Originally Posted by
Over Carl
My initial/first thought is whether it is a good idea to use your main desktop as your unraid server as well?
Windows 10 will be in VM.
Originally Posted by
Over Carl
Desktops in daily usage require reboots every so often and can be brought down by us doing daft things.
See above.
Originally Posted by
Over Carl
The general idea of a server is that machine should never go down unless you are performing software maintenance or it has had a catastrophic hardware failure.
It's only a home computer. I have a laptop for pure business use, but I do prefer editing on there as it is easier.
Originally Posted by
Over Carl
I don't know how you have setup your network but iirc you are a web host which make me wonder if your client's sites are stored on your server. If you can't afford your server to go down when you reboot your desktop, don't think about trying to combine the two.
Lol, defiantly not! the company hosts all of the websites in London Docklands, UK. That is where are servers are based, although we have servers in other countries too. Lots of companies who host with the business have mission critical data - that must be available 24/7 at high speed. That requires multiple tiers of fibre. I've been trying to build a datacentre in the Southwest for years but planning is an absolute nightmare.
It's not worth the risk of hosting websites at home (who even does that anymore?), web companies supply hosting from ?30-40/yr, some chuck in a 'free' domain name as well. The risk of major downtime is huge with home hosting, especially with all of the fair use policies, traffic management, internet/power failure etc etc. - Add in the risk of getting sued for multiple security risks inc data protection etc. Any company doing that would void their companies insurance as well... As they are unlikely to disclose that info.
- You seem to have unresolved issues surrounded this area, have you been stung before?
Originally Posted by
Over Carl
Side note : pfSense is king of (affordable) routers. I planned to start putting together a basic how to and various guides on here just before I had my stroke a couple of years ago. I would highly recommend pfSense, and as much as I haven't used the latest releases in depth, I'm more than happy to offer a hand if I can be useful
Originally Posted by
Over Carl
Sweet. I may call you up on that.
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