Does SMF on sharing hosting consume too much of DB?

[lne]

Hi,

I installed SMF on my site in a sub-directory along with a WP blog. It was okay and then due to some issues, I had to take it down. Thinking of putting it again. Then, I just discussed about the possibility of a forum in my blog in another forum. However, one member there suggested me against having a forum since forum consumes too much of DB and it's risky to have forum as as SMF on a shared hosting? Is if justified? Does forum takes too much of DB space? Does it overwhelm DB? Please suggest me with the best of your knowledge since I wish to have a forum but dont want to screw up my existing blog on WP.

Please suggest and share your experiences.

Thanks,

Kalyan

[Arantor]

Forums take up a lot of space when there's a lot of posts - the more posts and members, the more space it takes, simple as that.

Most hosting plans, even shared hosting, tend to have enough DB space for most forums, since invariably what happens is that you trip over the hidden CPU limits rather than space limits when it gets busier.

[lne]

Forums take up a lot of space when there's a lot of posts - the more posts and members, the more space it takes, simple as that.

Most hosting plans, even shared hosting, tend to have enough DB space for most forums, since invariably what happens is that you trip over the hidden CPU limits rather than space limits when it gets busier.

Thank you Arantor for your valued suggestion. Yeah, so you mean that we have a forum on sharing hosting.. I am on Hostgator and currently chatting with a rep from hostgator asking the same.. Any suggestion since I dont wish to stop midway once I have an active forum on my domain? Any further suggestion..??

[Arantor]

The only suggestion I have is to set your forum up.

The thing is, as a forum grows, it's going to get bigger. Eventually it'll outgrow shared hosting and you'll need a VPS. Eventually then it'll outgrow a VPS and you'll need a dedicated server. Eventually it'll outgrow that and need something heftier. Such things are the way of life.

Generally you won't outgrow shared hosting until you get to the point where it's busy enough to make the hosting costs back...

[lne]

Oh yes, you're right.. thanks for your suggestion and for your motivation.. I will indeed install the forum in a day or so.. hope it works.. thanks once again.