need advice to buy cheap server for learning

[Pachuca]

I would like to host my own website on a server. This is just for learning experience. I'm not really sure what would be good to buy. Does anyone have suggestions? I would prefer a Linux system. 

[fl4ilinat0r]

if you want to do it cheap why don't rent a vps ?
and if you don't need very high performance why not a old laptop or desktop you might have laying around.

[Pachuca]

Just now, fl4ilinat0r said:

if you want to do it cheap why don't rent a vps ?
and if you don't need very high performance why not a old laptop or desktop you might have laying around.

for learning experience. I want to operate an actual server. I don't want to rent one until I'm know more. 

[PorkishPig]

33 minutes ago, Pachuca said:

I would like to host my own website on a server. This is just for learning experience. I'm not really sure what would be good to buy. Does anyone have suggestions? I would prefer a Linux system. 

I would not suggest that you locally host a server, even if you are looking to work with physical hardware. In real world application, you'll probably never be hosting a website from a home server. I would suggest that you look into getting an OVH VPS instead. You can pick one up for $3.49/month and are great to start learning to use Linux. Using these minimalistic servers taught me the necessity of properly configured user accounts and security.

 

Alternatively, a Raspberry PI 3 Model B with a Ubuntu Classic Server image will suit your basic web hosting needs.

[dj_ripcord]

Are you looking to learn about hardware? Or Just learn how to operate a server on Linux?

 

Because if the latter is true, why not a Rasberry PI? I use a Raspberry PI to run a few low-resource servers. It runs Unifi, Minera, Teamspeak, and even OpenHAB. It's a great solution for anything that doesn't need to be super high-performance - Since you just want to experiment, I see this a perfect solution.

 

I also have an Apache server running on it that I use to test Wordpress sites before I deploy them. Not to mention, the community surrounding RPI is massive. Just about any problem you could run across, someone else has too, and chances are that they found a solution and talked about it.

5 hours ago, Homeless_Pineapple said:

you'll probably never be hosting a website from a home server.

That's preposterous. I do!

[Jarsky]

I'd just create it in Virtualbox or something similar. That way its also an x86/x64 architecture you're using as well rather than ARM. 

You don't need server hardware to learn about how to use a server OS. 

[Pachuca]

13 hours ago, dj_ripcord said:

Are you looking to learn about hardware? Or Just learn how to operate a server on Linux?

 

Because if the latter is true, why not a Rasberry PI? I use a Raspberry PI to run a few low-resource servers. It runs Unifi, Minera, Teamspeak, and even OpenHAB. It's a great solution for anything that doesn't need to be super high-performance - Since you just want to experiment, I see this a perfect solution.

 

I also have an Apache server running on it that I use to test Wordpress sites before I deploy them. Not to mention, the community surrounding RPI is massive. Just about any problem you could run across, someone else has too, and chances are that they found a solution and talked about it.

That's preposterous. I do!

both. More of the latter. I'm interested in learning more about operating the server. Thanks for your advise.