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does any one know how i can make my own server, i want to make some so that i can first of all host my own board and so i can sell web space to other people. if ya do please tell me.
thanks

Yes you can, but I do not know how. I've seen ads for it though.

Well, it depends on what you want to start with. First you'll need a dedicated connection such as a T1 or T3 (or if you have the bucks, an OC fiber connection). You'll need an IP address, netmask, gateway, nameserver, etc. too.

You'll also need to decide on the server specs. Under 1Ghz pentiums or AMDs are fine, but I would stick with 800Mhz or higher (they're cheap, so why not ). RAM will be paramount, get as much as you can, shoot for 512MB minimum. The next critical component will be the hard drives. I would recommend SCSI, IDE won't cut it for a server environment.

Next you'll need to decide on an OS. Your two main choices are UNIX (and all its variants) or NT. Most people would recommend UNIX or some flavor of UNIX.

I would recommend reading the docs and info over at http://www.apache.org for some great http server software.

Those are just some of the basics you'll need to think about.

Interesting - One very popular site had to downgrade their UBB to 5.47E yesterday because Windows NT was not too good at handling CGI and Perl!

So my advice - Use Unix!

do i have to have the computer that i have the site on running 24/7?

only if you want the site to be accessed 24/7 .. i would suggest you colocate ...

how would i colocate

Co-location is where you get your own server and set it up at someone else's office/location. Their people will provide the 24/7 monitoring and the connectivity to the net. They generally charge a flat amount per month + so much per GB of bandwidth. Here's one example pricing structure for co-location: http://www.hostman.com/colocate.html

Because you are generally providing the hardware, the co-location site should be somewhere physically close to you. This would allow you to go down to the site for hardware upgrades and troubleshooting.

[ September 10, 2001: Message edited by: SWFan ]

http://www.lameindustries.org/tutorials/guides/apache.shtml


that'll show you everything you need to know and get to run an apache webserver on a win32 based system with php, perl and mysql installed. Have fun : )

I'm a senior systems engineer and run UBB 6.04 on IIS 5. It runs great.

As well as we do too... haven't had a problem with the ubb on iis5