4 Critical Features of a Highly Scalable FTP Site

One of the most important benefits of FTP hosting is the scalability that is inherent in the technology. It can essentially be whatever you need at a moment's notice, which is perfect for both saving money and increasing productivity at the same time. This does, however, present a challenge - because there are so many different options available for you to choose from, making the wrong decision in one area can lead to artificial challenges cropping up in another. From that point of view, there are a few key features of FTP site providers that you'll NEED to look out for before you make the decision to go with any one particular company.

What Your FTP Site Needs in Order to Scale With You

Unlimited Bandwidth

There is absolutely no reason why bandwidth needs to be finite with a highly scalable FTP site. Limiting bandwidth harms productivity, the ability of your users to share files and costs time you might not have. With unlimited bandwidth, it doesn't matter whether you need to upload a single 10MB file or dozens of files that are 10+ GB a piece, you won't be able to tell the difference (and neither will your end users).

Unlimited File Sizes

Other file sharing solutions may allow you to upload as many files as you'd like, but you're often limited when it comes to the maximum size those files can be. Many email providers, for example, have a 25MB limit - woefully inadequate for the modern business enterprise. Most file sharing services have limitations such as 1GB or 5GB per file. These limitations would then require you to either use other options for bigger files (exposing yourself to security concerns), or requiring you to go through the arduous process of breaking files down into smaller sizes before reassembling them again after transfer. With support for unlimited file sizes like FTP Today provides, you have to deal with none of these things.

Live Scalability and Upgrades

If you need to ramp up or scale back your deployment as needed, or if any upgrades need to be performed to guarantee faster performance, you should NOT have to take your file sharing server offline for any reason. With live scalability and upgrades like those provided by FTP Today, you'll never even realize something is going on as scalability concerns and upgrades are addressed automatically by your provider.

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