I had been in search of a hosting site who will provide a platform for my Cloud-based applications. I needed SFTP, MySQL, unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth, all at a reasonable cost. I could have provided my own server with these items, but have found the cable network unreliable in the past and the service lacks support (from me) when I go on holidays! There was always some limitation with hosting services even for those who said they're unlimited. I have now found a provider who seems truly unlimited, but that is another story.

The point is that we all have our limits even when we are offered an unlimited service. Given an unlimited choice of ice-cream, most of us would have a heart-attack after five. Offered a 'free' 5 kg steak if we can eat it beats us after just 1 kg. Given unlimited music downloads, we find we can never listen to more than a few days worth, it clogs our iPod screens causing us to gain RSI from scrolling and we delete the chaff down to a few thousand. We have limits on friends, cars, wives/husbands (hopefully one!), holidays, even money. Winning the lottery has destroyed families, friendships and lives. The more we can get of something, does not lead us to want even more. We all have our limits.

Working in IT and living in the UK I have a hard time with contentment. There is always something new daily that I must have. Sometimes I dream what would I really want if I could have everything I wanted. In the end I find the scope of my dreams is much smaller than I imagined. This helps me get my dreams under control and become content.

BTW my host www.siteground.com has removed their 5 Gb limit and gone unlimited. There is no way I can begin to fill their servers before the problem of managing all that data brings me crashing to reality.

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