What Hardware Do You Need to Host a Website?
Thousands of websites are constantly being developed daily for personal enjoyment and business. One of the most challenging aspects of launching a website is having the most efficient, yet cost-effective, hosting for your website. Hosting is the hardware that stores, or “hosts,” the files that are on a website. While there are hundreds of web hosting services and providers, one can host his own website with relative ease. Step 1 Acquire a computer that has large amount of memory free to hold the files your website will have. Suggested free memory on a hard drive is 80 gigabytes or larger. Step 2 Invest in a broadband Internet service, whether cable, T1 or T3. However, do not use high-speed or dial-up Internet service. It is not fast enough to run your host. Step 3 Purchase a domain name through godaddy.com. Step 4 Install a web server software by going to http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi and click “download” to download the software. Step 5 Read the manuals you have gathered on htt
