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  1. Jun 29th, 2004, 11:34 AM #1
    pea33nut
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    Buying or Making a server?

    I wanted to buy a server to run a website that im creating, but I don't want to spend a lot of money. How efficient would it be if I turned my Home PC into a server. If so, any suggestions on what I should upgrade.
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  2. Jun 30th, 2004, 01:44 AM #2
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    If you're running Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional, install IIS and you're set. I can't see that your computer would be insufficient rather the net connection's upload being the bottleneck, so anything that can run Windows + some extra RAM I'd say would do the trick.
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  3. Jun 30th, 2004, 03:18 AM #3
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    Apache is probably a better way to go than IIS, which has restrictions since your a 'home user'.

    It really depends on what your planning on hosting. If you're trying to do a website that gets thousands of hits a day, then you'll want a proper server but for something that gets < 100 you should be right?

    Connection is important though. If your on dialup, theres not much point.
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  4. Jun 30th, 2004, 03:27 AM #4
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    Originally posted by Pc_Madness
    Apache is probably a better way to go than IIS, which has restrictions since your a 'home user'.
    What restrictions? I run a web server using IIS, works extremly well.
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  6. Jun 30th, 2004, 03:28 AM #5
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    Originally posted by Ideas Man
    What restrictions? I run a web server using IIS, works extremly well.
    I'm fairly sure it won't accept more than 10 connections?
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  7. Jun 30th, 2004, 08:25 AM #6
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    IIS on client operating systems restricts to only 10 connections.
    Given that you don't want to spend a lot of money, I would suggest a 3rd party webserver like Apache - as you won't want to spend the money on Windows Server.

    Now if money wasn't an issue, I would suggest Windows 2003 Server - but alas - money is quite often the issue
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  8. Jun 30th, 2004, 12:46 PM #7
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    I got Win2k Advanced Server.
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