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Home server
- Thread starter ardnat
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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.
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.
Paul White
New Member
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).
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).
Chief said:
Any specs will do for personal use, the best things for me is:
Any CPU over 1.5Ghz or AMD 2200, 512 RAM + (256 just about OK).
You also need to look for a good OS, red hat 9 is very good for web servers plus it has server applications built in.
I have 2 home servers, both windows & they are great for backups, testing servers, software testing etc etc
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perfect....all of it
Robert said:
well i have a home srevr as my isp allows it
my site is pretty fast
i hardly have downtime that too in 3 or 4 months just because of maintanance
ofcourse home servers can't be used for paid hosting
but if u know server administration well then it works great you can solve the downtime very easily
just my 2 cents
my site is pretty fast
i hardly have downtime that too in 3 or 4 months just because of maintanance
ofcourse home servers can't be used for paid hosting
but if u know server administration well then it works great you can solve the downtime very easily
just my 2 cents
