Rent An Xp2200 On A T1 For $99.99/mo.!

NGOwnerNGOwner Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10543Members
edited December 2003 in General Server Discussion
<a href='http://www.thenetgamer.com' target='_blank'>The Net Gamer</a> will rent you an entire computer, dedicated SOLELY and COMPLETELY to you. One computer. One client. Full Shell Access.

You control what game servers run. You control how many game servers run. You control what games to provide servers for. You control how many related applications run (Webserver, FTP Server, Voice Server, etc.). <u>From the desktop</u> of an OS that is familiar to most everyone: Microsoft Windows.

These are the specifications of our rental computers:

AMD Athlon 2200+
ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard
512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM
30 GB UDMA/100 7200 RPM HD
10/100 Onboard NIC
Windows 2000 Professional
3 Fully Routable, Static IP Addresses

We have four of these bad boys in stock, and we want to move them NOW. The pricing for these systems at the listed bandwidth allocation is as follows:

1.5 Mb/s (a T1 worth) of unmetered bandwidth $99.99 per month
3.0 Mb/s (two T1's worth) of unmetered bandwidth $149.99 per month
5.0 Mb/s (over three T1's worth) of unmetered bandwidth $199.99 per month

Order before December 31, reference this post, and get the setup charge WAIVED.

The Net Gamer is located in Kansas City (<45 ms to Internet exchanges on both US coasts, <10 ms to Internet exchanges on both US borders), an optimal location for clans with members scattered throughout North America. Check your latency to our facility by pinging 66.28.23.65.

<a href='http://www.thenetgamer.com/rentalrigs.shtml' target='_blank'>Learn more</a>
<a href='http://www.thenetgamer.com/faq/faq.php?lang=en&list=category&catnr=9&prog=01&onlynewfaq=7' target='_blank'>See our FAQ</a>

[NG]Owner

Comments

  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    edited December 2003
    You can get this for one hundred bux..

    Super Celeron 2.4

    - 2.4 GHz Celeron
    - 80 GB Drive
    - 512 MB Ram
    - 1000 GB Bandwidth
    - Private VLAN
    - Red Hat, FreeBSD, or Windows
    - $0 Setup / $99 Month
    - $99 Setup / $79 Month
    at servermatrix.
    Or for 20 bux more a
    Super Server 2.4

    - 2.4 GHz Pentium 4
    - 80 GB Drive
    - 512 MB Ram
    - 1000 GB Bandwidth
    - Private VLAN
    - Red Hat, FreeBSD, Windows
    - $0 Setup / $119 Month
    - $99 Setup / $99 Month

    Connection:
    The Network
    No other network in the industry competes with ServerMatrix. We dare you to compare the quality of our network and carriers to those in the industry. We have joined six (6) different Tier one backbone providers together to form the best network infrastructure in the industry. If you want the lowest ping times, lowest latency, and best redundancy available, host with us. Our backbone border routers are Juniper M20's and our fully redundant switching layer comprises a certified six pack design of Cisco™ 6500 series switches. All customer access switches in the datacenter, and there are hundreds of them, are Cisco™ 2950 series switches designed for maximum performance and uptime availability. Our current backbone provider list running the BGP4 protocol is listed below.

    Im not trying to show you up, but im looking at your prices and stuff.
  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    Here's the real deal for all you savvy server ops out there.....


    For a mere $250/month you get.....

    -a guest login to my slackware 9.0 box here at home
    -the ability to run any server software you want, as long as it's natural selection.
    -5 nights of uptime a week (no hosting on friday and saturday nights)
    -Shared access to the amd k6-2 450MHz processor.
    -Shared access to my home dsl for hosting purposes.


    And as a special offer, if you mention this thread I'll give you a free slap to the face.


    Limited time offer. Sign Up Now at www.google.com
  • NGOwnerNGOwner Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10543Members
    Diving into it let's compare for a moment:

    Price: Equal to Celeron, Better than P4
    Processors: XP is better than Celeron, and roughly equal to P4
    Memory: Identical
    HD: They are larger, but 30 GB for gameserving is overkill anyway The 50 GB extra in virtually all cases would go unused.
    VLan: Fluff ... who cares
    Bandwidth: Definate advantage in quantity, disadvantage in predictability. Their bandwidth is summed in and out, effectively leaving you with 500GB per direction. That equals about one and a half T1's. And God forbid a script kiddie gets into your system, or you are DOSed. That counts against your allocation. And you will get a bill. $50 for every 100 GB over your allotment. The Net Gamer NEVER hits you with an overage bill because our bandwidth is unmetered. Use as much as you like, you're invoice will never be more than $99.99 a month.

    In the end the offers are similar. Customers need to select that with which they feel most comfortable.

    [NG]Owner
  • Pebbles-TPFPebbles-TPF Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8237Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--BigBull+Dec 14 2003, 01:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BigBull @ Dec 14 2003, 01:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Im not trying to show you up, but im looking at your prices and stuff. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    For what he is offering, this is a really good Deal.

    And no, I am in competition with [NG]Owner, I do not work for him/her, nor am I affiliated with him/her.

    <i>Pebbs</i>
  • The_amazing_Al_GorgeThe_amazing_Al_Gorge Join Date: 2003-07-14 Member: 18159Members
    i have no idea whats going on qwerty showed me this post
  • QwertyQwerty Join Date: 2003-06-30 Member: 17817Members
    edited December 2003
    well i dont like the T1 part compared to 10mbps
    and as for 100$ for both those servers thats only if you dont have connections
    my friend got a dual AMD 2800+ 1024 ram 10mbps for 119$
  • BigBullBigBull Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15123Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[NG]Owner+Dec 14 2003, 02:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([NG]Owner @ Dec 14 2003, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Diving into it let's compare for a moment:

    Price: Equal to Celeron, Better than P4
    Processors: XP is better than Celeron, and roughly equal to P4
    Memory: Identical
    HD: They are larger, but 30 GB for gameserving is overkill anyway The 50 GB extra in virtually all cases would go unused.
    VLan: Fluff ... who cares
    Bandwidth: Definate advantage in quantity, disadvantage in predictability. Their bandwidth is summed in and out, effectively leaving you with 500GB per direction. That equals about one and a half T1's. And God forbid a script kiddie gets into your system, or you are DOSed. That counts against your allocation. And you will get a bill. $50 for every 100 GB over your allotment. The Net Gamer NEVER hits you with an overage bill because our bandwidth is unmetered. Use as much as you like, you're invoice will never be more than $99.99 a month.

    In the end the offers are similar. Customers need to select that with which they feel most comfortable.

    [NG]Owner <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is a wholebox not just a gameserver.
  • NGOwnerNGOwner Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10543Members
    Ours is also a whole box, not just a gameserver.

    [NG]Owner
  • PaqueMannPaqueMann Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16606Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Gah...right now I'd love to have my own server, wish I could afford it.
  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    I wouldn't bother too much with NS on the server front. Hell, I can't give them away sometimes <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->


    But no matter how you put it, I wouldn't take an MS box as a selling point. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    <span style='color:white'><b>OR</b></span>

    www.webhostingtalk.com and get away from all the greedy people out there trying to shoot you a deal. I know Server Matrix is extremely, popular.

    NG you're lying straight to my face recomending AMD for gameservers and thus at the same time saying it's as good as P4. For a server system (gameservers) P4 is THE BEST! Secondly you don't need all that bandwidth for a gaming server, and you STILL didn't answer my question about RAM hosts last time you posted one of these threads.

    Server Matrix, guys have good deals on WHT and offer great service. Set-Up costs are possibly the only con (vLAN is needed, not "who cares") to their great prices, however a Celly is not a cpu for a gameserver. On annother note, stop hijacking somebody elses thread, it just looks very unprofessional.

    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • verboseverbose Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9968Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Aea+Dec 20 2003, 12:09 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aea @ Dec 20 2003, 12:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> NG you're lying straight to my face recomending AMD for gameservers and thus at the same time saying it's as good as P4. For a server system (gameservers) P4 is THE BEST! Secondly you don't need all that bandwidth for a gaming server, and you STILL didn't answer my question about RAM hosts last time you posted one of these threads. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Please link to documents showing that P4's are definitively better (or even worse!) than AMD XPs in all server applications, or even just game servers. Or even just Half-Life servers! I would like to know why I shouldn't bother considering using AMD chips anymore.

    You can also easily use a megabit and a half or more of bandwidth, especially if you run a higher player slot count, run more than one half-life server, or run a moderately popular web site on the same box.
  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    <a href='http://www.webhostingtalk.com' target='_blank'>http://www.webhostingtalk.com</a> just ask and they'll dig up about 20 posts of facts. Also, I've run HL servers before and they don't eat up much bandwidth continuously, servers aren't popular 24/7 nor have constant usage, overall 500 GB is more then enough unless you would like to run a HUGE ammount of servers, then the ram won't be enough <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • verboseverbose Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9968Members, Constellation
    I'm not going to waste my time asking others on another forum for more hearsay. If your P4 performance claims are indisputable, you should have no problem providing references for the rest of us to analyze.

    Be aware that 500 gigabytes per month is a bit more than a T-1 (1.544 megabits per second) in constant usage, and therefore NG's tiers of bandwidth are not as absurdly large as you previously claimed.
  • NGOwnerNGOwner Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10543Members
    edited December 2003
    Aea,

    It sure seems like I answered your question before. <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=52134&hl=' target='_blank'>Here is the link.</a> How is my response to your RAM question unclear?

    The P4 vs XP argument is like the Windows Linux argument. You will be able to find experts to argue whatever case you want to make. If you don't like XP to the point that you would never run a gameserver off of it, fine, the offer is not for you. That doesn't mean that everyone will share your opinion, no matter how vehemently you express it.

    The VLAN issue truly is moot. It doesn't accomplish anything relevent to hosting a gameserver. If you believe it does, please tell me. I've been wrong before, I figure I'll be wrong again sometime. Setting up VLANs is not outside of our ability, we just haven't been able to justify in our own minds the waste of IP address space to do it.

    The primary difference between how the bandwidth limits are set is the ability to go beyond the allotment. With The Net Gamer, you will NEVER get an overage bill. EVER. Period. It's simply not possible. With those that enforce a GB transfer limit, you run the risk of going over your allotment, and receiving an overage bill. If you do, it can be costly, very costly. If you never go over your allotment, it's not an issue. Keep in mind that in most cases, the allotment is calculated by the sum of inbound and outbound traffic. That means someone with a grudge against you, or your server, or your clan, can create issues for you that could hit you in the wallet. Food for thought.

    [NG]Owner
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