Talk:Personal web server

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The only reference point to a 404. --Solde9 (talk) 18:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Some of this article seems to discuss an arrangement whereby a private entity or individual is granted complete control over the functionality of a server, but not necessarily physical access to the hardware; but the article also says this is the "opposite" of cloud computing, and mentions disadvantages such as maintenance costs, which suggests that the administrator is able to touch the machines and has to pay for electricity to run them. I know you can get a "virtual" server from some hosting companies, which may be just some secure free space served from whatever storage the company has available, that the functions like a dedicated server, and that the customer is free to configure in various ways; although it could indeed be a single dedicated server that no other customer can access. If either of these count as "personal" servers, the disadvantages listed don't always make sense, since each customer would only be paying for part of the power and maintenance staff, and scalability might be less of an issue with a virtual server. B7T (talk) 03:31, 14 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Are there any noteworthy examples of popular websites (or file servers) hosted on their own home-based servers or personal computers (or which started out that way)? They could be listed in this article, especially if they have their own Wikipedia article. (I found a link to a possible example at Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, which says it's running on Raspberry Pi, so that server is most likely home-brewed, as it were.) B7T (talk) 03:31, 14 March 2017 (UTC)Reply