Hosting a website out of your home is generally a bad idea. You certainly can, and if you’re just having fun learning to build a site, you won’t run into many issues. But if you’re serious about starting a business, it’s best to look for online hosting. Here we’ll explain the exact reasons why, and the benefits of having someone else manage it for you.

在家外托管网站通常是个坏主意。 您当然可以 ，并且，如果您只是在学习构建网站的乐趣，那么您就不会遇到很多问题。 但是，如果您对创业很认真，最好是寻找在线托管服务。 在这里，我们将说明原因的确切原因，以及由其他人为您管理它的好处。

这是安全隐患 (It’s a Security Risk)

Running a server on your home network is a huge security risk, as hosting it at your house exposes your public IP address to the world. This leaves you open to malware being installed on the host computer or DDOS attacks that could shut off your home internet completely. Managing security patches on your home server is also something you’ll have to do, keeping everything regularly updated to avoid this problem as much as possible.

在家庭网络上运行服务器会带来巨大的安全风险，因为在家中托管服务器会将您的公共IP地址暴露给全世界。 这使您容易受到安装在主机计算机上的恶意软件或DDOS攻击的影响，这些攻击可能会完全关闭您的家庭互联网。 在家庭服务器上管理安全补丁也是您必须要做的事情，定期更新所有内容以尽可能避免此问题。

您的上传速度可能太慢 (Your Upload Speed is Probably Too Slow)

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Speed is a major factor, and while it won’t matter much if you don’t get a lot of traffic, most home internet connections have much slower upload speeds than download speeds. Some even throttle the connection after you use a certain amount of data. Upload speed is important in being able to serve data to your users, and without a lot of it to go around, your site will be pretty slow.

速度是一个主要因素，尽管流量不大并不重要，但大多数家庭互联网连接的上传速度要比下载速度慢得多。 在使用一定数量的数据后，有些甚至会限制连接。 上载速度对于能够为用户提供数据非常重要，如果没有很多数据，站点将非常缓慢。

您将需要硬件来运行它 (You’ll Need Hardware to Run It On)

Running the site yourself means you need something to run it on, and unless you have a server rack in your basement, you’ll probably use your home computer. Running a website takes up bandwidth on your home connection and processing power on your computer, not to mention the fact that your computer will need to be on at all times to keep the site up, eating up power in the process.

自己运行该站点意味着您需要运行它，并且除非地下室有服务器机架，否则您可能会使用家用计算机。 运行网站会占用您的家庭连接带宽，并占用计算机的处理能力，更不用说您的计算机需要始终保持开机以保持站点正常运转，并在此过程中消耗掉电源。

While you can find used server hardware for pretty cheap, they’re usually loud, heavy, and take up a lot of space. You probably don’t want to deal with the hassle of setting them up, unless you really need to keep them local.

尽管您可以以非常便宜的价格找到二手服务器硬件 ，但是它们通常很大，很沉重并且占用大量空间。 您可能不想处理设置它们的麻烦，除非您确实需要将它们保留在本地。

您的ISP可能不会让您 (Your ISP Probably Won’t Let You)

Most Internet Service Providers have premium plans for “business” internet with higher upload speeds and the ability to host servers from your house. If they find out you’ve been running a server from your home plan, they’ll likely tell you to shut it down before they shut your internet off.

大多数Internet服务提供商对于“商业” Internet都具有高级计划，这些计划具有更高的上载速度以及能够从您的房屋中托管服务器的能力。 如果他们发现您已经从家庭计划中运行了服务器，他们很可能会告诉您先关闭服务器，然后再关闭Internet。

But it’s not just your ISP making you pay more—the business plans usually come with a static IP address, which will never change and always point to your house–something you need for a website. Otherwise, every time your ISP does maintenance in your area, your IP address could get shifted around, leaving you with a website that doesn’t work. Having a static IP means you won’t ever have to change your DNS settings.

但这不只是您的ISP使您支付更多的费用—商业计划通常附带一个静态IP地址，该地址永远不会更改，并且始终指向您的房屋–这是网站所需的东西。 否则，每次ISP在您所在区域进行维护时，您的IP地址都可能会转移，从而使您的网站无法正常运行。 拥有静态IP意味着您将永远不必更改DNS设置。

你应该怎么做 (What You Should Do Instead)

If you’re serious about starting a website, don’t run it out of your home; it isn’t cost effective or enjoyable.

如果您真的想建立一个网站，请不要在家中运行它。 它既不符合成本效益，也不令人愉悦。

Instead, you should look into getting online hosting. You can get very cheap (or even free) hosting that will be many times better than hosting in your home. If you don’t know how to build websites, there are many website builders and hosting providers out there that can manage it for you.

相反，您应该考虑获取在线托管。 您可以获得非常便宜(甚至免费)的主机，它将比在家中托管好很多倍。 如果您不知道如何构建网站，那么有很多网站构建者和托管服务提供商可以为您管理网站 。

• Basic Web Hosting: If you’re just looking for very basic hosting, check out BlueHost. They have basic shared web hosting plans for really cheap (less than $3 per month), or specialized, high-performance WordPress hosting for a bit more. You can also look at InMotion or Hostgator for similar plans.

  基本的虚拟主机：如果您只是在寻找基本的虚拟主机，请查看BlueHost 。 他们有非常便宜的基本共享网络托管计划(每月不到3美元)，或者有专门的高性能WordPress托管计划，价格更高。 您也可以查看InMotion或Hostgator获得类似的计划。

• Site Builders: If you want to build a website without knowing how to code, 1&1 has both managed hosting and a site builder tool that makes it easy to put together a website without paying a lot of money.

  Site Builders：如果您想在不知道如何编码的情况下构建网站，则1＆1既托管托管又提供了Site Builder工具 ，该工具可以轻松地将网站组合在一起而无需支付很多钱。

• Virtual Private Servers: If you’re looking for more serious hosting, you can rent a virtual private server (VPS) from a company like Digital Ocean or Amazon. These prices start small, but costs can rise dramatically as you grow, and you’ll have to manage everything yourself.

  虚拟专用服务器：如果您正在寻找更严格的托管服务，则可以从Digital Ocean或Amazon等公司租用虚拟专用服务器(VPS)。 这些价格起步很小，但是随着您的成长，成本可能会急剧上升，并且您必须自己管理一切。

However, if you want to run a simple site and don’t have big plans for it, or want to learn how to use web hosting software like Apache or Nginx, feel free to try out hosting it on your home connection.

但是，如果您想运行一个简单的网站，但没有太大的计划，或者想学习如何使用Apache或Nginx等网络托管软件，请随时尝试在您的家庭连接上托管它。

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翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/393553/why-you-probably-shouldn’t-run-your-business-website-out-of-your-house/