Hardware req. for server hosting
Tquila
Join Date: 2010-02-26 Member: 70738Members, NS2 Playtester
Join Date: 2010-02-26 Member: 70738Members, NS2 Playtester
Just a quick question. What sort of hardware is required to host a server (mainly Memory/CPU) and what speed does it need to run?
If the game follows the general multiplayer game connection trend this equation could suffice:
UL = 10 * PlayerSlots;
on a 24 slot server would require 240kb/s or equivalent to ~2.5-3mbit in upload.
I can support anywhere from 25 to 100mbit upload but my hardware is a little more limited. Mainly the RAM.
Would have been lovely to be able to run Ubunty without desktop to save memory, but as it seems it's only Win32 for now which leaves me with my Windows Server 2008.
Any knowledge would be awesome.
/Kola
If the game follows the general multiplayer game connection trend this equation could suffice:
UL = 10 * PlayerSlots;
on a 24 slot server would require 240kb/s or equivalent to ~2.5-3mbit in upload.
I can support anywhere from 25 to 100mbit upload but my hardware is a little more limited. Mainly the RAM.
Would have been lovely to be able to run Ubunty without desktop to save memory, but as it seems it's only Win32 for now which leaves me with my Windows Server 2008.
Any knowledge would be awesome.
/Kola
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I also have FIOS which isnt made for hosting.
And my computer is from 2004.
Oh i have only 1 gig of ram and a AMD64-Athlon FX-55 but i run in 32 bit.
Hope this sheds some light onto you and your worries.
(Setting the server hosting whatever to HIGHEST PRIORITY will boost the servers capability by a ######load, and putting whatever game your playing that has the server on it to lowest prioroity will allow smooooth playing.)
It's a 2.4Ghz AMD processor along with a top of the line motherboard from the peroid. Only issue is it only has 1gig ram, but I can probably buy 2 gigs or something if it's horrible. Guess it also depends how well the server code performs.