Requirements to setup a personal home-server

I host a personal site out of my house, no problems (ATT). Not exactly a lot of visitors, it is for my personal NAS, share some docs with friends and family, etc. I think hands on is SOOO much better than using a VPS, it is an entirely different experience. But it of course depends on what you are wanting to learn from it.
 
paradiseweb said:
I host a personal site out of my house, no problems (ATT). Not exactly a lot of visitors, it is for my personal NAS, share some docs with friends and family, etc. I think hands on is SOOO much better than using a VPS, it is an entirely different experience. But it of course depends on what you are wanting to learn from it.
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ATT D: slow mo internet lol. A NAS would work better for you. ATT highest package makes me weep. We have some local IT customers around Texas who use them and do nothing, but complain when I have to download something lol. If the file is over 1GB, then you may as well get the checker boards out and play a game or 2.


All in all, it just depends on the benefits for the user and whether the amount of activity would trigger an investigation by one's ISP. Your use probably wouldn't as its just simple file sharing and general use for NAS equipment.
 
I would always go for installing VMware ESXi as the OS that is on your hardware, from there you can then host many VM's on top of that making it very easy to try out different OS's as home server solutions without every having to reload the main OS or reboot your physical server. Then if you like after testing you can keep more than 1 VM on 24/7 to provide different services.
 
easyhostmedia said:
that does not state he is using a home connection.
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If its at home and there is a connection its a home connection. He can get "business-class" service but its still a home connection.

There is no reason to believe he needs or wants a business class connection. The part of my post you did not quote kind of makes that clear. He just wants to learn how servers work. He'll be fine with a home connection with regular service.
 
Collabora said:
If its at home and there is a connection its a home connection. He can get "business-class" service but its still a home connection.
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that just says how much you know. if you are on a business/commercial internet connection then it classed as a business connection and not a home connection as these are run through a different exchange network than home connections and because of this you pay a higher premium. Well this is how it is in the UK
 
Collabora said:
If its at home and there is a connection its a home connection. He can get "business-class" service but its still a home connection.
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easyhostmedia said:
that just says how much you know.
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There you go again with the rudeness and hostility. :dknow:

if you are on a business/commercial internet connection then it classed as a business connection and not a home connection as these are run through a different exchange network than home connections and because of this you pay a higher premium. Well this is how it is in the UK
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Out here its the same physical connection. When you have business-class service at your home connection it includes things like uncapped or higher speed, more open ports, IP addresses, different support and SLA, etc.

If the UK has to route a whole new circuit and install a new port in your wall called a "business connection" that's too bad. I'd like to see a link to a UK provider that insists on that -- I can't find one.
 
Collabora said:
There you go again with the rudeness and hostility. :dknow:



Out here its the same physical connection. When you have business-class service at your home connection it includes things like uncapped or higher speed, more open ports, IP addresses, different support and SLA, etc.

If the UK has to route a whole new circuit and install a new port in your wall called a "business connection" that's too bad. I'd like to see a link to a UK provider that insists on that -- I can't find one.
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in the UK, you use the same phone box and line from your home, but at the exchange the internet connection is placed on a different network board, but its a cheaper option to convert the whole setup to a business phone line and internet connection.

I have this set up as i have a home office in our garden, we even changed our electric and gas supplier to business tariffs as this gives us priority if power or gas failure along with compensation
 
Collabora said:
That would still be your home connection
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No it will not be as the internet CONNECTION is feed from the suppliers business network.

Your phone services would be home services/residential phone connection

The cable that enters your home from the phone poles contains is just an outer cable as within this is approx. 30 coloured strands/cables with some taken up with telephone services and some ASDL and some just their as spares. it is these that are separated at the exchange boxes to whatever services you have with your supplier.

When we had our module office constructed in our garden we looked at various options and one was a separate business line to the office alone with separate fax line. All the engineer would do would be to connect the office to our existing phone box to our house (so we only had 1 outer cable to the property) and then connect the inner strands to new numbers at the exchange. but this would mean we we have to pay residential line rental and then 2 business line rentals, so the cheaper option was just to change the phones services to business phone services with business broadband services and then just get an extension to the office.
 
I've seen many businesses in the past host their website from standard internet connections, if its just basic website then its not much of a problem. Now that web hosting has come down in price people look at paying for it instead of using their connection.

As for running a home server for learning/hosting I highly recommend it!
 
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