Do you buy servers or game servers?

[liam12360]

I would just like to know how many of you buy game servers (per slot price, like gameservers.com) or dedicated/virtual private servers (one price per month and you manage it).

I'm starting a server hosting business and would just like to know if I should advertise toward the game server admin market.

Also, if you don't mind, it would be nice if you could post the price you're paying for either.

Thanks gang,
Liam

[NightLinks]

I'm currently renting by slot but I will be moving soon to dedicated hosting soon.

[hankinator]

Honestly. a VPS and a dedicated are quite different. I doubt anyone here actually rents a VPS for a server. At least one that requires a lot. Most people have dedi's unless they are cheap.

[cookies911]

If i can i would always get a box, no doubt. When time comes for cheap 1000FPS servers, i will rent.

[ilinx]

True, a VPS wouldnt be able to hold out a srcds server, perhaps a small hlds server if you get lucky with the node though.
Yeah I use my own box.

[cookies911]

(04-11-2010, 12:10 PM)ilinx Wrote:  True, a VPS wouldnt be able to hold out a srcds server, perhaps a small hlds server if you get lucky with the node though.
Yeah I use my own box.

Depending on the VPS server, you can hold a decent srcds server. 100tick at 256FPS. Resource management is going to be a hassle, i ran 100 tick 500 fps private for fun when i had spare money on it, with MYSql running on it at the same time. It was okay, but I would not recommend it at all.