Getting a dedicated server

Shaye87 · 15 May 2009 at 15:24

Hey guys
I am now thinking getting a dedicated server with the following spec:

» Intel Core2Duo 2 x 2.1Ghz+
» 2GB DDR2 PC5400 RAM
» 160GB SATA2 Hard Drive

+ Ubuntu (Latest) as the OS.

I am going with this spec as it seem the cheapest tbh.
I am not going to become a reseller or anything, just wanna be hosting my own game servers, voice servers etc...

What do you think of it, and how many game/voice servers should I be expecting to be able to run?

Thanks

Shaye87 · 15 May 2009 at 22:42

well the main target is running game servers, in addition 1 VOIP server such as team speak or ventrilo...

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So you are saying this won't be enough to hold 4 game servers + 1 VOIP server? that's all I need.

Games: CSS/TF2/L4D/KF (killing floor) and such.

Shaye87 · 16 May 2009 at 11:27

it comes with a 2TB monthly bandwidth limit. what do you think?
shouldn't be that enough for the above?
thanks!

Shaye87 · 16 May 2009 at 14:50

Lonz said:
Unless all of your servers are uber-popular (and I mean, 95% capacity, 95% of the time), those specs will be more than enough and so will the bandwidth. I don't know which servers you're running though. Source servers tend to use more RAM as opposed to processing power, which is cheap as chips if you want to upgrade at any point.

OS is also a personal preference. If you're hot on your Linux then by all means go for it, but more often than not I've had clients in the past wanting to move over to a Windows OS simply for the reason they can maintain their server easier from a remote location.

Hope this helps.

Hey Lonz.
The kind of servers will be: CSS/TF2/L4D/KF (killing floor), 1 from each. and a temaspeak server.
Do you still think it will be enough?

Shaye87 · 16 May 2009 at 16:23

So that's a no then?
As I said: running a L4D server is a requirement as well as the other servers.
Let me put it this way:

Can the above spec, run the following:
1 L4D server (To be able to versus, 8 slots i reckon?)
1 TF2 server (16 slots)
1 CSS server (16 slots)
1 Killing Floor server (6 slots)
1 TeamSpeak server (X slots)

Yes/No?

Thank you.

Shaye87 · 16 May 2009 at 20:38

thank you so much Lonz. Appreciated

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Shaye87 · 18 May 2009 at 12:07

not sure if i am allowed to say without breaking any of the forum rules?

Shaye87 · 18 May 2009 at 20:09

Finally went with the following:
» Intel Core2Duo 2 x 2.5Ghz
» 2GB DDR2 PC5400 RAM
» 250GB SATA2 Hard Drive
» 2000GB transfer allowance /month
» Bandwidth usage monitoring
» FREE AUTOMATED REBOOTS!
» FREE DEDI SERVER SETUP!

+ Windows server 2003 32 bit.

All for £55/mo.

@MossyUK: I am running this mainly for a community site that is in the works, I don't mind paying that amount monthly if it serves me and the community.

Cheers.