IPS Cloud and image/file hosting

[BenCurry]

Hi, 

I am using IPS Cloud hosting and want my users to be able to post their images and files directly to my site.  

I have quickly  found that this can mean a heavy mount of data and this cn get expensive on the IPS plans.  

What options do I have available to have the image and file uploads hosted elsewhere.

What are the pros/cons of this and what is it likely to cost.

If there a way to restrict the file size of uploaded images (or reduce them) as some of the .png images are huge even when restricted to pixel sizes.  

 

At the very least I would like anything uploaded to the 'Downloads' section of the site to be hosted elsewhere

Is there a guide that I can check out about this? 

Thanks

Ben 

[Ahmad E.]

You can store them somewhere else easily; 

How much it'll cost depends on the cdn provider that you will use. KeyCDN has a trial plan I think and pricing is affordable.

[Joel R]

Yes set up Amazon S3 for your file storage.