What would be the total expenses of running an in-home web server?
- by techaddict
I have several hosting accounts with companies, and plan to keep them. However, I would like to try my hand at creating my own home web-server, both for fun and for the learning experience. I would like to know the expenses involved, including:
electricity costs (greater than light bulb?)
internet costs (will I have to upgrade my internet? Or is 3-5Mbps upload speed fine for a web server with medium amount of traffic? Would I have to get a separate internet connection?)
other unknown expenses
Consider that I will configure the web server myself, so that is not an expense.
Also consider that I already have a computer (year-old Dell laptop, 15R) to use to be dedicated as the web server.