When I switched to individually archived permalinks, I was a bit perturbed at how much diskspace the archives took up. It basically doubled the amount of disk space my web site gobbled up. I really started to become alarmed at how fast I was approaching my space limit.

My allotment is 150 MB. Before I made the switch, I had used a paltry 30 MB. Switching to individual archives instantly gobbled up 40 MB, and I was almost half way to my limit. Over the next few months, the disk usage climbed up to 120 MB. Part of that is because of the icons, and any images I've added, but most of it was due to the damned archives.

I took another look at my templates today, and decided to cut out the sidebar on the individual archives. Cutting the sidebar saves me over 20 MB of disk space. I don't like the inconsistency, but it was either that or buy more space from my hosting provider. I guess I could restore the sidebar, but that would mean using frames or something else equally dreaded. I think I'll probably get used to the new look of the individual pages. Still, even though it bought me some time, it's obviously only a temporary solution. Right now I'm still using about 100 MB.