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08-13-2006, 10:37 PM
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Setting Up My Own Server
Hey everyone, I run a business out of my home and have it on the internet. Now since how I just started I was looking into creating my own server to host the site so that costs to me are minimal right now. I have found some sites that told me how to build my own server but what i am having trouble with is nameservers. I have a registared domain name and i was look at point it to my nameservers. How do i create the nameservers so that i can put those on my site so that i become the host of the site. I have downloaded all the software needed to run the server.
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08-13-2006, 11:42 PM
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08-14-2006, 12:07 AM
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How are you connected, DSL, cable, T1? If it is anything but a T1, it will be difficult to have your own nameserver. You will first need to get permission from your ISP. Then you will need to go to a registar and register your nameservers. That can be quite painful to do as they don't just let anyone become a nameserver. You will also need a server running Bind or MS DNS to act as the nameserver. It's really not worth all of the headache to do that in my opinion.
Running a webserver at your home is really not a very good idea particularly if it is for your business. Your power and/or computer cuts off and you lose your site and your business. You would be much better off letting someone host it for a few dollars a month.
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08-14-2006, 01:51 PM
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Typically your home DLS/Cable Modem service uploads at a rate of ~40k a second which is slow compared to what a hosting company can offer you. |
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08-15-2006, 05:00 AM
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if one has SDSL, then one can do webserver at home. what is SDSL, you ask?
SDSL is an acronym for Symetric Digital Subscriber Line, unlike ADSL, SDSL has the same upload speed as it does download SDSL is not used very widely in North America, but very common in Europe/Asia. SDSL allows you to send files at the same speed as receiving meaning that SDSL can send 8 times faster than ADSL. SDSL also allows you to run your own mail server or web server or even other services directly from your own office rather than hosting with an ISP which can save you a lot of money and puts you more in control over the services that you can offer to your own staff and customers. SDSL is simply a big improvement over ADSL and a huge cost saving over a leased line(T1,t3,oc3...). I have friends who run their Apache(Linux) servers on 1Mb SDSL lines from their home office (Toronto, Montreal Canada); most said, its about control[ especically, in the case of the storage size]
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08-15-2006, 08:23 AM
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The major problem with DSL is support. If you have connection problems you could be down for days since DSL is not high priority. With T1 and above, your downtime, which is much less than with DSL, is very minimal. For instance, when I was using a business class ADSL at my business, the connection dropped out. This was on a Monday. I called support and they said that they would have to send a tech out. The earliest available time would be Thursday. Fortunately it came back on late Tuesday. Still down for a day or so. In a years time, the service went down 10-12 times. With a T1 line the longest downtime I had was nearly an hour and in 2 yrs time I was only down twice.
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08-15-2006, 09:05 AM
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Come in Ray...
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I think the bottom line is if you are serious about starting a business, you need to have your services hosted in a data center. Too many variables if you rely on home service (power outages, internet goes down, water spilled on your computer, etc.).
You don't have to worry about any of these in a data center. |
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08-15-2006, 01:45 PM
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SDSL 's uptime is 99.9% in CANADA, dont know about USA. In fact, the only time our Internet was out completely is due to a US power plant going down, taking the enitre province of Ontario(Canada) and Eastern US with it, about 3 years ago. SDSL ($260-300US)is about 1/3 the price of a T1($600-1000US) here, depend on speed/thoroughput.
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08-15-2006, 03:07 PM
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Come in Ray...
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Managed hosting is still much cheaper and you don't have to worry about system maintenence.
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