ClipBucket Discussion Forums FAQ

Just as the name implies. This is hosting that you get for free. This type of hosting can be especially poor for Clipbucket hosting. Free hosts will typically cram many people onto one server thus you all are using the same resources. This doesn't even include the people that abuse the resources. FFmpeg usually isn't installed thus you have to use the static encoder. FFmpeg is CPU intensive thus lots of free hosts don't like people to use ffmpeg so if you don't use a host that approves ffmpeg be prepared to get your account suspended.

Shared hosting is where a web host has hardware that usually runs either Linux or Windows and they allow multiple sites from multiple people to be hosted on the same hardware.

The downside is the more people and sites they allow, the less resources you have available for your web site since every site is fighting for the same resources like CPU and memory. Another downside is you cannot install additional software on the server. If the shared hosts doesn't have ffmpeg then you'll have to use the static encoder. FFmpeg is CPU intensive thus lots of shared hosts don't like people to use ffmpeg so if you don't use a host that approves ffmpeg be prepared to get your account suspended.

When in doubt ask your host if the allow ffmpeg before you sign up.

This is where a host installs typically a package called VMWare on the hardware. VMWare allows the host to install multiple independent operating systems with each operating system sharing the same memory and CPU and with the hard drive being divided amongst the different web site owners. The benefit is you have what they call root access to your system so you can install any software that you desire.

Dedicated hosting is where you and your sites are the only one using the hardware with no other users. With dedicated hosting, you have complete access to the hardware and software thus you can install any programs you like. This is typically the most powerful hosting thus it's usually the most expensive.

Co-location hosting is where you purchase a rack server and you ship it to your host and they install your hardware onto their rack servers thus you have complete control.

Linux is an OS that separates the user functions from the administrator functions. To gain admin functions, you need to login as root thus it's called root access. With root access, you can install any software that you want.

Shared Hosting

Shared hosting is not recommended.
The minimum recommended server configuration is a VPS (Virtual Private Server).
For large sites a Dedicated Server is recommended.
If you cannot afford a VPS, Works4Sure.com offers shared hosting with ClipBucket 1.7.x pre-installed & fully functional.

Ssh stand for secure shell access. Sometimes host will also refer to this as jailed shell access. Ssh allows you to login to you web server and execute commands via the command line interface. This can come in handy in a few instances. For example if you have a large amount of files you need to move to you server, you can tar these files then upload through ftp and then un-tar them through ssh access since many files at once with ftp will typically fail and cause the ftp software to crash or freeze. You can also test video file conversions with ffmpeg.

Some hosts will give you ssh access automatically some will want you to request ssh access and then some won't give it to you at all. When signing up with a host, I do recommend you request ssh access.