Thread: Can you host yourself?

I was just wondering, can you host yourself if you buy a server. I know that bandwidth costs money, but how do you go about getting it?

That's what I do. I rent an empty rack in a hosting company.

Inside the rack, I put:

• Two HP DL380 G5 servers
• Two HP DL380 G3 servers
• Two HP 48-port switches
• Two Cisco CSS load balancers
• One NetApp S500 NAS

It's a huge hassle to deal with all this "stuff" and the rack, power, and bandwidth cost me $1,710/mo.

Shared hosting, virtual private servers, and managed dedicated servers are so much easier.

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

That's what I do. I rent an empty rack in a hosting company.

Inside the rack, I put:

• Two HP DL380 G5 servers
• Two HP DL380 G3 servers
• Two HP 48-port switches
• Two Cisco CSS load balancers
• One NetApp S500 NAS

It's a huge hassle to deal with all this "stuff" and the rack, power, and bandwidth cost me $1,710/mo.

Shared hosting, virtual private servers, and managed dedicated servers are so much easier.

You must be having over 100 websites correct? I have 20 and I have a big reseller plan.

I think, considering all the hassles and cost associated with your own server, it's better to go with a dedicated hosting plan...

It's much easier to get your own hosting with a hosting provider.

You will not get the same performance / uptime / reliability / pricing through your own computer hosting compared to a proper provider.

It's like you owning a supermarket so that only you can purchase

Somethings are not feasible

Originally Posted by menj

Unless if you are planning to sell web hosting, I really don't see why you should set up your own dedicated server.

Websites as big as NB needs a dedicated server! At least a VPS Shared hosting won't be able to hold 500 visitors online every 5 mins.

I didn't really mean from my own personal laptop. The connection would be horrible, haha. I was thinking more along the lines of setting up a server, and how to do that?