Web Server

[luke8733]

Hello, I am very much a beginner at servers. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, but I am looking at a serious option for a web server and storage for it (maybe rack-mount). I am familiar with Desbian Linux. How would I go about buying a server with storage that'll get the job done. 

 

Also, what should I program with? HTML, CSS, PHP?

[Nicko_barbeque]

go on ebay and buy something... Thats all i can say cos i dont no about servers

[Otomaru]

What you need depends on what for you are making it and how do you want it to work. Same about programming languages.

 

11 minutes ago, Nicko_barbeque said:

go on ebay and buy something... Thats all i can say cos i dont no about servers

Why would you even reply then?

[KuJoe]

Serving a website on an ARM processor versus say an Intel Xeon Quad-Core won't make much difference in reality. I've hosted over 1000 websites on an Intel Atom 330 with 2GB of RAM and a single SATA II drive without any issues, slowness, or high loads. The Raspberry Pi 2 is plenty powerful enough to run a web webserver but the lack of high capacity storage is not ideal for a NAS (unless you want to use a slow USB 2.0 external drive). I recommend grabbing either a Banana Pi Pro or a Orange Pi Plus, both of which have better performance than the RPi2, 1Gbps ports, and a SATA connector so you can hook up a hard drive to use as a NAS. This is also much cheaper (initial and monthly) than building a 1U server.

[DarkJShadow]

1 hour ago, KuJoe said:

Banana Pi Pro or a Orange Pi Plus, both of which have better performance than the RPi2, 1Gbps ports, and a SATA connector

If you want to have a serious NAS I would even recommend a SATA multiplier and a Raid 1 or 5 for data safety. The Banana Pi does support it, as far as I know. Here is an example: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1-turn-5-SATA-expansion-card-SATA-port-multiplier-SATA-adapter-card-can-support-5-SATA/2012532269.html?aff_platform=aaf&sk=aimAqrrNv%3A&cpt=1455274294983&aff_trace_key=97837f9cf5e048e382f7aa7d18573705-1455274294983-07247-aimAqrrNv

With the sata connectors it is quite fast and you can recycle old harddrives.

I found a tutorial here: http://www.htpcguides.com/rebuild-bananian-kernel-with-sata-port-multiplier-support/

[wpirobotbuilder]

Why not go with a cloud option? AWS has got everything you need, and it'll be way cheaper than doing it yourself.