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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:30:37 Grant wrote: |
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> > So don't think that it's really expensive to have a do-it-yourself |
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> > solution in your garage or something, at least not too quickly. |
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> That sounds awesome from a DIY perspective, but this server provides |
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> 100% of my income and I feel like it should be hosted. Maybe I'm |
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> wrong. Does anyone else house a money-critical server in their home? |
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> - Grant |
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I love my home web server - its a great playground for me and the ~15 other |
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people out there who access it. |
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My business server is hosted. There is just no way I can provide the bandwidth |
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or reliability the business demands in a home environment. ISP maintenance |
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outages occur 2-3 times a year, and although I might not care if I can't |
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access the web between 2 and 4am one wednesday night, clients and visitors |
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from the US or Europe would have a legitimate problem. |
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Unless you can put in the infrastructure to guarantee 99.99% uptime in your |
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home (redundant internet connections from different providers, backup power |
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generator, climate controlled room, backup systems that work when you go on |
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holiday for a month, etc) you are taking a big risk with your livelihood |
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going DIY. I've had the occasional issue with my host, but overall it is a |
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very acceptable level of business risk and well worth the money. |
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- Noven |
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