Host my own site

[BigPete]

Can someone bring me up to speed on the pros, cons, and how-to's of Hosting a site on my own computer (using Apache, IIS, PWS or something like that)?
:huh:

[Moondancer]

pete that's really a lot to discuss in one go... how would you like to do it? what are you running now on your computer? or are you going to set up a separate computer for this? How are the power outages in your area? and how much down time/slow time do you experience through your isp? matter of fact, are you broadband or dial-up? You might also need to check with your isp whether you can do that or not without getting into hot water. Some have hefty restrictions about what you can do even if you have a static IP.

We ran an irc chat server from home for awhile just to see whether it was something we wanted to deal with... ran it on IIS... but it was more trouble than it was worth on the machine where we set it up...the ups you can buy off the shelf don't last very long when they're being used to the extent the chat server was used. springtime sees a lot of power outages here and keeping the server updated and secure was a hassle but other than that it wasn't bad.

[mike031]

if you are going to run a small web site, ie.. personal page, then you can probably pull it off but if your planning on having something big then here comes the catchy part.... do you have enough bandwidth, system resources, etc.. to handle the amount of visitors that you expect to your site? if so.... shouldn't be too hard this days, the technology is real simple and pretty robust

[Mr.Domains]

At the same time, with decent Hosting deals at under $8 a month, why would you bother? Leave it to the professionals, I say! (Just MHO).

[BigPete]

well, it would just be a personal little site. maybe a blog and some other neat stuff. nothing big at all.
As for my system - I have broadband and run Win XP.
Like I say, it's not so big of a deal if there's a possibility of it being down from time to time. It's just going to be a small personal site.

[Vivvy]

if you give up sleep, a social life and any hope of ever seeing real people ever again you can do your own Hosting. or if you don't care if there is downtime when you're sleeping, having a social life or actually mingling with real live people, you could do it.

Beyond that the experience for the end user should be slow and frustrating unless the "server" is exclusive to your website. Otherwise everytime you do something that impacts your bandwidth on that box will make it even more slow and frustrating. WinXp with a cable connection isn't going to hack it if you want to cultivate some decent traffic to your site.

And the post above is the truest.. when you can get very decent hosting for (and i take liberty to edit) $5 a month, why even consider it?

Vivvy

[BigPete]

thanks for the suggestions, guys

[Anthony Ng]

Hosting a server in your own bedroom (or garage or basement) is a hobby only for hardcore geeks. It's NOT the best way to host a website. Even when you are well-versed in managing a server, you could and should do it remotely with facilities that are fire and quake-safe (not to say being ruined by a misbehaving cousin).

[BigPete]

(not to say being ruined by a misbehaving cousin).

I take it you speak from personal experience

[Moondancer]

(not to say being ruined by a misbehaving cousin).

not to mention children, grandchildren, and other assorted family members who thinks your computer is their newest toy.

[BigPete]

don't you just LOVE computer illerate family members??
(sorry for getting off topic)

[Moondancer]

Pete, you started the topic so if anybody's intitled to take it off topic, I would say you are, lol.

[Banned: refide46]

if you are going to run a small web site, ie.. personal page, then you can probably pull it off but if your planning on having something big then here comes the catchy part.... do you have enough bandwidth, system resources, etc.. to handle the amount of visitors that you expect to your site? if so.... shouldn't be too hard this days, the technology is real simple and pretty robust

best wishes

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bye

[Bender]

01-21-2005

how many over-one-year-old threads can one revive in a few minutes?

[cooljeba]

if you are going to run a small web site, ie.. personal page, then you can probably pull it off but if your planning on having something big then here comes the catchy part.... do you have enough bandwidth, system resources, etc.. to handle the amount of visitors that you expect to your site? if so.... shouldn't be too hard this days, the technology is real simple and pretty robust

if you are going to run a small web site, ie.. personal page, then you can probably pull it off but if your planning on having something big then here comes the catchy part.... do you have enough bandwidth, system resources, etc.. to handle the amount of visitors that you expect to your site? if so.... shouldn't be too hard this days, the technology is real simple and pretty robust

best wishes

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bye

both same post!! he just copy pasted it here!!!
Spamming!

..:: peace ::..
Jeba