I began years ago hosting at home (because the business grew unexpectedly and initially the test server had been in my home). I wouldn't recommend it. Better to

I began years ago hosting at home (because the business grew unexpectedly and initially the test server had been in my home). I wouldn't recommend it. Better to rent colocation space. The problem apart from having to provision reliable internet is you also need to provision reliable power, and cooling. And it gets noisy.