Spare i5 3570K in the house

Curve

<div class="IPBDescription">Time to run a server?</div>So I think I can handle the server settup (Found <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/index.php/Dedicated_Server" target="_blank">this</a>)

The only thing that makes me question the point of bothering is:

<a href="http://www.speedtest.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/1979674740.png" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>

Would it even be worth bothering if I can only get a 1.95ms/s upload rate?

ArcL!ght

if those were 2MB you would be ok... you need atleast 5-6 Mbit for server tho (16 slot), DL is nice, but UP needs a boost (you kinda got my problem hehe)

Dghelneshi

<!--quoteo(post=1922062:date=Apr 5 2012, 09:38 AM:name=invTempest)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (invTempest @ Apr 5 2012, 09:38 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1922062"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The following is a graph for 1 month (march 4th - April 4th) for a server box running 3 NS2 servers @ 18 slots.

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/wpmXZ.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

In total, 1.32 TB of data was used during the month which averages out to about 43 GB of bandwidth per day.

On a per hour basis this is about 1.8 GB of bandwidth both in and out for all 3 servers.

On a per server per hour basis running at 18 slots it is roughly 600 MB of bandwidth.

On a per slot per hour basis it is approximately 33.3 MB.

On a per slot per minute basis it is approximately .555 MB / 555 KB.

On a per slot per second basis it is approximately 9.25 KB.

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6Mb/s is for 3 servers. 2Mb/s should suffice for 14-16 slots.

bEEb

I was thinking of setting up a server on the West Coast as well. Is there any alternative freeware to portforward? I wouldnt mind paying Im just not sure if I would keep the server up forever. This is more of a dry run to see what it can handle.

Kouji_San

Depends on how much your other clients need though, torrent much? :P

bEEb

Not at all. The only action would be from the players on the server.

player

<!--quoteo(post=1940043:date=May 30 2012, 02:31 PM:name=Dghelneshi)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dghelneshi @ May 30 2012, 02:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1940043"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->6Mb/s is for 3 servers. 2Mb/s should suffice for 14-16 slots.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It adds up, but I would note that there is a difference between bandwidth burst-speed and maximum-speed. If the 1.95Mb/s was only sustained after a couple of seconds of build-up, you cannot realistically use it for calculations with regards to an extremely latency-sensitive application (eg. online shooters). But with 16 slots you're still quite a ways below that 1.95Mb/s, so it'll probably work out reasonably. Don't run anything else on that connection though...