Would you pay for a dedicated server?

Mabey this will help a little

Originally posted by Nxs@May 6 2003, 09:31 AM
Mabey this will help a little

From Nxs' link:

As a rough rule of thumb, each player requires anywhere from 50 to 80 KBps.
You need a *minimum* of a T1 to support a 16 player server, dual T1 (3 Mb)
for a 32 player server, and just over 6 Mb for a 64 player server (although
that can hit up to 7 or 8 Mb/sec depending on how many people are connecting
and downloading maps). Basically you need some serious bandwidth for anything
over a 16 player server and it should be dedicated hardware (i.e. it\'s only a
server, no GUI or other apps running on it).

As far as the hardware, here is a rough estimate/guide of what kind of server
to host on what kind of bandwidth:


CPU/NETWORK 128kbit 256kbit 512kbit T1(1.4Mbit) > 2Mbit 10Mbit > T3(45Mbit)
PIII 500 2 4 8 12 12
PIII 800 2 4 8 20 20
PIII 1300 2 4 8 24 32
PIV 2000 2 4 8 24 64


General rule of thumb:
Cable Modem: 4 - 6 players.
DSL Line: 8 - 10 players
T1+ 16 - X players. (X is dependant on your connection)


THE SERVER WILL CONSUME 85 TO 100% OF YOUR CPU. This means YOU CANNOT RUN AN
INTERNET SERVER ON AND PLAY FROM THE SAME MACHINE. SERVERS MUST BE DEDICATED FOR
OPTIMAL AND PROPER PERFORMANCE.

Thanks bud

No probleemo Bucky!

As I expected... requests are a bit higher than what a shared server can handle.

Our main box has the cpu to handle it, but we would kill the bandwidth monthly limit and pay bad penalties.

I don't think a similar server for 32 people can be fixed for less than a 150 / month... maybe even more, of course 32*$10 ($5) is cheap for every single player.. but getting 32 people to pay and every month too sounds really hard.

good luck bucky

Why not just find some-ones empty clan server everynight, and post the server IP, ofcourse other people will join, but thats the only downside, as their are loads of empty servers, also, not being able to choose the game is a bad thing too, just stick to battlefield! (as i am getting a key tomorrow )

Originally posted by hiv@May 7 2003, 01:48 PM
As I expected... requests are a bit higher than what a shared server can handle.

Our main box has the cpu to handle it, but we would kill the bandwidth monthly limit and pay bad penalties.

I don't think a similar server for 32 people can be fixed for less than a 150 / month... maybe even more, of course 32*$10 ($5) is cheap for every single player.. but getting 32 people to pay and every month too sounds really hard.

good luck bucky

Yep, same conclusions that I came to. And with only 7 people interested in paying....

Hey, at least I made the attempt. Oh well, I guess I'll go back to Planetside.

Anybody cares get together another war night, I'll be happy to jump in

Originally posted by Syanide@May 7 2003, 07:02 PM
Why not just find some-ones empty clan server everynight, and post the server IP, ofcourse other people will join, but thats the only downside, as their are loads of empty servers, also, not being able to choose the game is a bad thing too, just stick to battlefield! (as i am getting a key tomorrow )

how u gettin a key?!

i want one

My friend who got the game, he is so stupid to give me it, but what the hell, i dont like him anyway, btw wonder if it'll get cancelled :O

DAMN U!!!

I always have a war night I am constantly play DC! I will be again in about an hour or so also At the moment I am setting up both puters to run RTCW ET I think next time we play rtcw, I will set the other puter to be on the team with Bucky and tk the hell out of him heeheheh