I was wondering if there is anyone out there who hosts their website on a server operating out of their home. Anyone?
I was also wondering if the upstream speed of their home internet service provider is fast enough to handle all the hits necessary to generate any kind of meaningful income from advertising.
My upstream speed is 100 KB/sec (856kb). So it would take about 1 second for each page to be transmitted assuming a webpage size of 100 kb (small, I know). If it takes 10,000 hits per day to generate decent income from advertising, that’s almost a GIG of transfer in a single day! I think that may be too much for a server running of an ISP connection, especially if the hits aren’t distributed evenly.
Any thoughts or anyone successfully running a profitable server off their home ISP out there?
That would be ok I guess on a low level, but it would be hard to do on a commercial level. It would be cheaper just to go through a commercial host like powweb or something.
If you’re going to try this make sure its allowed by your net provider. I know that Rogers Cable (my net provider) specifically prohibits running any kind of server.
My DSL provider is Qwest and there is nothing in the terms of service that I’ve seen prohibiting the running of web servers from home. That’s one reason I chose DSL over cable. I know that just about every cable ISP prohibits running a web server from home.
The reason I wanted to run a web server from home is because it wouldn’t cost me anything. But damn, I see that Powweb is less than $100 per year for 5 Gigs per DAY of transfer! That’s tough to beat. But just starting out, with absolutely no income and little traffic, I’d rather not sink any money into a year-long hosting plan if I don’t have to.
But if you are getting 10,000 hits per day, I guess you couldn’t run your server from home. You’d probably need something professional at that point.
I start out sites on my home server so if the idea fails all I’ve lost is the time it took to put the site up. But if it succeeds like vtctalk I make money for a while with no hosting fees, then when it gets too big I just move it to a paid server which by that time the site is already making enough money to pay for itself.
I really don’t see why it would be done any other way, but that’s just me, I’m cheap :).
You can get the exact same server I described above (maybe less RAM) on eBay almost every day for $300 or so.
If you’re asking this kind of a question it is doubtful that you’re a capable server administrator so you shouldn’t do it I personally have dedicated servers so any new site I come up with doesn’t cost me anything extra.
PLUS your pr0n will be downloading slower since the site will be eating up your bandwidth.
Terrible idea unless you can’t afford anything and are just starting out on your own. However if you can’t afford $5-10 a month to get started for hosting I don’t think you really stand a chance since domain registration is in that price range tool.
If you are making $300 a month or $100 a month and think you NEED a dedicated server then check out ServerMatrix.com you can get one for ~$120 a month w/CPANEL which will help you setup multiple domains/sites easily and fast.
I run a couple dedicated servers for my sites. Knowing my data IS backed up, and knowing Im responsible for any problems is a good feeling... If youve never run a server or are completely new to web hosting then it’s probably not for you. It requires a lot more than a nice server, and some bandwidth. You need to keep ALL your software up to date to prevent exploits, backdoors, and people hammering your sites. Most of the features you are used to from even free hosts require work and or knowledge to get running properly on your own server.
Well it costs me $3200 in Turkey, in order to handle 15,000,000 page views a month.
Leased line + 24/7 UPS + Server + Electric consumption + maintaining bla bla…
I prefer renting…
