What does "Unlimited Disk Space" and "Unlimited Bandwidth" mean?
The Winhost platform is designed to host websites, web applications and databases. However, unlimited disk space and bandwidth does not necessarily mean unlimited usage. We do not allow you to use our hosting platform for file storage or strictly for the purpose of exploiting Winhost's bandwidth.
What that means is it's fine to use your Winhost site for normal website and application purposes, but if you use your site to store your movie collection or large quantities of user-uploaded images or files, chances are we're going to ask you to stop doing that.
Here is a partial list of things we typically do not allow:
- Storing files not intended for use with the website, especially audio, video and image files. If a file or group of files are not accessible or downloadable via links on your site, they are not considered part of the website.
- Using your site for the purpose of uploading, sharing, backing up or distributing files, especially audio, video or large quantities of image files.
- Storing content you don't have the rights to use or distribute.
- Using the website solely for the purpose of driving traffic to another website or websites.
Since this list is NOT all-inclusive, if you suspect that what you're doing is questionable, it probably isn't allowed. Contact our support team and we'll let you know if what you're doing is acceptable. If your disk space and bandwidth usage are related to running your website (and the site doesn't fall into the category of "things we typically do not allow"), the chances are good that we can work with you.
Please bear in mind that shared hosting platforms are not designed for large scale file storage and retrieval, so you may want to consider one of the big cloud services if you have mass file storage and retrieval needs. You'll experience better performance using tools that were designed for the job.
We reserve the following rights:
The right to restrict disk space or bandwidth use in cases where our system administrators determine action is necessary to ensure the continuing health of a server or our network.
Last updated May 26th, 2017.