bytedeez Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I was wondering the pros and cons of both. I don't mean the obvious stuff like support and start-up cost. Site contents consist of user profiles, forum, products (payments handled by third party), blog/news pages, video tutorials and some file downloads. Right now all is setup on ubuntu server vm for testing, was planning on moving it to a dedicated server made from old pc was it goes public but I wanted to get some thoughts from the pros first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Unless you have a business account it's probably against the isp's tos. Personally, I wouldn't run a Web server out of my house, too much crap to keep up with security wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreidiv Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) I have ran several sites from home and have found out that is is cheaper and less headaches to go with a paid service. you save on electricity time setting everthing up maintance to the server and security. If you go with a paid service you dont have to set up the server youself you dont have to maintain the server and you dont have to pay the eletric. I'll let other people chime in with their answers but paid worked best for me and it was not that expensive if you shop around. Plus you get alot more bandwidth. Edited December 12, 2014 by mreidiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broti Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 If you don't wanna worry about backups, security settings, maintenance, etc. get a hosting service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytedeez Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Seems unanimous. Thanks for your replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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