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Your web hosting account is the core of your online business and serves three main purposes:

to store all files and software that make up your web site
to keep your web site connected to the Internet 24 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year
to mange your incoming and outgoing e-mail

You are simply leasing hard disk space on a computer, also known as a server, and this server has a permanent communications line connected to the Internet.

The amount of space available for your web site is measured in megabytes (MB). The image and text files that make up a typical twenty-page web site only require a few MB. Additional space, however, is definitely required as software, images and products are added to a web hosting account. 150 MB of space is usually adequate for a small business web site using Miva Merchant.

An equally important component of your web hosting account is bandwidth. This is measured in gigabytes (GB) and is an indication of how much data is coming from, and going to, your web site. Every time an individual visits your web site they use a small amount of your allotted bandwidth. This is what makes up your web site traffic. The e-mails you send and receive also use up bandwidth. Although 3 or 4 GB per month is usually adequate for a small business web site, it is important that enough

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