Home Server

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Martin Harran wrote:
> > I'm currently on a 5M/384K ADSL broadband package. For another E120 (stg£80)
> > per month, I can upgrade to a 5M/512K package with unlimited bandwidth.
> >
> > Are these speeds getting close to the point where hosting and email from
> > home can be seriously considered as an alternative to a dedicated server?
> >
> >
>
> Nope.
>
> Besides the bandwidth, server farms have multiple redundant communications links
> across multiple lines (routed via different providers), UPS's for short outages
> with generators for longer outages.
>
> And what happens if your system need a reboot the day after you left on a 2 week
> holiday to Antarctica?
>
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With Fiber Optics not far in the future I think you will see it
happening more often, but another issue is protection, do you want a
lot of home users with always on servers connected to there network...
If improperly secured you could be a target to many hackers. Also back
ups are if your running databases on your home server are you going to
back up your info everyday, I know its not hard but how many of us
actually would?
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Martin Harran wrote:
> I'm currently on a 5M/384K ADSL broadband package. For another E120 (stg£80)
> per month, I can upgrade to a 5M/512K package with unlimited bandwidth.
>
> Are these speeds getting close to the point where hosting and email from
> home can be seriously considered as an alternative to a dedicated server?
>
>

Nope.

Besides the bandwidth, server farms have multiple redundant communications links
across multiple lines (routed via different providers), UPS's for short outages
with generators for longer outages.

And what happens if your system need a reboot the day after you left on a 2 week
holiday to Antarctica?

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Martin Harran wrote:
> I'm currently on a 5M/384K ADSL broadband package. For another E120
> (stg£80) per month, I can upgrade to a 5M/512K package with unlimited
> bandwidth.
> Are these speeds getting close to the point where hosting and email
> from home can be seriously considered as an alternative to a
> dedicated server?

Hosting your own email from broadband may get some of your emails lost or
returned.
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"Toby Inkster" <usenet200604 RemoveThis @tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Martin Harran wrote:

> That seems incredibly expensive. I'm currently only paying £27 per month
> for 2M/512k, with 8 static IPs; and my ISP are planning on upgrading all
> their customers to 8M/480k in a month or so at no additional charge.
>
> Where are you based?

Ireland - don't start me about Broadband in Ireland
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