Hosting & preservation
Move your hosting with a plan
Inventory your catalog, separate identity from location, test media delivery, and reconcile the result of a hosting move.
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Hosting
Understand what a provider stores, serves, exports, and preserves before making it central to your catalog.
A useful way through the collection
Begin with the host-versus-directory distinction. Use the migration guide to inventory dependencies and the archive guide to test recovery. Evaluate cost assumptions and public media behavior separately; neither a low storage price nor an attractive dashboard answers both questions.
READ WITH A REAL EPISODE IN MIND
Choose the guide closest to your next decision, then follow its related reading.
Hosting & preservation
Build an archive that lasts
Preserve authorized recordings, metadata, version history, and permission records with a practical recovery routine.
RSS & distribution
Understand podcast discovery
Separate audio hosting, feed access, directory inclusion, and search indexing before building your distribution map.