RE: gtg witness log by distantsignal

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· @distantsignal ·
Hi there!  

I was thinking of starting my own seed / witness nodes but don't know the best way to go about it.  I thought about getting a used Dell PowerEdge server and run it from home, but some people use Privex as a third party hosting solution.  Do you have any thoughts on this?  

I have a decent home connection at 100mb, download speed and 30mb up.  The server has DUAL E5450 3.0Ghz XEON 64GB RAM 4x 146GB 10K RPM RAID.
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@gtg ·
I don't think that running a witness server from home is a viable solution, but still better than hosting it within infrastructure of another active witness (for security and decentralization reasons).
Btw, machine itself seems to be OK, but using SSD instead of such RAID will be cheaper with lower latency as a bonus.
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@distantsignal ·
Thanks.  Some people seem to think it'll work, but with some latency problems.  I've upgraded my home speed to 400mbs down and 20 up.  I'm trying to find a cost effective way of contributing and not at least lose money.  :)
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