[AccessD] hosting a website in-house

If you time is worth anything using a hosting service is the way to go. Seems like keeping up with security, patches, etc is a continuing education that really doesn't help access development. If this is a hobby go for it.

Doug

---- Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: 
> I have my web sites hosted by GoDaddy.  It's really cheap, very reliable,
> requires no work on my part (probably the leading reason to go outside), and
> no worries about my equipment being up.  And their customer support is
> outstanding.
> 
> So the question is, what is the advantage of hosting your own website versus
> buying a hosting service outside?
> 
> R
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:40 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving; VBA
> Subject: [AccessD] hosting a website in-house
> 
> I just need a reality check as to whether trying to host a website in-house
> is insane, doable, easy, difficult?  If I did this it would be for my own
> web site (very low traffic), and would need to include email (also low
> traffic).  If I lost internet (which I get over the local cable) then
> obviously I would be out of commission for the duration of that outage.
> 
> I have been in this home / office for close to four years and have had only
> one single extended outage (11 hours, due to weather).
> 
> I have a server that I keep up 24/7.  I have battery backup etc.  I run VMs
> and it seems like I could put something like this in a VM so that I could
> move it to another machine if I had a machine issue.
> 
> I am actively considering building a new server with 16 or 24 cores because
> it would be a big boost for my SQL Server work and with so many cores it
> seems like having a VM running my web site might make sense.
> 
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