ardnat said:Would a home server be accectable in hosting. It gets t1-t2 banwith
Chief said:Would a homeserver be acceptable to host though? I mean is say you have a PC in your basement, room, office, building, ect. Can you configure that PC into a server and let people host sites, ect. on it?
Chief said:So what specs are needed to host a webserver?
Chief said:Oh I see. And, I have another question.
I'm looking to host a gameserver, do you think it's possible to do that with a home server? If so, what specs would you recommend?
Paul White said:A home server isn't suitable for hosting...but they are very useful anyway!
I run a homeserver and have it connected to the internet using a subdomain off of my domain so that I CAN get to it on the internet if necessary, butI mainly just use it for testing purposes (PHP).
mr.d1n1 said:some WHM configs don't have DNS Zone editing. Ask you ISP, mine has it at least
Robert said:Would a homeserver be acceptable to host? The question can't be answer with a simple yes or no.
First, you need to determine what kind of Internet Connection is used. In this case, the download speed isn't important, it's the upload. A typical residential line doesn't have good enough upload to even support 10 users at once.
The next thing you need to look at is the redundancy of the Internet Connection. Is there an SLA? If it's a residential line, there is no SLA and if it goes down, it goes down. Not to mention that most ISPs do not allow servers on their lines, despite it being residential or business.
The next factor one has to take into consideration is electricity. What kind of backup will you have? A dinky Best Buy UPS will not be good enough. You need a good gas/diseal powered generator that can immediately kick in and keep the server online.
What about security? At a DataCenter, security is pretty tight. At home it's not that secure.
A T1 (1.54mbps) is not sufficient for hosting.
If you want to run a business, be serious about it.
Chief said:Would anyone possibly have a list of which ISPs accepting webservers on their lines, or/and which don't?