Who's Your Server Host!?

BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
edited March 2005 in General Server Discussion
I am just wanting to know what companies are good out there, and what kind of service people have received from these companies. I notice a lot of places will charge more for NS because of CPU issues. If you can, include what you pay approximately for what number of players, and where your server is located. IP's would be nice so anyone could use your server to test out their connection to it and essentially test out the service provider <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I'll start off with my host (I am interested in switching if I find a better solution):
Host: <a href='http://www.canadian-gamer.com' target='_blank'>Canadian Gamer</a>
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Basically in Toronto!)
Hosting Type: Dedicated Server Rental
Specs: Intel Celeron 2.66 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 200GB 8MB Cache HardDrive
Bandwidth: 200GB/mo
Cost: CAD $107/mo
NS Specs: 16 player max, NS maps mainly
Server IP/Name: (see my signature)

Just a note...include US or CAD or whatever currency is used! The entire world does not use US dollars, so be clear!
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  • GiGaBiTeGiGaBiTe Join Date: 2003-10-07 Member: 21489Members
    omg, your getting screwed. a celeron for a server?! dear god they must be cheap scapes to even consider use of them in servers.

    server matrix is the only host i know of, they seem to be good from the servers i have been on.
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  • BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
    The idea is to see what is out there, not bash someone else's server setup. The more details that can be provided, the better.
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  • AdvPredatorAdvPredator Join Date: 2004-03-04 Member: 27137Members
    edited March 2005
    Celeron are good for hosting server too. I Gigabite, I don't know if you know much about hardware but the only difference is the processor and a celeron can handle a 32 player server with no lag. You only need to know how to config it.

    Me I actually only have a homemade server because I'm not working and it's enough at this time for my small community <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    (But I still wish to have a dedicated server for making a bigger community <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
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  • GiGaBiTeGiGaBiTe Join Date: 2003-10-07 Member: 21489Members
    i bash celerons, because of how crappy the chip actually is. the old celerons were pII and PIII's with tons of features removed and 64 or 128 kb of cache. the new celerons are the old 423 pin P4's, with basically the same story, alot less cache so the cpu has to rely on external memory to store calculations its done instead of having the additional cache on the cpu which slows things down alot.

    but if its in your budget to only get a celeron, i guess thats what you stick with. personally i go with amd because they are cheaper and perform better in what i want them to do than intel chips do.
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  • BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
    Yes, celeron's aren't the greatest for running high end servers, but it does ok for us now. We are looking at maybe changing our setup around and that's mainly why I posted this thread. I want to know what companies have been used, how they are, and what kind of setups you get for what money...

    I'm not here to argue anything and I don't care about what you run off your residential connection (good for you and thanks for helping out the NS community by providing small servers for players to play on, but I don't want to hear from you). This goes out to anyone that actually has a dedicated game server rented from a hosting company.

    Thanks
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  • DEADscottDEADscott Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15022Members, Constellation
    I rent a box not a game server from <a href='http://www.bfgservers.com' target='_blank'>http://www.bfgservers.com</a> Ive been with them about 2 years. I wont tell you what I pay but its comparable to the rest of the big guys. Browse their prices. They've been good to me, tech support is real good or I've just been lucky.
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  • mindstormmastermindstormmaster Join Date: 2003-01-08 Member: 12039Members
    We bought a server and have it colocated in Los Angeles. It's running a single NS instance right now, but is capable of at least another instance. PM me if you're curious to know more.

    Also renting a dedicated Celeron server on the East Coast running websites and email. Pings are too high on the West coast to run a server on.
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  • BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
    Ya, if it's too far, the pings just suck. I'm up in Ontario, close to Toronto, so something in Canada would be nice or even just across the border like in NY or something.
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  • modiemodie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13758Members, Constellation
    Here are some places to rent servers from. These servers would need to be administered by yourself as they are unmanaged - I should point out that I am employee of superbservers.net...

    <a href='http://superbservers.net' target='_blank'>http://superbservers.net</a> - P4 - 2.4Ghz, 512MB Ram, 80GB IDE - Fedora - $99/m - W2K3 Web - $114/m - 1000GB/m included - Datacenter in Virginia - COLO available

    <a href='http://servermatrix.net' target='_blank'>http://servermatrix.net</a> - P4 - 2.4Ghz, 1GB Ram, 80GB IDE - RHL Enterprise - $109/m - W2K3 - $109/m - 1200GB/m included - Datacenter in Dallas

    <a href='http://ev1servers.net' target='_blank'>http://ev1servers.net</a> - P4 - 2.4Ghz, 512MB Ram, 80GB IDE - RHL Enterprise - $149/m - W2K3 Web - $189 per month - 1000GB/m included - Datacenter in Dallas

    <a href='http://managed.com' target='_blank'>http://managed.com</a> - P4 - 2.4Ghz, 1GB Ram, 120GB IDE - Currently out of stock - $85/m - no other prices on website - Datacenter in Calafornia
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  • BlueNovemberBlueNovember hax Join Date: 2003-02-28 Member: 14137Members, Constellation
    Digitalservers.co.uk, London.

    £250 / anum for 16 players
    Budget as heck; CPU and Ram is high, (dual processors, 1gig ram? I'd have to check,) but the box is shared, so there are periodic lag spikes. We're also the only NS server they run, so the servers competing for resources are CS:Source... :\
    Pings spike to about 250 about once a week. Most of the time pings are <50. Worth the annoyance for the cost.

    Teamspeak server included.

    I would not really recommend them unless you're really going for budget.
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  • SionSion Join Date: 2004-09-10 Member: 31572Members
    edited March 2005
    funnily enough I'm my own host ... we also rent a dedi out to brys ns servers


    www.urbangamer.co.uk

    I agree that celerons do not make for good game servers due to the s*** cache. You'd be much better off with an AMD 64 athlon based server.

    now they are powerfull and not too expensive. of course you could always go for the xeon, itanium and operton options but that's uber £


    we are based in red bus merdian gate house London UK.

    and our NS servers are all in the top 20 uk servers on server spy <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • vIzvIz Join Date: 2005-01-15 Member: 35626Members
    Me is hosting two 12port NS-Servers on a Linux Machine at www.xantron.de

    AMD Sempron 2800+
    512 MB/DDR RAM
    80 Gigs HDD
    300 Gigs Traffic
    Debian Linux

    The Server is located in the German Town Essen which is near Cologne and runs on the European Lambdanet. Nearly all europeans have very good Pings on my Servers and at Night the Server is full with East Coast Americans. With about 5Megs up and downstream, the Server is fast a s Hell.

    And i only pay 35Euros per Month. Really a good decision.

    80.86.187.169:27025 #mycG.Wunderland der Freudhaftigkeit
    80.86.187.169:27035 #mycG.Der Wirbelsaeulenknacker
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  • BryBry Join Date: 2003-01-23 Member: 12609Members
    Bry's Natural Selection Classic and Combat Only Servers

    CPU: AMD64-3000+
    RAM: 2 x 512mb Major on 3rd DDR 400 (1024mb total)
    HD: 120gb Maxtor fireball 8mb cache
    Case: 2u rackmount Chenbro RM 214
    Optical: Sony CD/RW+ series (52x52x52 I think)
    Net: 100mb/s connection strait into our main cisco 2950 switch.
    OS: Windows 2003 server Standard edition

    from <a href='http://www.urbangamer.co.uk' target='_blank'>UrbanGamer</a>
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  • SionSion Join Date: 2004-09-10 Member: 31572Members
    See bry has seen the light rwar! <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • MrAgentMrAgent Join Date: 2003-05-19 Member: 16487Members, Constellation
    I use a Recon Gamer dedicated server
    6 Month contract is $89.99
    The following are the server specs
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    Athlon XP 2000
    512 MB DDR RAM
    40GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive
    1400 GB/month of Transfer Included!
    Windows XP
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    Not a bad deal.
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  • QwertyQwerty Join Date: 2003-06-30 Member: 17817Members
    2.8ghz dual xeons on 100mbps are pretty. gots 3
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  • eliotmateliotmat Join Date: 2002-12-01 Member: 10350Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    We use www.bossgames.net.

    They aren't good about updating their webpage, but their service is good.
    Bossgames is located in Houston, TX.
    The hardware is OK, and prices are good. We've been with them since July 2003.

    I can't even remember what our old host was called, but they sucked the big green weenie.
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  • cracker_jackmaccracker_jackmac Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6891Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-eliotmat+Mar 28 2005, 05:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eliotmat @ Mar 28 2005, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> We use www.bossgames.net.

    They aren't good about updating their webpage, but their service is good.
    Bossgames is located in Houston, TX.
    The hardware is OK, and prices are good. We've been with them since July 2003.

    I can't even remember what our old host was called, but they sucked the big green weenie. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ditto. Your right sir, they are having trouble deciding on a website layout, but the service is great. AIm, cell number, email,whatever.

    I've worked with the owner since 2001 at ev1servers.net. He's one of the best technicians there. He's good, trust me. The co-owner is pretty smart as well. They have servers at ev1servers.net and the planet.

    I got a friend price because I help him so much setting them up. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> But even their public rates are very competitive. I can get a 20 player pub, NS server for about 100$ I think. But thats not offical and off the cuff.

    www.bossgames.net
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  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    I have a co-located dedicated server based in Detroit, Michigan. <a href='http://www.waveform.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.waveform.net/</a>

    amd xp 2400+
    1.5 gigs of ram
    40 gig harddrive
    suse 9.1 linux
    ds3 connection -


    all that for $50.00 a month with 300 gb of bandwidth to use.
    team-2id.net:27015
    team-2id.net:27016
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  • BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-airyK+Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (airyK @ Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a co-located dedicated server based in Detroit, Michigan. <a href='http://www.waveform.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.waveform.net/</a>

    amd xp 2400+
    1.5 gigs of ram
    40 gig harddrive
    suse 9.1 linux
    ds3 connection -


    all that for $50.00 a month with 300 gb of bandwidth to use.
    team-2id.net:27015
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    Is that your own server? Or are you renting it from them?

    I'm going to check out your server ping times from up here near Toronto, and see how they are...
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  • ModmakerModmaker Join Date: 2004-05-22 Member: 28823Members
    Hey guys i am selling servers right now good deals to. contact me if anyone want more info on prices and stuff. Senci we just started selling NS servers! Msn Skybex_war_war@hotmail.com my aim Hacker98981
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  • The_MAzTerThe_MAzTer Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11784Members, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    I get mine for free server from <a href='http://www.nsr-hosting.com' target='_blank'>http://www.nsr-hosting.com</a> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> (no they dont sponsor!)

    Server Spec:
    Supermicro SC811T
    Supermicro P4SCi
    Intel Pentium 4 3.0
    4x 512 DDR 400
    2x 120gb RAID 1
    100mbit uplink
    located in one of the best dutch networks (and one of the most expensive <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

    IP 80.84.250.185 (up around 8 / 9 April)
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  • EdgeEdge Join Date: 2003-10-20 Member: 21820Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-MrAgent+Mar 27 2005, 11:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrAgent @ Mar 27 2005, 11:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I use a Recon Gamer dedicated server
    6 Month contract is $89.99
    The following are the server specs
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    Athlon XP 2000
    512 MB DDR RAM
    40GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive
    1400 GB/month of Transfer Included!
    Windows XP
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    Not a bad deal. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I use the same, the Recon Gamer control panel is excellent as well.
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  • InnocuousInnocuous Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26671Members
    www.branzone.com
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  • lloudxlloudx Join Date: 2005-04-13 Member: 48291Members
    edited April 2005
    ..
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  • xevilwyvernxxevilwyvernx Join Date: 2005-04-15 Member: 48495Members
    I just got mine at zeroservers.net today. In there new chicago location
    49.99 for 20 player
    Mines on a dual xeon
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  • JHunzJHunz Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8815Members, Constellation
    We're on ServerMatrix
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  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Boris+Apr 6 2005, 02:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boris @ Apr 6 2005, 02:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-airyK+Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (airyK @ Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a co-located dedicated server based in Detroit, Michigan. <a href='http://www.waveform.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.waveform.net/</a>

    amd xp 2400+
    1.5 gigs of ram
    40 gig harddrive
    suse 9.1 linux
    ds3 connection -


    all that for $50.00 a month with 300 gb of bandwidth to use.
    team-2id.net:27015
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    Is that your own server? Or are you renting it from them?

    I'm going to check out your server ping times from up here near Toronto, and see how they are... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes this is my own server, "co-location" means you providing the server and they provide the connection at their location. You can rent dedicated boxes from them <a href='http://www.waveform.net/dedicated/' target='_blank'>here</a> .
    $69.00/mo. Free Setup.

    * Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz
    o 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 - add $10/month
    * Genuine Intel motherboard.
    * SuperMicro Rack Chassis
    * Fedora Core 3 Linux or FreeBSD 5.3 preinstalled
    o Microsoft Windows 2003 Server - Add $15.00/month
    * 512MB PC2700 RAM (upgrades up to 2GB available)
    o 1GB Add - $7.00/month
    * 80GB - 7200RPM Hard drive (upgrades up to dual 250 GB available)
    o 120GB Add $5.00/month
    * 700 GB Monthly Transfer included free
    * 100Mb/s Full Duplex Fast Ethernet connection: Uncapped for maximum performance.
    taken from their site, im not affiliated with them in any way except being a happy customer.

    They are very friendly guys i have personally been down there twice for installing the server and once again for making a hardware upgrade.
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  • BorisBoris Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11636Members
    I'm just about to switch to these guys. I've had a test server put up for me since last Wednesday, and it runs great!

    Mr|Server is currently hosted @ their Montreal location...

    <a href='http://hostinggames.net' target='_blank'>http://hostinggames.net</a>
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  • MrAgentMrAgent Join Date: 2003-05-19 Member: 16487Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-airyK+Apr 17 2005, 10:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (airyK @ Apr 17 2005, 10:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Boris+Apr 6 2005, 02:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boris @ Apr 6 2005, 02:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-airyK+Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (airyK @ Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have a co-located dedicated server based in Detroit, Michigan. <a href='http://www.waveform.net/' target='_blank'>http://www.waveform.net/</a>

    amd xp 2400+
    1.5 gigs of ram
    40 gig harddrive
    suse 9.1 linux
    ds3 connection -


    all that for $50.00 a month with 300 gb of bandwidth to use.
    team-2id.net:27015
    team-2id.net:27016<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is that your own server? Or are you renting it from them?

    I'm going to check out your server ping times from up here near Toronto, and see how they are... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes this is my own server, "co-location" means you providing the server and they provide the connection at their location. You can rent dedicated boxes from them <a href='http://www.waveform.net/dedicated/' target='_blank'>here</a> .
    $69.00/mo. Free Setup.

    * Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz
    o 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 - add $10/month
    * Genuine Intel motherboard.
    * SuperMicro Rack Chassis
    * Fedora Core 3 Linux or FreeBSD 5.3 preinstalled
    o Microsoft Windows 2003 Server - Add $15.00/month
    * 512MB PC2700 RAM (upgrades up to 2GB available)
    o 1GB Add - $7.00/month
    * 80GB - 7200RPM Hard drive (upgrades up to dual 250 GB available)
    o 120GB Add $5.00/month
    * 700 GB Monthly Transfer included free
    * 100Mb/s Full Duplex Fast Ethernet connection: Uncapped for maximum performance.
    taken from their site, im not affiliated with them in any way except being a happy customer.

    They are very friendly guys i have personally been down there twice for installing the server and once again for making a hardware upgrade. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thats an awesome deal. When my dedicated server contract expires, I may have to switch.
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