I need to host about 30 Gb of video, light traffic, but may need to upgrade in a year if things go well.

Self hosting isn’t really an option. I don’t want to deal with the security issues of keeping the hosted stuff separate from my home network.

I’d rather avoid AWS/Google, etc and give my money to a smaller company instead even if its a couple of bucks extra.

I’m also looking for a .family domain if anyone knows some good registrars.

It’s been about 20 years since I’ve hosted a website, and the only thing I can remember is don’t use GoDaddy.

  • OpticalMooseOPEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Another update. I went with Wordpress and it’s working like a charm so far.

    Another question - is Wordpress suitable for hosting thousands (upon thousands) of images, or should I set up something like Pixelfed to handle that? I’m basically trying to digitize as many photo albums, VHS tapes and obituaries as possible before this stuff is lost to time.

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      I’ve been pretty impressed with Piwigo for image (and video) albums. Actively developed. Customizable. User friendly. Easy to install (similar to Wordpress install).

      • OpticalMooseOPEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        I’m definitely going to keep that one in mind - it looks a lot more straightforward than Pixelfed. For now, Cloudron only lets me install 2 aps on their free plan. Installing another would more than double my hosting costs.

        I guess I’ll see how far I can get with Wordpress before I have to look at another option. Thanks for all the help!