If you host your own server at home for testing purpose, it's okay. However if host critical website or business, better forget your idea.

What's the point host at home while you can get real host for fairly cheap these days? Not to mention power and network outage, virus, etc if run your website at home.

For testing, use unifi with dedicated IP, low end or used computer CPU, linux OS and run your website like hell.

EDIT: Give you couple links for reference:

http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/set_up_a_home_server/

http://lifehacker.com/124212/geek-to-live-...home-web-server

This post has been edited by wanfaris: Jun 30 2012, 12:58 PM