Can I use my own server to host my website?

My server = normal server use at home lo..
but will apply dedicated line if demand increases.

This post has been edited by Kenneth85: Dec 20 2008, 07:32 PM

Yes. But what's your connection like?

Hobby server with one domain normally needs 2Mb line, at least. But this depends on the content of your site. If site is filled with large files, you may need more bandwidth.

This post has been edited by convivencia: Dec 20 2008, 07:34 PM

Typical home connection here has 512kbps of upload bandwidth. That translates to around 57-58 kbytes of upload, after factoring out signalling traffic. So imagine a website image at ~100kbytes. That'll take 2 secs to load for a single user. Now imagine 10 users requesting the same image at the same time... It's going to become 20 secs for everybody to get their stuff assuming requests are distributed evenly.

Try to let pages load within 10 secs.

Conclusion: If you're only hosting a hobby server with minimal files/mostly text and filesize optimizations and few users (2-3 MAX simultaneous users), your home line should do. Otherwise, go dedicated. Remember that consumer connections do not have Service Level Agreements, which means it won't be as stable as a business grade SDSL line.

i see..
so its not possible after all except going for dedicated servers..

Actually it's possible.

If you live in Korea or Japan, where you can get 100mbps to 1gbps access, no problem.

In Malaysia? Dream on.....

Bro, I thought typical Streamyx ADSL Broadbrand has a 384KBPS upload bandwidth for 1MPBS/2MBPS package?

TM already silent upgrade to 512kbps upload ler, welcome to 2008 my friend.

512 better, but still not enough
i think not possible in malaysia jor.. thx to all of you ~