I'm buying one in 2007, when Mac OS X 10.5 Server comes out. I'll need it for my growing collection of sites, not that I'm making much money from them yet. I need the freedom to use a domain I own for whatever I want. I own a few. If I choose to use one of my unused domains for something, I wont have to pay to do it. I can just choose what I want to do, and go do it, without racking up yearly hosting bills.
Usually the minimum one would pay for a shared hosting account with little storage 1-2 Gig, is about €70-€80 per year. That would usually require upgrading of some sort. After you get a few different sites, things become awkward, costly and time consuming. If you own your own server, you're free to just ad and create sites on a whim, without the need for any of the other troubles.
I'm buying one in 2007, when Mac OS X 10.5 Server comes out. I'll need it for my growing collection of sites, not that I'm making much money from them yet. I need the freedom to use a domain I own for whatever I want. I own a few. If I choose to use one of my unused domains for something, I wont have to pay to do it. I can just choose what I want to do, and go do it, without racking up yearly hosting bills.
Usually the minimum one would pay for a shared hosting account with little storage 1-2 Gig, is about €70-€80 per year. That would usually require upgrading of some sort. After you get a few different sites, things become awkward, costly and time consuming. If you own your own server, you're free to just ad and create sites on a whim, without the need for any of the other troubles.
Except for connecting it to the internet at a decent speed
If you are using a home broadband connection, you're going to be limited by that connection. If you are going to colocate it, then that's a different thing. If you are going to just use your home Internet connection then a Mac mini should be able to keep up with it just fine.
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Usually the minimum one would pay for a shared hosting account with little storage 1-2 Gig, is about €70-€80 per year. That would usually require upgrading of some sort. After you get a few different sites, things become awkward, costly and time consuming. If you own your own server, you're free to just ad and create sites on a whim, without the need for any of the other troubles.
If you want something shiny, get a nickel.
Aluminum foil is nice. It gives me hours of fun.
I'm buying one in 2007, when Mac OS X 10.5 Server comes out. I'll need it for my growing collection of sites, not that I'm making much money from them yet. I need the freedom to use a domain I own for whatever I want. I own a few. If I choose to use one of my unused domains for something, I wont have to pay to do it. I can just choose what I want to do, and go do it, without racking up yearly hosting bills.
Usually the minimum one would pay for a shared hosting account with little storage 1-2 Gig, is about €70-€80 per year. That would usually require upgrading of some sort. After you get a few different sites, things become awkward, costly and time consuming. If you own your own server, you're free to just ad and create sites on a whim, without the need for any of the other troubles.
Except for connecting it to the internet at a decent speed
Except for connecting it to the internet at a decent speed
How so?
Check out serverlogistics.com or triple8.net for XServe hosting options.
You would need an internet with a good upload speed. The benefit of hosting it at a datacenter is the connection speed.
Check out serverlogistics.com or triple8.net for XServe hosting options.
Nah, I find Let's Host the best value right now.
Nah, I find Let's Host the best value right now.
Unless I missed the dedicated section on that site, we aren't talking about shared servers.
Unless I missed the dedicated section on that site, we aren't talking about shared servers.
Yes and no.
How so?
If you are using a home broadband connection, you're going to be limited by that connection. If you are going to colocate it, then that's a different thing. If you are going to just use your home Internet connection then a Mac mini should be able to keep up with it just fine.