For some time now I'm hosting my own personal home Linux server ,how surprisingly,at home .
Using a ADSL of 2.5 MB/256 KB line.
For the last 10 years it served me well ,mainly for the reason it was almost only a personal unlimited space mail server (well disk space limited.just a quick reminder :Before Gmail 1 giga space ,mail used to have a very low quota)
It all started when my picasa space run out , and i thought "ooh ,I'm having a web server with only disk space limitation why should i pay picasa for a few extra gigs ?" So I've renewed my word press installation on my home Linux ,had a couple of plug ins for the gallery and there i had my own picasa.
It could have been great if my upload link could have support this amount of media .
So i set down and did some calculations :
ADSL + fix IP cost me about 33 us $ ( about 130 ILS , 20 GBP ).
VPS that could hold a small home Linux server is 10-15 US $ .
Since my work is paying for my home internet ( My ADSL line was extra for the server ,but even if i had payed for the ADSL without fix IP and this upload i could cut down my fees by half )
So for the same price or less i could have a small VPS near the backbone .
After some reasearch i decided that it is time to go on a new advanture
My very own personal VPS
I will try to add one of my favorite pictures ( One of my hobbies is photography ) at every post. This picture is of an Oak tree fruit closeup
Using a ADSL of 2.5 MB/256 KB line.
For the last 10 years it served me well ,mainly for the reason it was almost only a personal unlimited space mail server (well disk space limited.just a quick reminder :Before Gmail 1 giga space ,mail used to have a very low quota)
It all started when my picasa space run out , and i thought "ooh ,I'm having a web server with only disk space limitation why should i pay picasa for a few extra gigs ?" So I've renewed my word press installation on my home Linux ,had a couple of plug ins for the gallery and there i had my own picasa.
It could have been great if my upload link could have support this amount of media .
So i set down and did some calculations :
ADSL + fix IP cost me about 33 us $ ( about 130 ILS , 20 GBP ).
VPS that could hold a small home Linux server is 10-15 US $ .
Since my work is paying for my home internet ( My ADSL line was extra for the server ,but even if i had payed for the ADSL without fix IP and this upload i could cut down my fees by half )
So for the same price or less i could have a small VPS near the backbone .
After some reasearch i decided that it is time to go on a new advanture
My very own personal VPS
I will try to add one of my favorite pictures ( One of my hobbies is photography ) at every post. This picture is of an Oak tree fruit closeup
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