Shane Harbour wrote:
I beg to differ. It really depends on your ISP and how far you really
want to go. I've run everything (DNS, mail, etc) out of my basement for
3 years now.
Ditto.
I've been running my own OBSD web/mail server in an old 1U SuperMicro
server up my attic for about two years now without incident. It's just
for my personal domains, so there is not a lot of traffic.
I have an ATT-DSL account with 5 static IP's.
Because it is not co-located, when the DSL line acts up (couple times
a year, when it's hot, usually), my mail and websites go off-line, but
when I was paying for hosting, sometimes the same thing would happen
occasionally, anyhow.
I have two SuperMicro servers, so if one has a mechanical failure, I
have a back-up in place, but in the two years I have been running it,
I have racked up more down-time playing with it myself, doing things
like messing with my PF rules and other learning-related things, than
all the downtime due to DSL and mechanical problems combined.
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