Early last month, Atlantic.Net officially announced that all virtual private servers received an upgrade that provides an increased outbound data transfer capacity of 1 terabyte (TB), absolutely free. This gives our customers the ability to send 1,000 times more outbound data from their cloud servers than previously available. This essentially eliminates bandwidth costs, ultimately saving you more money. But, what does the phrase “1TB of outbound data transfer” actually mean?
What Is a Terabyte?
First, let us explore the concept of the terabyte. A terabyte (TB) is a unit of measurement for digital information. For comparison purposes, one terabyte equals one trillion bytes, or 1,000 gigabytes (GB).
When the first hard disk drives were created in the 1950s, they were the astonishing size of a household refrigerator. Even though they were massive in size, they only had the capacity of a few megabytes (MB). In 1982, the first IBM PC was released, and this computer had a storage capacity of just 5 MB. Three decades later, a major improvement was released to the general public—a 1TB disk drive that is just 2.5 inches wide—perfect for a laptop computer. In 2012, a 1TB USB flash drive was created—a concept that would have baffled the inventor of the original hard drives in the 1950s.
How Much Does a 1TB Hard Disk Cost?
In 2007, 1TB hard disks cost over $350. Just five years later, you can find the same capacity for under $100. For just a little more money, you can purchase a 4TB hard drive at $179.
To imagine how much information a terabyte of storage can hold, consider the following information. One terabyte of audio recorded at studio quality will contain around 2,000 hours of audio. The same amount of storage will hold around 620,000 photos. This is surely enough space, even for most professional photographers. With a 1TB hard drive, you can store 2,000 hours of digital videos and around 1,000 hours’ worth of DVD-quality movies.
Near the end of May, tech company Yahoo! unveiled a new interface for its popular high-quality image and video hosting site, Flickr. This update included a new key feature in the hopes of reeling in new visitors from across the world—a whole terabyte of free space per user! This is approximately 70 times bigger than the storage capacity offered by other image hosting websites.
About Data Transfer
Next, let us investigate the concept of data transfer. In a self-explanatory fashion, data transfer references the volume of information transferred to and from your website. For example, every time a customer looks at your inventory in your online store, data is transferred. Each time a visitor purchases an item, more data is being transferred. Additionally, any email sent to you at your domain name consumes data.
Essentially, the concept of data transfer and allocated amounts should be a key factor in choosing a hosting provider. With the increase of 1TB of outbound data transfer, you can rest assured knowing that your information will continue running steadily and at a good price; Atlantic.Net’s award-winning cloud server hosting plans start at only $0.007 per hour. That’s just $5.11 per month!
Why Cloud Servers Are Ideal
A cloud hosting solution is perfect for businesses that need more dedicated services. An Atlantic.Net cloud server allows customers to build, test and deploy Windows or Linux servers powered by cloud technology in just seconds. Our cloud server hosting solutions offer simplicity, security, scalability, and reliability backed by the most up-to-date platforms available. With a cloud server, you are guaranteed to receive the full amount of allocated memory, CPU, network, and other features that you are paying for, and you have the ability to scale your resources as necessary.
Benefits of Cloud Hosting with Atlantic.Net
Additionally, with a cloud server hosted by Atlantic.Net, you will see the benefits of free nightly backup, no contracts, continuously running power systems, and live technical support available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 365 days a year.
In addition to our award-winning cloud server hosting solutions, we offer private cloud hosting capabilities unseen elsewhere. With almost three decades of experience in connectivity, advanced computing, hosting, and web technologies, our cloud servers are truly the best in the industry. We realize that a one-size-fits-all approach to cloud computing practically never works, so we offer private and hybrid cloud options that are completely customizable depending on your personal or business needs.
Our proven cloud server hosting guarantee includes a 100% guaranteed network uptime, 100% guaranteed cloud server hardware, and a 100% guaranteed infrastructure. Do you see a pattern yet?
With Atlantic.Net cloud servers, you only pay for what you use—nothing more. Our cloud server hosting also reduces the costs associated with sites that receive high traffic and maintain large databases. Try Atlantic.Net industry-leading VPS hosting today and receive a free $10 trial credit! There are no commitments or contracts, and setup is completely free.
Now that Atlantic.Net has increased the previous capacity of outgoing data transfers to 1TB, you can clearly see that this is a big deal. What are you waiting for? Contact Atlantic.Net today and see VPS hosting prices.
