*gasp* Perils of fan fiction archiving

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Dina Lerret" <bunniqula at ...>
wrote:
>
> I don't ask for money or donations to pay for a fan fiction
> archive's webhosting... but OMG, I got webhost notification I 
> exceeded bandwidth by 40gigs (my allocation is 20gigs)... and
> then I went back through the site's bandwidth history, and for 
> over a year and a half, the site has been exceeding bandwidth 
> by 20-45gigs. ...edited...
> 
> For a 'small' archive (~3,000 fics), it's turning into a costly 
> bugger.
> 
> Dina
>

bboyminn:

Here is something you might want to think about, I have a small
website that I couldn't believe that many people we looking at, but I
was constantly using my bandwidth allocation in a matter of a few days
(it reset every month). It turned out that several other websites were
using my website as a server for photos I have stored. 

In other words, they would create their own webpages on their own
websites, but when a picture was displayed, it was linked to on my
website.

Are their any photos or files that other websites might be using on
you Site? 

One thing you can do is keep track of the history statistics that
track who has accessed your website, and you might discover that one
or two users are stealing all the bandwidth.

Also, to maintain a real non-profit website, you can count on spending
at least US$100 per year. I'm told it cost something like $120,000/yr
to keep the Leaky Cauldron up and running.

Just a thought.