TF2 server questions

[comsteak]

I'm wanting to start a 24 tf2 server and im wanting to know...

-What would be a good hardwere specs list. Not minimal but not over kill niether.

-Would it be wise to use a home internet connection(6 mbps down stream) for hosting.

-And would using an ssd instead of a hard disk would be good.

Thanks
-Steak the Mighty

[Mooga]

1) 2.5Ghz Dual Core will let you run 2 full servers, or 1 server and other stuff.
2) No... but we need your upload speed.
3) HDD works fine.

[comsteak]

768kbps up stream. is that any good?

[UPDATE] I am 1.5 mbps not 768kbps. is that good enough?

[Mooga]

Not for a full 24-slot server.

[SirHaxalot]

If I remember right, I could host a 20 slot TF2 arena with 2,5Mbit upload, and it worked reasonably well. A full 24slot however won't work well with that little bandwidth.

[Darksoul]

1.5Mbps isn't really enough for 24 slots, or even really 20 slots.

Get a new internet connection before thinking of hosting.

[loopyman]

Colocate.

[Darksoul]

(05-09-2010, 09:09 AM)loopyman Wrote:  Colocate.

Or get a better internet connection and host from home.

[loopyman]

Or co-locate in a professional facility with redundant power, network, and cooling.

[Darksoul]

(05-09-2010, 09:48 AM)loopyman Wrote:  Or co-locate in a professional facility with redundant power, network, and cooling.

I'm a full blown free webhost and I host from home. Explain to me why I would want to colocate if all I was doing was hosting a gameserver or two?.

Redundant power?. UPS and a generator, seeing as the OP is not going to be hosting 30-60 servers, a UPS would be fine with one 1kW portable generator.

Network?. What is to prevent LAN issues in a datacenter?. I'm pretty sure if your computer only has one ethernet port, if the switch it is connected to has a issue then your screwed anyway.

Cooling?. One server won't heat up your room that much.

I'm guessing when you mentioned network you meant multiple carriers, shockingly you can use your own custom router and setup a WAN failover so if one is down the other takes priority, or even balance them together to get faster speeds.

I don't see a reason the OP should colocate for a gameserver or two.

[Mooga]

Simple answer Bandwidth and Speed.

[Darksoul]

(05-09-2010, 10:26 AM)Mooga Wrote:  Simple answer Bandwidth and Speed.

I have more monthly transfer atm hosting from home then I would have if I colocated with any "good" datacenter that did allow colocation.

[Mooga]

You have a 100mbit connection with over 2TB of bandwidth?
Then you're fine.

[Darksoul]

(05-09-2010, 02:21 PM)Mooga Wrote:  You have a 100mbit connection with over 2TB of bandwidth?
Then you're fine.

No. I have a 50Mbps unmetered fiber business connection. 25 down and 25 up, giving me a total of 7.8TB + 7.8TB per month or 15.6TB per month total.

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Also shockingly it is cheaper then colocating one server at a quality datacenter. No, I am not talking about joes datacenter - you know, the datacenter with the connection that sometimes is down for 35 minutes and takes seven days to answer a simple bandwidth inquiry via ticket?.

Any good colocation will run at $170+. That is if you want the big datacenters anyway - http://www.fdcservers.net/server_colocation.php - anything over 10Mbps and your paying high prices.

Sure, you can find some semi-decent colocation for $100-$120, but why do that when you can get my connection for $120 per month?.