hardware list for a home server for a light to medium traffic
restaurant self hosted website
reddit / selfhosted

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minahany96 · 2023-12-18 05:53

hello, can someone suggest to me the most recommended hardware for a
light- to medium-traffic restaurant self-hosted website on a home
server i don't wanna overkill but I also don't want to sacrifice
security and site reliability. thanks in advance


also would just snort suffice as an ips system or do i have to look
for a physical ips

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ElevenNotes · 2023-12-18 06:03

Performance is not your issue, downtime is. How to make sure your
solutions is up 99.9% of the time. A 5$/VPS will have a better track
record than your home server in terms of uptime.

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minahany96 · 2023-12-18 06:05

thank you which vps service would you recommend

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minahany96 · 2023-12-18 06:08

would a combo of a 10g nic, a dream machine pro, and a uninterruptible
power supply solve this issue?

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83736294827 · 2023-12-18 06:11

no

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ElevenNotes · 2023-12-18 06:11

Not sure what a UPS has to do with a 10G network, but sure, UPS never
hurts. The Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro can IDS/IPS at 3.5G, so that
would suffice yes. Don’t forget 10G switches for all the rest of your
network.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-12-18 06:12

Since I never used a VPS’s I can’t recommend you one. I guess get the
once closes to your region since most customers will be at your
location in your country, so the closer the servers, the better for
latency.

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Shot_Entertainment93 · 2023-12-18 07:15

Linode is a good one and they have preconfigured ones for websites
hosting.

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orgildinio · 2023-12-18 10:57

better host on vps.

i recommend digitalocean or linode for cheap but good uptime

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minahany96 · 2023-12-19 05:05

i get that vps is more cost effective i forgot to mention tho that i
want this as a way of practice and to gain experience as i’m very new
to the whole community i only started being serious about it in
january this year

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sk1nT7 · 2023-12-26 22:40

As mentioned by others, you may face several problems when selfhosting
a professional, exposed website:

1. Uptime
2. Backups
3. Security

**Part 1**

Your server won't be running all the time. There may be an outage or
your ISP goes down and therefore the Internet connectivity.

Using a VPS instead, you gain a much better uptime and stability.
There are also SLAs and contracts you can rely on.

**Part 2**

Many VPS hosting providers offer an easy web management panel to
create backups/snapshots of your VPS. If selfhosted, you would have to
manage backups (3-2-1 strategy) by yourself.

**Part 3**

As the website is exposed to the Internet, it will be hit by threat
actors and automated bots constantly. So you have to put some effort
into securing your server. Not once but regularly. Otherwise the
server may be compromised and so your internal network, which is bad.

Security is also important on a VPS, sure. However, it would not
automatically compromise your internal (home) network too.
Furthermore, you could easily recover from a previously taken snapshot
and then track down the reasons of compromise and fix. There won't be
other assets targeted, as the VPS is the sole asset available
(compared to your home network running other stuff or being used by
people).

**General**

If you just want to learn and start selfhosting, I'd recommend
starting small and not with a productive service exposed on the
Internet.

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minahany96 · 2023-12-28 07:40

thank you for your response after reading opinions here i think a vps
is the best option honestly