Server from house?

Google fiber is coming to my area. Would it work if i set up a server for my forum at my house?

 

Not recommended. But if you have decent money, stable power supply etc then go for it otherwise ..

 

Why is it not reccomended?

 

Do you have any experience as a server admin, would you know what to do if there was a power outage, DDOS attack etc, what if you had a break in at your house and the server was stolen along with all your members private info?
Your forum would probably be down more than it was up, waste of time and money and more hassle than it would be worth.

 

Hosting is that cheap why would you even consider something like this?

 

No I don't. I would run a UPS in case of a power outage. I don't know about ddos attacks. If someone breaks in my dog will attack them.

 

What if they have a gun, does your dog carry a gun?

 

What if what if what if. What if a nuclear bomb gets dropped on my city? I live in a good neighborhood.

 

Now you're just being ridiculous as usual, you asked a question about something, we are giving you answers based on what you're asking.

 

Ridiculous? Me? That can't be right. Seriously, what is wrong with having a server in my house? I don't think someone is going to come into my house and shoot my server with a gun. I'm not paranoid. Google fiber is coming to my area.

 

For all the reasons I outlined in my first post in this thread, you don't even know how to cope with a DDOS attack, you have no experience as a server admin, security issues and many other potential issues that WILL arise, besides looking at the dumb questions you keep asking on this forum you are obviously not mature enough to handle the responsibility.
Why do you think you're tiny fish forum needs it's own server anyway, It'll never be big enough to need anything other than shared hosting

Who said anything about shooting your server with a gun? You're either just a fucking troll, retarded or 12 years old coming here asking stupid pointless questions.

 

How much upload speed you have with google? If you are under 30mbit you can forget it.

 

I am not a troll. You asked "what if they have a gun"? I could use cloudflare. I seriously doubt someone will be breaking into my house. What questions that I ask are dumb?

Google fiber is 1 gigabit. It is currently under construction in my area and will be available soon.

 

OK. You can running your own server from your house... If you have something problem in future use google to find your answer not here. Can we agree on that..

I TRULLY recommended you to build a server in your house. I'm serious.

 

I am here to find out the pros, cons, etc about running a server. Why do you recommend it? Even though my server getting stolen is a risk, it is a small one. DDOS attacks are a risk so that is why I would use cloudflare.

Here is a guide on how to set up DNS https://support.google.com/fiber/answer/4647563. I could transfer my domain to google domains. The server I would build would be capable of handling the google fiber speeds.

 

I value the opinions given. I pay about $2 USD per month per hosting and then the cost for the domain name is i think around $15 per year. XenForo is a pretty secure software and I removed the install folder for extra security. I don't want to spend hours every day maintaining my server. I am planning on getting freshwater stingrays so I will have to dedicate probably an hour every day taking care of them. I already have probably 100 fish that I take care of. With the server I could host multiple websites. I am planning to start a fish wholesale website with xenforo and a shopping cart add-on. I will probably wait until my forum grows to set up a server. I am still not sure if i will do a server at all.

 

I enjoy running my site, but I am not sure if a server would be worth my time doing. Maybe I would do it if my site got huge, but I doubt it will ever get huge, but who knows. The only other local fish forum in my state has 300k posts and it is a saltwater only site. My site is mainly a freshwater site and a local fish club says they are going to link my site on their website.