Hosting Server

[UT-Jackal]

Me and a friend were wanting to host some game servers (CS:S, TF2, etc) and while i have learned a lot about media servers here, i was wondering if anyone could either tell me or point me in the right direction of a solid game hosting server build.

This might not be the right place to post this, but I didn't see anything that looked quite right.

 

[Shockey]

How many game server are going to be running on the box?

How many players?

this will helpful to those who do reply and can help yeah i don't know much about game servers.

 

[UT-Jackal]

DIdn't think much about it i guess.

I would hope to be able to get at least 4/16 people servers, and maybe a 10-12 person match server. I'm really asking blindly here. I know i should do more research but that I will do later. =P

 

[Pocatello]

The computer that you use, and how you build it, is not nearly as important as having a great upload speed.

That is why the best game servers are hosted in professional hosting locations...where the upload speed can be really fast.

Running a game server from your home, which I imagine you are doing, won't work so well unless you plan on doing a LAN party. But if you are planning to host this to the internet, you might want to think this over again.

 

[Blue Fox]

Build a cheap quad core machine and 4gb+ of RAM, get a 1U case, and then contact Ockie about putting it in one of his racks. Network speeds will be key, so this isn't something that you can do from home (especially if you have multiple servers up).