We ran into a similar issue when our WordPress site started handling more video and audio uploads. Keeping everything on the main server quickly became expensive and slowed things down, so offloading media to secondary storage made a big difference for performance and backups. Especially if you’re dealing with streaming-style content, separating uploads from core hosting keeps things cleaner. I’ve seen this work well on platforms focused on short-form and indie videos, where media volume grows fast. There’s a good breakdown of how media-heavy platforms handle streaming and storage here https://thetabootube.com. It gave me a few practical ideas worth considering.
We ran into a similar issue when our WordPress site started handling more video and audio uploads. Keeping everything on the main server quickly became expensive and slowed things down, so offloading media to secondary storage made a big difference for performance and backups. Especially if you’re dealing with streaming-style content, separating uploads from core hosting keeps things cleaner. I’ve seen this work well on platforms focused on short-form and indie videos, where media volume grows fast. There’s a good breakdown of how media-heavy platforms handle streaming and storage here https://thetabootube.com. It gave me a few practical ideas worth considering.