Author Topic: Web Site Hosting (Read 187 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** March 26, 2004, 03:55:56 AM »

I belong to a local WWII/Korean War Roundtable group that is comprised of about 150 veterans and perhaps 50 younger history buffs like myself. (And its growing fast!) I’ve decided that I want to create a web site for this group, giving each veteran member a biography web page. My question is where to host it. I’m considering hosting the site on one of my home computers or paying for space with a web site hosting company. I’m expecting that this site will have low traffic but could reach past 100 MB in size if these guys submit a lot of pictures.

My questions are:

If I host the site on my non-game machine, will it hose my game connect? (The machines are hubbed together into a cable modem.)

What security and technical concerns should I have in running a web site on a home PC?

If I host the site with a web hosting company, what company do you recommend?

Any other thoughts or advice?

FYI; I built and run my school’s web site (a few hundred pages, and about 300 MB). I have the luxury of working directly on the web server, but have no experience running web sites remotely.

eskimo

Nilsen · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2004, 04:33:04 AM »

i would recomend and external host for your site.

The traffic and requests will slow down the internet connection for all the puters on your connection.

also saves you alot of hassle. Around here they are cheap to.

Eagler · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2004, 05:51:17 AM »

WestHost (as low as $8 a month)
SecureCRT for are command line Unix

I think the cable company as well as your neighbors would frown on you hosting a website with any kind of traffic on their bandwidth. Other than personal pages, I think any other web hosting is against your agreement.

SOB · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2004, 02:40:41 PM »

Sandman turned me on to Surpasshosting.com about a year ago. They've been great for me, and have good pricing.