Cheap media website hosting

[Jtraner]

So I have been interested in creating a website where all of my media I have stored and throw it up on a website. I would like to host my website from an old core 2 duo PC i have sitting in my room doing nothing. I will probably use a linux lamp server or something. However my net has a cap at 1tb a month and my upload speed is not very good. Does anyone know of a free or very cheap way where I can store my media off site (like google drive or something)? I would like my site to be hosted locally, and when a end user requests a video or picture, it can point to my data stored off site.  Any ideas?

[Mullens-Servers]

Buy a Small Virtual machine. "VPS" you can pick them up for dirt cheap, host your Whole thing on the VPS

[Grifterguru]

I would honestly say (having looked at doing this myself) that to avoid hassle, you would be better finding a webhost for a good rate per month.

That way you could build your website locally for testing before uploading by using a locally based server (such as WAMP for example). Loading video's would also be easier if you set yourself up with a youtube account. Sure, keep backups locally on an extyernal-yto-your-pc drive.

If you are looking for a cheap host that gives you:
 

• Super fast SSD powered servers
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• Unlimited Disk Space
• Unlimited Addon Domains
• 21 Free Domains!*
• Latest cPanel with Softaculous
• mySQL
• myPHP
• CloudFlare

All for $6.99 per month, then head over to:

https://ifastnet.com/portal/sharedhosting.php


I have my own websites (last county I had 7 sites setup on there) hosted on one server, with multiple add-on domains as well as php-based forums and a heck of a lot of other services I could not get elsewhere for the same rate.

DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated in anyway to Ifastnet.com, I am merely a (VERY) satisfied customer.

[Jtraner]

Wow, ok thank you. Good idea. 

[Grifterguru]

You are most welcome.

As an aside, please do not, by any means, let me put you off and abandon your original idea, I just wanted to give you an alternative option to think over to see if it would better suit the resolution you seek for your initial aims.

I actually pay for yearly hosting with Ifast ($83.88 +20% VAT for living in the UK Grrrrrrrr!!!!) as it is, for me, much easier to deal with. I do, however, run any website/forum on WAMP server locally before taking it live as it gives plenty of time to iron-out any potential bugs or problems (dead URL links et-al)