Is it possible to run a linux server from home on my personal machine. The VPS seems bit expensive at this stage. I dont have a big user base but on a share hosting my php based script (socialengine) runs very slow.
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Parminder
Is it possible to run a linux server from home on my personal machine. The VPS seems bit expensive at this stage. I dont have a big user base but on a share hosting my php based script (socialengine) runs very slow.
Regards
Parminder
Yes, you can. But there are some caveats:
you should get a static IP address from your ISP. If you don't have one, you'll need to look into a dynamic-DNS provider to keep your web-site online and tied to your DNS entry for it.
The problem with at-home servers is the upload bandwidth is typically low. So if you don't have too many users, you'll be fine. But if you're web pages are serving a lot of data (eg, images) or if you have a lot of users it'll start causing problems. It will never "feel" as fast as hosted system in a data-exchange, but most people won't complain.