Servers - more than just “stuff”
Maintaining your own server is not a trivial task.
- May need highly trained people to install and maintain it.
- An Internet Web server remember may need to be connected to the Internet all the time. Can you do this now?
- If you run your Web server and file server on the same “box” are you opening yourself to potential security problems? Do you need a “firewall” to help protect you?
So ask yourself if you really want to do this!
- How important is a shared “disk on a wire” to you?
- If you need a Web server, could you use a Web server elsewhere, perhaps even paying a fee to do so?