Home web server

[Daniel Armstrong]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:29 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman
<william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 03:07:15PM -0400, teddy-5sHjOODPK7E at public.gmane.org wrote:
>>
>>If it is for business. dont run a home server.
>>Most home connections push 80k to120k/sec, which is very slow.
>>Plus you are almost guaranteed of not getting a static IP from your
>>provider.
>
> The OP's provider is Teksavvy, which does allow both servers and static
> IPs.

Hi William... Yes I have a static IP.

>
>>I think you would be much better off getting a dedicated or virtual
>>server from a web hosting company and using a static ip.
>>If you do decide to run the server from home,.set it up so it can be
>>relocated to a datacenter when that time arrives.
>
> This is far from free, whereas a home server is much closer to free.
>
>>>1/ Good registrar? I saw the earlier thread about registering *.ca
>>>domains... any reason to pay a bit more at domainsatcost.ca vs - for
>>>example - godaddy to register a *.com domain?
>
> I second the recommendation of easydns - they are not as cheap, but they
> have a local office and their service and domain management are very
> good.  You don't have to register with them, of course, but I like that
> my DNS is hosted there.
>
> I have been running a home server for many years, and it works very
> well, even with ports 80, 443 and 25 open.  I use a non-standard ssh
> port, because no one but me needs to know it.
>
> I have out-sourced my server a few times (ADSL upload speeds are slow,
> and so some of my sites are slower than I'd like), but I keep bringing
> it back home so that if it breaks I can do something about it.
>
> Good luck, and have fun.

Thanks for the information!
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