[geeks] Hosting - 600GB disk - 6000GB transfer - $8 - Catch?

[Chad McAuley]

On 10/11/07, Jonathan Groll <lists at groll.co.za> wrote:
> My brother asked me what I thought of vodahost.com for something he is
> thinking of hosting:
>
> 600 GB disk space
> 6000 GB bandwith
> Rate is as low as $6 per month, although you'll probably pay $8
>
> This sounds off to me - granted this is not *nix hosting but if I had to
> buy my own hard disk of 600GB size it would cost me more. What's the
> catch? Is this sort of thing heavily oversubscribed?
> Cheers,
> Jonathan

If they operate anything like Dreamhost and most other bargain
webhosts, not only is that some severious overselling but there's
probably also some strict CPU limits that would prevent one from
getting anywhere near those limits with any sort of dymanic content on
the site.