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Running shopping cart software on a home server.?

I have an extra dual Xeon 2.8 Ghz, 2 GB DDR, dual SCSI server lying around that I would like to put to use as an ecommerce web server. What kind of things do I have to be careful about? I have limited linux knowledge but can do about anything I need to by looking up how to. I do not store credit card information on any of our servers or computers, this one won't be any different in that regard. I am interested in learning more about managing linux servers, and I though this would be a great way to do it. I currently have a dedicated IP and a 7m down / 512k up connection. I can easily upgrade to a 15/1 connection and even a 15/2 connection if I have to. How much traffic can a 512k up connection handle?

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1. You should just let someone else host your shopping cart if you are not experienced in it as there are a lot of rules you will need to follow like PCI for Credit Cards, etc.