- Jun 1, 2014
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What was initially an exciting venture is now turning out to be a bit of a nightmare.
I have a good computer and have already set up a local host Minecraft server. I have zero staff. I have a prospectus that details everything about the server and what is entails. I want to host it from my own computer but worried about hacks and ddos attacks, and now I have several hosting companies wanting me to sign up with them for around $7 per month, that's about £6 UK pounds.
I cannot find the money for that and I would need donations and that is no guarantee of evening breaking even let alone making a profit.
But I don't care about profit and less about quantity. I don't want a big server. I want a small community of 20-25 people max. I would be happy with 10-15 people actually.
So I could host it from my end without spending a single pound or I could use a hosting company and find out no-one is donating, but have to cut into my finances.
My better sense tells me to host the server from home and then once it expands, then get donations and move to VPS or something. How likely is it that I will be attacked from hacks and ddos?
But another thing is bothering me: my ISP provider might not allow it. I have unlimited broadband and they aren't going to like the increase in traffic.
On top of this is staffing. Who can I trust? I've already had offers wanting to join and be staff but they are either 15 years old or younger! I am 40 years old by the way.
Trust is an issue for me and giving out my ISP address is worrying. I thought that a domain name hides your ISP - maybe I read wrong.
So with these pros and cons I don't know how to make sense of them. Something tells me that nothing ventured, nothing gained, but I am the kind of person who doesn't jump into things so lightly.
I guess I just need re-assurance. What would you do? Go ahead and do it anyway? Go with a VPS?
I have a good computer and have already set up a local host Minecraft server. I have zero staff. I have a prospectus that details everything about the server and what is entails. I want to host it from my own computer but worried about hacks and ddos attacks, and now I have several hosting companies wanting me to sign up with them for around $7 per month, that's about £6 UK pounds.
I cannot find the money for that and I would need donations and that is no guarantee of evening breaking even let alone making a profit.
But I don't care about profit and less about quantity. I don't want a big server. I want a small community of 20-25 people max. I would be happy with 10-15 people actually.
So I could host it from my end without spending a single pound or I could use a hosting company and find out no-one is donating, but have to cut into my finances.
My better sense tells me to host the server from home and then once it expands, then get donations and move to VPS or something. How likely is it that I will be attacked from hacks and ddos?
But another thing is bothering me: my ISP provider might not allow it. I have unlimited broadband and they aren't going to like the increase in traffic.
On top of this is staffing. Who can I trust? I've already had offers wanting to join and be staff but they are either 15 years old or younger! I am 40 years old by the way.
Trust is an issue for me and giving out my ISP address is worrying. I thought that a domain name hides your ISP - maybe I read wrong.
So with these pros and cons I don't know how to make sense of them. Something tells me that nothing ventured, nothing gained, but I am the kind of person who doesn't jump into things so lightly.
I guess I just need re-assurance. What would you do? Go ahead and do it anyway? Go with a VPS?
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