I am not unsatisfied with my account, I like Dhost. It is one of the better hosts actually, webhosts rarely support 100MB adfree space with even PHP and MySQL support. But still, if I would have controll over my own directory, as if it was on my own computer, I would not need an FTP program for instance

Just drag and drop lol :lol: Also there won't be any other accounts on the same server. So say Dhost has 100 GB of webspace, for dosens of accounts, then if I had my own server I would have 100 GB myself

There will be no issue in having enough space for all my movies. And if I want to, I would be able to install more software or big applications

Of course all this can also be done at paid hosts, but then again, if I pay for a host I can buy me my own host for the same expense (but one time only)
On the other hand, if I had my own host I should manage all the php and apache settings, also those for mysql, manage security settings and so on. Some time ago I tried to set up an Apache installation on my computer, and it worked instandly for files on my own computer, that was cool. But PHP didn't work, and if I surfed to the file, it couln't find it (via http protocol). Maybe that was due to my router, or the fact some settings were incorrect. Without help I would not be able to set up a correct server so I'll stick with Dhost as a lovely webhost. It would just be wonderful if I could do everything myself, such as also support my OWN domain

So, for the information and the thought I might buy my own server in future, are there any devices with advanced harddrives as you described above, that are made for being a server, that also can be connected to a computer just like a USB connected printer?