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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:50 pm
by vchris
I'm planning on starting my own forum about web programming but does anyone know how much space a forum like this can take?

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:22 pm
by Deemo
depends.

This particular forum's database is 500mb or so (i think thats what it is, probably more now).

If you just have the files, and a relatively small database, a phpBB forum wont go over a few megs

the only reason this forum has such a huge database is that nothing is ever deleted. the PHP-Code forum is more than 900 pages!

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:29 pm
by vchris
Would 300 MB be enough if I delete old posts?

I'm sure it will be for a while after I start the site.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 1:57 pm
by feyd
if auto-pruning is on, the database would be kept down generally..

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:12 pm
by alvinphp
if you are just starting a new forum then 300 will be way more then enough.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:30 pm
by m3mn0n
I say start off with like a basic package and if your site grows in a few months, upgrade to a larger package.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:41 pm
by Trenchant
to start off your forum all you need is about 10 megs of space. I'm sure your webhost would be happy and willing to upgrade you in the future

Do you have a traffic source ready to point traffic at the site? If not then you don't need a large plan.