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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
 Posted - 20 Jun 2003 : 23:44:48
Hi,Im considering starting up a site, and I want to host it myself, would a 512/128 ADSL connection be sufficent? Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 01:38:49
Depends on how much traffic you have, and how many people connect at the same time... 128k should be OK for starters though, and you can always upgrade later.- - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 01:59:02
Im guessing very little trafic  . Another question about web hosting, can you do normal work whiel the server is running, if it is on a quite powerful computer?Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 02:44:57
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Im guessing very little trafic . Another question about web hosting, can you do normal work whiel the server is running, if it is on a quite powerful computer?
Hosting does not require a lot of power, especially when the bandwidth is low, to get *some* idea download a large file on your computer using a connection the same spade as the ADSL you plan on getting, of course there are more overheads because the computer is dishing out lots of small files. OS 9 will also suck rather badly at hosting if you plan on using the machine normally, OS X would handle it fine. Also if your machine crashes so does your server which would cause problems. A seperate server would be the way to go, something like a 7500-7300 would do nicely, you could install a *nix and apache, once it's configured you wouldn't have to worry about it and you could transfer files to it using an FTP program which would make things nice and easy. AND if anyone dares mention a certain variant of a certain OS that shares a name with part of a building I'll personally kill them --------
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 04:57:03
Ahh, my server wont be running MacOS, nor than the OS that shares its name with a part of a building  .Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 06:27:12
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AND if anyone dares mention a certain variant of a certain OS that shares a name with part of a building I'll personally kill them
i never knew there was an OS called toilet  Orcadian MLA Division
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 15:55:10
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i never knew there was an OS called toilet
You only call it that behind it's back --------
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 20:43:11
Debian Linux 3.0 works great on an Athlon 700 MHz with 320 MB of RAM... I personally haven't used it and done junk when it's serving... but it wasn't at my own house ;)My own GHz PowerBook with personalwebsharing serves http://pragma.mooo.com/personalforum/ a PHPbb2 forum and I don't notice any speed decrease when I'm using the 'book (serving it to one client overethernet, a somewhat constant load...) Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2003 : 03:36:21
How does ZetaR1 on dual MP 2800+s sound . Ofcourse, im saving for a while but hey, I want the best BeOS computer in the country .Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Jobf
Junior Member
United Kingdom
162 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jun 2003 : 04:19:08
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Im considering starting up a site, and I want to host it myself, would a 512/128 ADSL connection be sufficent?
Possibly, it depends on the traffice you expect. With ADSL, your IP might be subject to change, but you can use one of the Dynamic DNS services to make it always point to the right place. I use this with mine, and it works just great. Bear in mind also, that with a 512/128 connection, the 128 refers to your upload speed, so the maximum speed that anyone could download from your website would be 12.8 kilobytes a second (or thereabouts - maybe a little more taking into account compression). So don't go posting your URL on Slashdot Jobf http://jobf.kicks-ass.org Edited by - jobf on 23 Jun 2003 04:19:51 |
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