What I would like to achieve is WordPress running on a read-only file system, probably with a ram disk to handle things that does not to be done when the computer is running.
Reboot it and I would be back to the proper configuration. I would schedule one reboot every 12 hours I figure.
Does anyone know of any good documentation on handling the read only / ram drive configuration.
I had a great link from a long time ago but I just cant find it.
(Yes WordPress is bad. I should use a static site generator with nearly free hosting anyways)
I know but I have not found one I like yet.
(Yes hosting in your own home is a bad idea. you are not not setup for power failure, disk failure, scaling, etc)
All true, but I would like to try it. I think performance wise I will easily reach parity with cheaper end WordPress hosts) Plus if it goes down, well it wont be a big deal, I am not enterprisy.
I will have a dedicated hardware firewall in front of it.
I operate a few blogs running Bludit[0]. I do this since WP is highly complex. I like to keep it simple. But Wordpress is handy if you're a control freak and love to tinker.
Why do you want a read-only filesystem for WP? I have several WP installs running under XAMPP, and if I want to, I could have a hundred, or...a thousand for testing purposes.