Is anybody hosting their web sites from a home based server?
Currently CinVin and it's associated sites are all hosted on a dedicated server; nothing goes on the server without us knowing about it and it is not shared with other customers. It can get expensive though, especially if it is mostly a hobby.
Verizon FiOS will soon be available in my development and they offer a business package with a static IP offering speeds of 25/25 (25 megabits per second download / 25 megabits per second upload) for a price that is cheaper than what our dedicate server is costing us. Getting the necessary hardware for a home based server would be an investment but it would still be cheaper in the long run.
One of the things that he has me really up in the air though is that our dedicated server is on a 100mps pipeline so going to 25 would potentially be an issue. At the present time I don't think the volume of traffic to the server would overwhelm a 25mps connection but it is a concern.
So is anybody else hosting from home? What kind of problems did you run into? How did you configure your home networks to isolate your personal traffic from the public traffic? What kind of hardware & connection are you on?
Currently CinVin and it's associated sites are all hosted on a dedicated server; nothing goes on the server without us knowing about it and it is not shared with other customers. It can get expensive though, especially if it is mostly a hobby.
Verizon FiOS will soon be available in my development and they offer a business package with a static IP offering speeds of 25/25 (25 megabits per second download / 25 megabits per second upload) for a price that is cheaper than what our dedicate server is costing us. Getting the necessary hardware for a home based server would be an investment but it would still be cheaper in the long run.
One of the things that he has me really up in the air though is that our dedicated server is on a 100mps pipeline so going to 25 would potentially be an issue. At the present time I don't think the volume of traffic to the server would overwhelm a 25mps connection but it is a concern.
So is anybody else hosting from home? What kind of problems did you run into? How did you configure your home networks to isolate your personal traffic from the public traffic? What kind of hardware & connection are you on?