I have cox cable and switched from residential cable to business cable for just for that purpose. It cost me $25/mo more to do so and I am able to run a server. I've been running an old Dell for almost a year as a LAMP server. I bought a new i3 but have not configured it.
I was paying $25/mo for a host gator reseller account that was not giving enough resources
to run WordPress with any reasonable speed. My home box seems to be fine. I back it up to AWS3 just in case the box fails.
My AWS3 backups run about $6/mo and I don't know how much extra electricity my web server uses. I initially thought it would take less than 3 years to break even however I did not consider the backup costs and the electricity costs. I did add the extra cost of having a UPS battery backup. Cost is not the entire factor though. I now have the power to run multiple websites that are
built on WordPress. Note I am moving away from WordPress soon.
I figure a battery backup is a necessity so that is an added expense.
Down time has been non existent - both my box and Cox.
I miss WHM/cPanel. And I miss GoDaddy's webmail. (I used to host with GoDaddy before moving the HG)
I'm sure I am not giving my server all the love it needs, however it has been running rather well for this year other than the problems I created.
I had help configuring the box and I have learned a lot. And I still have a lot to learn.
It is my understanding not all ISP's are created equal. If you are in a more rural location you may pay more for less. Then there is the issue of available bandwidth. My Internet connection services several computers, so if there is several people streaming video, I wonder how that effects the bandwidth needed for the web server?
At this point, for me, I think
a home server is the best bang for the buck.
Your mileage may very.
Keith
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:19 PM, Michael Torres <matorres124@gmail.com> wrote:
Just curious about the cost of the talked about vhosts. For me...i want to think about having my own server.
Most of us are "techies" so i am sure we have above average speeds on our personal services.
Meaning that we are having an expense of internet every month anyways.
Why not see if a isp will drop a business line into your home.
That would probably have the same if not more speed. With the business service you get at least one ip.
Then the cost of hardware (one time ) expense.
To me that would probaby increase what i am paying now only about 10-20 a month. And i would have more control over my system.
The question would be would an isp drop a biz line into a residential home?