Free or cheap self hosted video storage option
 

I'm looking into starting a small tube style site with my own videos and am trying to decide where to store the video files.

I'm concerned about bandwidth issues if I use my web hosting service for storing the videos and also because I recall that many web hosts don't allow tube sites, at least for their lower cost plans.

Some of the ideas I've already searched are the Amazon Cloud Service, Dropbox and Google Drive but I'm not sure if any of these would be good for the smaller type site I have in mind. I'm anticipating around 1,000 hits a day.

Just wondering if anyone here at GFY has looked into this and found a good solution.

Ask Mojohost. THey have a cooperation with mechbunny.
You pay for a complete solution.

https://www.mechbunny.com/hosting

You need a dedicated server+enough BW or a CDN service with a storage.

Get a cheap ass VPS from OVH and let us know how it went -> https://www.ovh.com/ca/en/vps/vps-ssd.xml 4.49$/mo (unmanaged!). They advertise them as with 'Unlimited traffic' for servers except Sydney / Singapore.

The MojoHost/Mechbunny suggestion is too expensive for what I have in mind. The OVH option is interesting so I'll look into that.

Still hoping there might be a free option though. I don't have a ton of videos and don't expect a huge amount of traffic. Mainly doing a niche site for a very targeted audience.

Not sure if anything free will be available, but for other ultra cheap options check out https://lowendbox.com/

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:2 cents: :2 cents: . . .

I was just going to say - the MechBunny bundle sounds perfect for your needs. You can find those deals on our website here https://cs.mojohost.com/cart.php?gid=45. It scales wonderfully, which is exactly what tubes need. If you don't want to use MechBunny, please reach out and let's discuss what else we can offer you. Great deals guaranteed! :)

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I can suggest OVH if you are looking for an unmanaged host.

OVH has great value offer but you definitly need to have a solution to manage your server + Keep in mind that their support is quite poor - thankfully, they rock so you shouldn't need them much.

Get a dedicated server from nocix.net (100TB bandwidth, 50mbps, starting at 20$) and setup vestacp on that server...

It doesn't sound like you really understand the Mechbunny bundle. Happy to explain that if you want to hit up Natalie or I. There's a VPS plan starting at $49 per month that includes $200 off a MechBunny license, 125GB of local storage, 500 GB of extensible cloud storage and 5TB of transfer on CDN. Conversely, the $199/month plan includes a dedicated server with 480GB of local SSD storage, 3TB of object storage and 25TB of included CDN.

Brad