>As Bert says, you can get a long way if you know what you are doing. Of course, but... how did you actually do this? I mean, do you just run an application o

>As Bert says, you can get a long way if you know what you are doing. Of course, but... how did you actually do this? I mean, do you just run an application on a PC and just keep it on 24/7 with power saving disabled? What do you do if you need to expose your application to the Internet? Did you do this in HDD times and, if so, did you use standard PC HDDs? I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just curious about your experience, because what I've seen wasn't looking good.