Hosting from office

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daleweb

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I want to host a few sites at my office. Can anyone please tell me how many fairly busy sites can i host on a leased 128kbps line or on a 256kbps leased line. I suppose I've got unlimited upload and download.

Any replies would be highly appreciated.
 
The short answer is Zero.
That type of line is not very adequate for a single slow site really.
 
Blue's right there; those lines aren't really near what you need for hosting a site in office much less many websites.
 
to run a single website you would need a least a 1mbps RAW connection. To run a host 10mb-100mb is a total minimum for connection.
 
Your definitely going tohave to think about upgrading those lines if your serious about hosting them from work.

Is there any reason you don't want touse a hosting company to do this?
 
I would agree with the minimum 1mbps RAW connection requirement, even though atleast 3-5 mbps, if you have a reasonable traffic. Which part of the world are you from? 128kbps - 256kbps is considered slow for even home use nowadays.
 
Hi,

I'm in agreement with what everybody else has said but you might want to confirm with your ISP that you won't be breaking their TOS. Many specifically disallow their users from hosting business oriented webpages, and some disallow any at all. You're best bet is to just choose a webhost that meets your needs. Many go out of their way to meet any requirements for cheap prices.
 
NSWKim brings up a good point, I know comcast will not allow you to use their network to host a server. You need to find out if your ISP will allow it.
 
I'm not 100% sure how things work in the states, but in my country your leased line goes through a first/second-tier ISP. Usually they can provide you with web/mail hosting on their external bandwidth.

Eg:
512kbit line between ISP and client's office.

The client's exchange mail server is hosted at the ISP.
The ISP's backbone has +/- 40mbit peers and therefore mail is delivered to the server at "optimum" speed.
Between you and the server, you recieve just about your full 512kbit, because the mail server is only a few hops away from your leased line (as opposed to a large number of hops to a "off-site" host).

Although this example uses mail as a medium, you can just as easily ask your provider to host a web-server for you.

This way, you will get 512kb download speeds between your office and the server and browsers from another country will still get good speeds because of the ISP's peering.

The best of both worlds... :)
 
If it is only a few sites you could just go with a shared plan. You can usually get them as low as 2-5.00 a month and there isn't any administrative work involved.
 
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