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Making your own hosting

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Okay, i got a Netgear storage central SC101

and im wondering if i can turn it into online hosting as such, so i can host my website from there (reason being my hosting is running out soon-ish)

I heard you need some things but not too sure

Thanks!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well, you'd need a line that supplies enough capacity for all your viewers. ADSL is not generally particularly well suited to hosting, because your upstream (everyone else's downstream) is relatively low speed.

    Also, you would need a server. This could just be a crappy 486 running linux + apache, but you still need something. The storage array is just a set of discs, it doesn't have a web server built in that I know of.

    Then of course you'd need a router, but I assume you have such a thing.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have the router, and im not on ASDL im on Cable

    and sounds like alot to do!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    www.micfo.com - only 4 quid p/m for their MG Super (shared hosting) package. they are th eonly host I use.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I wernt requesting hosting.

    I was asking about turning something into hosting.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah I know.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    using the sc101 for anything other than accessing files through windows (or frying eggs) is simply impossible. I threw mine away because the transfer speeds were so slow and it doesnt support ftp or samba.

    If you want a fairly cheap solution to hosting your own websites I suggest getting an old Raq server from ebay, they're about 50 quid, but they're rackmounting and intended for datacentres (So they're very noisy).

    If you want I can make you an account on my server, I only really use it for my personal stuff so you're welcome to an account there.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanks for the offer, i've already got some off a friend of a friend:thumb:

    So its that easy? buy some rackmount server thing off ebay and plug it into My router? :eek:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's dead easy, so long as you're a little fluent with Linux, have a big enough connection for what you want to do, and if you want a domain name to translate to your computer, you'll need a static IP address - though there are ways around this - and whilst they work, they aren't spectacular.

    To be honest, whilst it's a doddle, it's also a pain in the arse as your connection will be naff for uploading(which your PC does each time someone else downloads). There are hosts out there for £15 per year or so, I'd recommend trying one.

    Unless you're just wanting to learn how it all works. In which case do it all yourself :).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ill think ill close this subject seams abit too complex

    and i'm paying £5* For a Year
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Read up on it, as it's pretty amazing in all honesty. And you'll learn to configure a web server, which is great if you fancy dabbling with PHP and what-not.

    At the very least, you'll learn how to configure a superb firewall. At best, you'll understand why the thesite.org server is falling down each day, and which bit is causing it. Linux is an exceptional tool to learn, particularly if you're interested in computers. Have a read on the different types of filesystem used, and full disk encryption. Linux/FreeBSD are both leagues ahead of Windows on both counts, and should make for interesting reading for anyone wanting to learn :).

    Or just pay your fiver, and go masturbate over the Vista website. ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Click to see more wrote:
    Or just pay your fiver, and go masturbate over the Vista website. ;)

    Who says the fiver aint for the porn:lol:

    I'll read up on them actauly thanks :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    noog wrote:
    If you want I can make you an account on my server, I only really use it for my personal stuff so you're welcome to an account there.


    I thought your server died yonks ago and needed reinstalling?
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