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#Self-hosting

Definition

Self-hosting consist to host at home its server, its data and its services.

Administrator responsibilities

If you want to serve a web site, the email system and instant messaging, the server need to stay turn on all the time, 24h/24 and 7d/7.

Self-hosting results availability of the server to users hosted and/or to externals people consulting it.

Problems can happen making server unavailable: power outage, loss of access to the Internet…etc.

If you use the email system, and your server is unavailable, emails for the server will be sent under 3 to 7 days.

Self-hosting contraints

  • The rate of transmission information is low. In ADSL case, its often approximately 1/10 related to the rate of reception. For instance: 1 Mo/s of reception and 100 ko/s of emission;
  • Availability 24/7;
  • Move;

Self-hosting issues

  • Anonymity, private life;
  • Reappropriation of its data and its services;
  • Decentralization, distributed networks;

Others Self-hosting projects

Thoses projects arent finished.