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How hard is it to run a server at your house?

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eugenenine:
Some ISP's its against the terms of service unless you pay extra for their business class.  Other than that its not hard.

This is my Raspberry Pi rack hosting my own stuff at home

jmelson:

--- Quote from: nctnico on May 17, 2017, 08:37:43 am ---I agree with the others: Running your own server will end in dissaster. Hackers, slow internet, crashes will keep you awake at night. If your core business is selling web pages then rent a server at a reliable firm. I'd stay away from hosting providers which are cheap or free if your business depends on it. You will want assurances for availability (SLA).

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Well, I've been doing it for at l;east 15 years.  Yes, in the beginning, I got hacked a couple times.  But, now, it has been well over a decade since the last successful hack.  The guys who run the spambots probe for vulnerable sites, they have apparently put me on their "don't bother" list, they figured out I have a more than 2 week horizon for re-enabling blocked IP addresses, and they figure they will never get in.

Running my own server is all due to inertia.  When I started, there was no extra fee for static IP and permission to run servers, and the web hosting outfits were few and expensive.  Now, it is pretty insane to do this.  Crashes?  Other than power failures, I think I have had one actual crash in a decade.  The cable modem and Charter's cable plant has more downtime that that.

Jon

dimkasta:

--- Quote from: jmelson on May 17, 2017, 09:01:19 pm ---Well, I've been doing it for at l;east 15 years.  Yes, in the beginning, I got hacked a couple times.  But, now, it has been well over a decade since the last successful hack.  The guys who run the spambots probe for vulnerable sites, they have apparently put me on their "don't bother" list, they figured out I have a more than 2 week horizon for re-enabling blocked IP addresses, and they figure they will never get in.

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I get probes from 4-5 different IPs daily on each of my sites. Most from eastern Europe or Asia

Blocking is too convenient for them. They then can skip your server and move to other ones fast
I find it funnier to throttle them and let them probe and test passwords for username admin, test and the domain :)
They are wasting time and the internet is a bit safer while they are spinning their wheels :)

Block comes eventually, but it is pretty much meaningless. Others appear fast.

Red Squirrel:

--- Quote from: Jeroen3 on May 17, 2017, 11:27:24 am ---
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on May 17, 2017, 08:10:57 am ---That said, I run a few servers at home for my personal stuff and do have a public facing game server.

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I count 60 hard drive slots.... I only have 2, in a Synology DS214. And it's not called HAL9000.

It may be very well against the Terms of Service of your internet contract to run any commercial activities on the home line.
Enforcement of this is generally when you enter the top 1% of data hoarders.

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Haha yeah lot of slots, about 19TB between the 3 raid arrays in the 24 bay chassis.  The other slots in other machines arn't used for anything.  The two SAN enclosures at the bottom I also don't use, when I originally got them I thought I could put my own drives in them but can't.  At about 200w per shelf it's not worth running with the small drives that are in there.

Hal9000 is the home automation server, figured it was a fitting name.  8)

yada:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on May 17, 2017, 08:10:57 am ---It's not hard, but the problem is that most ISPs don't allow public facing web servers or any servers that offer services.  That pisses me off, it's an old arcaic rule that should not exist anymore.  Also most don't provide static IP blocks.  yeah dynudns and no-ip etc but if you want to run a "real" server you probably want to run your own DNS too not to mention have firewall rules on other servers that may require to add that server's IP.  So a static IP is important for anything serious.

That said, I run a few servers at home for my personal stuff and do have a public facing game server.  My public facing web stuff is on a dedicated server at OVH though.  The up side of a local "on prem" server is the vast control you have.  Vlans, various network configs etc.  Some stuff like that is just hard and/or risky to do remotely.  That and it's more secure as you can make certain things only accessible from the inside.


 




I need to cleanup the wiring one day.

My DC cabling is kinda bad too, I plan to redo it at some point.  My current power system is a 12v inverter-charger but I'd like to upgrade to a 48v dual conversion setup, possibly with solar.

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How much did that set up cost and whats your monthly internet bill/plan?

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