Is it better to use links instead of attaching things? Normally when I upload art here I just use an image link from Deviantart.
That shouldn't be adding to the storage right? I'm not sure how it works.
I guess as this place grows it's going to need a storage upgrade maybe yeah?
You are correct, linking to your art has no affect on our site's storage. You can also use a third party image hosting site or "hotlink" your photos from DeviantArt and it has no effect on our site's attachment storage.
The only time our site's storage is used is when people click the "attachments" button and upload an image using our site's memory. It has taken five years to fill up, so we did pretty good.
Our site's bandwidth and memory is fine. We are nowhere near ever reaching limits for that. It's purely out attachment storage which we allowed as an option for users to use.
We already spend roughly $160.00 on site costs annually, and with the current structure our site is built off of, we can't increase the site's attachment storage, which is kind of strange.
Damn, just three days after I joined?
As long as you use a third party source for a little bit, you are completely fine.