building a server, loads of questions

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Reading over this thread again it’s probably best to forget this project. Although it sounds like a good project if the guy won’t spend serious cash then it just won’t work.

Is a home made PC with a beta OS behind a basic firewall connected to a ADSL line going to be good solution? No.
Do you want to put your name to that install? Hopefully not! Will the guy listen to your advice? No. This project will cause endless problems.

The company I work for offer basic web hosting. We have a leased line and a dedicated DMZ with a couple of load balanced web-servers. We offer it as an additional service for smaller companies that we support but their IT infrastructure (mainly SBS with ADSL) is not going to be suitable to host their own website. We are not a web hosting company and what we have basic, what this guy is suggesting is crazy!