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Originally Posted by *Zig*  another good host is Host Monster. 300GB space and more. |
And if a person uses 1/10th of that space, that shared server would likely not be able to sustain the account.
Everyone has heard of overbooking. Airlines sell more seats than they have capacity for, because not everyone shows up. When it's full, they have to turn the overbooked passengers away and book them on another flight.
Overselling in the web hosting industry is similar, except no one is turned away. Everyone gets on the server. Everyone is promised massive space and bandwidth (which can never be delivered). But lets apply overselling rules to an airline scenario:
Everyone shows up (400/200 capacity), and everyone boards, with all their luggage. After all, it was a good deal. Round trip to Japan for only $4.99/ticket. There are people standing in the isles, on other peoples laps, some with their faces sandwiched against the windows. When they start taking off, the plane shutters and struggles to lift off. At about 500ft, the plane begins to stall because its overloaded. The captain gets on the PA, "Attention passengers, those of you weighing over 150lbs are overusing the aircrafts wings, and we are unable to provide sufficient lift for your fatness- we regret to inform you that you will have to find another flight." So then the stewardess opens the door and starts lobbing off the fattest passengers and all their luggage. They all plummet to their death, and the plane continues on course- barely making it, crashing several times on the way. The end...
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