Hosting a server?

[Payton]

I'm pretty new to this sort of thing and only have experience with things like port forwarding, so I'm wondering what steps I'd need to take to set up my domain name on my own server?

 

[Unknown]

ok, go on www.hostgator.com



Then pay for a vps or reseller.

Then you can set up everthing in the WHM (WebHosting Manager) Done.

 

[TayneC8]

Wait, do you mean start your own server at home?

 

[Payton]

Wait, do you mean start your own server at home?

Yes, just something that I can host my website and domain name on.

 

[TayneC8]

What's your budget?

 

[Naviero X]

Hosting on your own is kinda annoying. From my experience, you have to download and install whatever languages you want on your system. You have to make sure you have 100% connectivity, otherwise you're server won't be accessible by others. I tried, and realized it wasn't a good idea. IMO, buying hosting is better.

 

[Ashley]

Hosting on your own is kinda annoying. From my experience, you have to download and install whatever languages you want on your system. You have to make sure you have 100% connectivity, otherwise you're server won't be accessible by others. I tried, and realized it wasn't a good idea. IMO, buying hosting is better.

I know when I was in the forum owning stage, I had people tell me that I should host my own server with my forums. Then that way, if I got tired of the board I was running, or if I wanted a different software to try, I can just change without looking up about a million hosts. I didn't really like that idea for a minute, because my computer time was (and still is for the moment) limited, and I only had time to do so much to do anything on my forum, whether it be just a quick checkup in the ACP or just enough time to reply to a couple of posts before turning in for the night. So hosting my own stuff was really not an option for me. So if I ever do do a forum again, it'll definetly not be on my own server. Besides, doesn't that take a lot of GB on your harddrive as well?

 

[Naviero X]

I know when I was in the forum owning stage, I had people tell me that I should host my own server with my forums. Then that way, if I got tired of the board I was running, or if I wanted a different software to try, I can just change without looking up about a million hosts. I didn't really like that idea for a minute, because my computer time was (and still is for the moment) limited, and I only had time to do so much to do anything on my forum, whether it be just a quick checkup in the ACP or just enough time to reply to a couple of posts before turning in for the night. So hosting my own stuff was really not an option for me. So if I ever do do a forum again, it'll definetly not be on my own server. Besides, doesn't that take a lot of GB on your harddrive as well?

As many GB as is required for all the coding languages/stuff you install, and then any extra stuff for forum files and databases. If the forum is large, the database will be big. I've heard of forums with around 1,000,000 posts with databases of around 4GB. Can't imagine hosting a big board. And I don't see how some forums are split up onto multiple servers.

 

[Ashley]

As many GB as is required for all the coding languages/stuff you install, and then any extra stuff for forum files and databases. If the forum is large, the database will be big. I've heard of forums with around 1,000,000 posts with databases of around 4GB. Can't imagine hosting a big board. And I don't see how some forums are split up onto multiple servers.

I have never even heard of forums being split up into multiple servers, really.

 

[IcarusForde]

As many GB as is required for all the coding languages/stuff you install, and then any extra stuff for forum files and databases. If the forum is large, the database will be big. I've heard of forums with around 1,000,000 posts with databases of around 4GB. Can't imagine hosting a big board. And I don't see how some forums are split up onto multiple servers.

I know of forums with databases approaching the terabyte mark once attachments, avatars, etc and all the extra information is factored in.

I have never even heard of forums being split up into multiple servers, really.

Really? it's quite good. You load different bits of the databse into different servers ram, and then it loads way quicker. Some threads here, others there, etc.

 

[Fierce]

Hosting your own server is more expensive,because of electricity and licensing.You need a server,an I.P address,internet connection,electricity and a program language.



Some good servers are:

Apache

Lighttpd

Nginx

Mongoose



Some languages:

ASP

PHP

Python

Perl



Also, you internet service provider might cut your internet off,if you signed a contract saying you wouldn't run a server.

Running a server is a full-time job.You have to update frequently,protect yourself from ddoses and etc.

 

[Fierce]

You need the following in order to run a server:

-A server

-IP Address

-Port 80 unblocked for some servers

-Broadband connection,Dial-up will be to slow

-Permission from your ISP

-Programming Language

-A database in most cases



Some good servers:

-Apache

-Lighttpd

-Mongoose

-Nginx

-LiteSpeed



Some good languages:

ASP.NET

PHP

PYTHON

PERL

RUBY