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| yada:
I'm trying to buy and sell domain names and found you can get the value up by listing them with google. The web sites are going to be real simple, just a few pictures and some text saying its for sale. I'm trying to make money on volume so it doesn't make sense to pay a monthly fee on every site as I have a lot. The server is going to be at a friends house some distance away who is trust worthy and knows more then me about computers. But I don't even know where to begin. Do you need a special server machine or will a regular PC work? I'm willing to invest some money into this to do it right. |
| hamster_nz:
IMO, Compared to a PC, servers are all around bandwidth and capacity. We use dual socket systems (20 cores each), with 512GB RAM in our server farm at work, with 80Gb/s bandwidth to the storage and network. They also use a lot of power - about 500W each, 24 hrs a day. However, for what you are proposing, all you really need is something that can serve static pages quickly enough for your upstream link (maybe 100Mb/s if you are on Fibre), which is not very taxing. Given that you are not hosting active content you don't need a 'real server', even a Raspberry Pi running Apache would be fine. They will also use far less power than a PC. If you do this, then I would suggest you get two - one for testing updates, and the other actively serving pages to the outside world - if one breaks you can then use the testing unit while you fix it. Maybe also get a small UPS for your router and server(s) as well. With a Raspberry Pi even a desktop model will work fine. |
| rs20:
A few dramatic suggestions there from hamster, but just to be clear if you want a server that'll serve dozens of hits per minute with 99% uptime, then a completely plain Raspberry Pi running Apache will work fine. Run apache server, set up your domains to point at your IP, open port 80 on the router. This is how my website rs20.mine.nu is running (free domain! :P). If you want higher uptime, more bandwidth, and higher reliability for zero money, that AFAICT any number of hosting services have free products. For example, I host my static content on Firebase for $0. |
| kaevee:
Consider hosting your servers on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon offers lots of services free for first 12 months. https://aws.amazon.com/free/ You can create two tiny servers good enough to serve static pages. Further, they even offer a free tier database service if you wish to run a tiny online store. Probably AWS free tier is lot better than running your own server which entails to keeping it online 24x7, providing stable power, Internet connection and much more. Edit: Truncated the URL Venkat |
| Halcyon:
What you are describing is not hard at all. But to do it PROPERLY and SECURELY without compromising the rest of your network is something best left to someone who has a decent amount of server/networking knowledge. |
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