12-19-2008, 01:34 AM
Well, I used to host a server from home two or so years back but stopped doing it for a while and moved to dedicated servers. I however have recently gotten fed up with the outrages prices for anything over a P4 (seventy dollars a month if you go with a place that provides good quality bandwidth). Since I'm not exactly hosting more then one or two servers at a time, I decided to host from home again.
I would be doing it right this second but comcast recently put up a 250GB a month cap. So I'm just waiting for verizon fios to get their service up and running. Current ETA is three weeks to two months.
I figure I could host two 64 slots comfortably on 2.0MB/s upload. But for the time being I'm looking at perhaps one 48 slot server and one 16 slot server.
That being said, let me start with my questions:
What kind of networking should I install for the server?. Currently I have a netbook, personal PC, a few gaming consoles and one or two other small servers setup. Should I go with a router + switch or ditch the router and go for a pure switch setup?.
Second, in the event of a power outage would this UPS and backup generator be up to the job?.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101225&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-UPS+(Back+Up+Power+Supply)-_-Belkin-_-42101225
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-MegaPower-1000-Watt-1KW-Portable-Gasoline-Generator_W0QQitemZ330256554946QQcmdZViewItem
They would be powering the servers - not the netbook, since it has its own battery - and my personal computer. My personal computer has a 585 watt PSU. The server currently has a 425 watt PSU and I'm not to sure about the other computers. My question: will the computers only draw the amount of power they need or the entire amount the PSU can draw.
We have few power outages so the generator would likely not be needed, still it's great just in case.
What is the amount of ram per player SRCDS uses?. about 4MB?. I ran a 8 slot css server with 84MB ram and a 400Mhz celeron processor.
I might just setup the UPS and generator for the server alone.
Well, thats about it for my questions. I contacted Verizon before and talked to BOTH the guys installing the barebone network and the guys splitting in the fios. So far they have said it would be fine to host servers on it. The sales rep on the phone didn't know however. I'll take my chances.
Has anyone here done this and been successful?. I'm guessing a good amount of people have tried this here. Any advice or suggestions?.
I would be doing it right this second but comcast recently put up a 250GB a month cap. So I'm just waiting for verizon fios to get their service up and running. Current ETA is three weeks to two months.
I figure I could host two 64 slots comfortably on 2.0MB/s upload. But for the time being I'm looking at perhaps one 48 slot server and one 16 slot server.
That being said, let me start with my questions:
What kind of networking should I install for the server?. Currently I have a netbook, personal PC, a few gaming consoles and one or two other small servers setup. Should I go with a router + switch or ditch the router and go for a pure switch setup?.
Second, in the event of a power outage would this UPS and backup generator be up to the job?.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101225&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-UPS+(Back+Up+Power+Supply)-_-Belkin-_-42101225
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-MegaPower-1000-Watt-1KW-Portable-Gasoline-Generator_W0QQitemZ330256554946QQcmdZViewItem
They would be powering the servers - not the netbook, since it has its own battery - and my personal computer. My personal computer has a 585 watt PSU. The server currently has a 425 watt PSU and I'm not to sure about the other computers. My question: will the computers only draw the amount of power they need or the entire amount the PSU can draw.
We have few power outages so the generator would likely not be needed, still it's great just in case.
What is the amount of ram per player SRCDS uses?. about 4MB?. I ran a 8 slot css server with 84MB ram and a 400Mhz celeron processor.
I might just setup the UPS and generator for the server alone.
Well, thats about it for my questions. I contacted Verizon before and talked to BOTH the guys installing the barebone network and the guys splitting in the fios. So far they have said it would be fine to host servers on it. The sales rep on the phone didn't know however. I'll take my chances.
Has anyone here done this and been successful?. I'm guessing a good amount of people have tried this here. Any advice or suggestions?.