Hi All, I would like to run a directory and I am thinking it running at home using Xampp. So, I can have more control of it Has anyone done this? can you give me your specs such as software used, DSL or Cable, etc. Thanks in advance.
I run servers for home, but only for development purposes. I wouldn't consider doing it for anything to the public, at least not long term. For anything over a very lightly traveled directory you would probably need more than cable or DSL. These give you good downloads but poor upload. Also now you need to consider a desent firewall, not the little one you get with windows. It should be a dedicated one (hardware). You also then need a static IP address. With all this it is normally cheeper to get it hosted somewhere where they do that for a living.