Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/22/07 13:51

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>> "Steve" <j80k-vpfc@dea.spamcon.org> wrote in message
>> news:memo.20070922111221.5836D@rook.127.0.0.1...
>>
>>> Basically we're agreeing ;-)
>>> In short we are both saying..
>>> Got income ? = Get hosting.
>>>
>>> There is nothing even remotely business orientated on my sites. I'm an
>>> electronics engineer. This really is, 'just for kicks' :-)
>>>
>>> ergo: no income = DIY
>>
>> Not to just be disagreeable - but that's not what I'm saying.
>> I'm saying that if you really want to take the hobby seriously, you
>> gotta have pro hosting.
>>
>> A home server is fine for learning on, but a pro server is where you
>> put that learning into practice.
>> It's the difference between riding one of those arcade skiing
>> machines, and actually skiing.
>>
>>
>>
> Where does pro hosting start?
>
>
> I've RUN a pro host. Its essentially no different from what I have at home.
>
> Sure eventually we RAIDED it and put dual ISP feeds on it..
>
> But it was earning us over $20,000 a year on just a 256K feed..
>
> Today I can get that over my phone line EASILY.
>
> In real terms the likelihood of phone or power outage is low: here
> anyway. In fact over the last year my ISP has been down more often than
> my computers have. That means I am no worse off.
>

In the real world, over the last 10 years, my home goes out several
times a year. Probably 80% or more are short - 5 minutes or less, and
covered by the UPS. The longest was 5 days when the remnants of a
hurricane came through. I lose power for an extended period (1 hour or
more) about once a year.

My cable is out more often; probably once a month or so. Again, most
are short. but at least twice a year I lose it for an hour or more. Of
course, I don't know if that went down if I'm in bed or not home, so
it's probably much more than that.

> For many many sites with high content into a niche market, where traffic
> is pretty low, home hosting wins hands down, especially if there is a
> lot of site development going on.
>
> OK if one day the traffic gets burdensome and the customer is paying
> megabucks, move the machine to someone else's machine room.
>
> You have to balance all the issues There is no one best solution.

Decent hosting costs you less than $50/yr. You'll spend that much
keeping a computer running 24/7.

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