mentioned a figure but it's not consistent). Just like your ISP will cap your upstream, BH will do the same so it won't interfere with all the other accounts and to keep costs low. AFAIK, 300kbp - 550kbp for a single account shared among all your domains.

It is possible to use up all that's given to you here but the chances of it really happening is pretty slim.

[vinalink]

Thank you for your reply. My website not use much scripting, just some picture albums on it, if you found any components must pay for upgrading , pls contact me so I can pay for it, just do not suspend without notice :) , my account is vietnamwebsite.net.

I hope Bluehost will be the best