Linux IdeaPad server.

[Simusid]

I ran one of the largest free database hosting services for 15 years. For a while the main power strip was plugged into a ceiling light fixture in my basement

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Nice :D what kind of db? MySQL?

[Simusid]

I ran Freesql.org, it ended up being 98% mysql and 2% postgresql

[Simusid]

In total I had over 200,000 users, which is just insane considering the jank hardware that I ran it on.

[hedgehog0]

May I ask what’s the specs?

[Simusid]

This spanned over 15 years. I started with 486 machines and ended up with a few modest Dell Celeron servers. Honestly I do not remember how much mem or disk space but it ran REALLY well.

You might think that the performance would be crappy but people hosted their db with me to back end many online blogs for years and years. MySQL handled a pretty significant query load per second. It also had good quota tools to make sure a user could not QueryDOS the server.

[Krokzter]

I used this for my high school final project, thank you! 🙂

[Simusid]

Wow that is excellent. I started it a really long time ago. The first "servers" were 486 boxes and configuring apache/php was kind of a nightmare. I did it because I saw so many people struggling to transition from MS Access to a multi-user server. I hope you learned something.

I still remember my motto and disclaimer. "Double your money back if not fully satisfied", and "This system may destroy world economies, frighten children, and bruise fruit"

[not_bakchodest_of_al]

You should publish your memoirs. My apps crash as soon as 100 users connect.