I've always wanted my own dedicated box to use as a web and mail server, but can't host one from home because of several reasons. I found this dedicated server for only$30 a month . It has the following specs: AMD Athlon 2000+ CPU 256 GB RAM 200GB Bandwith 40 GB HD 1 IP Address Many free Linux distros to choose from as well as BSD. I've been looking for a way to learn web hosting with Linux and this looks like a good opportunity to do so. I've been thinking about running a web proxy with Adsense to generate some money to cover the cost. The cons of my plan are: I know very little about Linux (I am thinking of learning as I go) Setup is $69 Only 2 support tickets/month. Additional support tickets cost $15 each. Only 1 manual reboot a month, extras are $29 each. However, you can reboot the server all you want from a web control panel. What do you think of my idea? Also, should I go with Linux or FreeBSD?
I'd do some reading up on FreeBSD first so you don't just waste your money with a server you can't hardly utilize. That being said, that sounds like a good deal and I like FreeBSD, but that's just my personal perference.
Not enough ram in that box. if you just want to learn linux - and that's seperate from your hosting needs - then you can do so on an old computer at home. The monthly reboot should be unneccessary, you rarely if ever need a reboot when running linux. I would stick with linux, but that's an IMO of course.
I agree with wheel. If you plan to use it in a production environment you should atleast double the ram. Especially if you plan to run a LAMP solution. ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_%28software_bundle%29 )