The "unused" content servers probably don't have the update on them to serve out to users at that particular point in time for some reason or other. Filtered content servers are restricted by IP address ranges, not to specific Steam user accounts.
Running your own content server is a significant investment not just in hardware (thats the small part really), but also bandwidth as they can use extreme amounts. Our two in Australia (that aren't filtered currently) do a combined peak of well over 1.5Gbit of traffic, lately a lot more than that (one of them is running at around 900Mbit right now, the other one not far behind that). 1nsane wrote: > But wait... how about Valve fixes the updatetool to not use overloaded > servers? :D > > There's plenty of unused content servers when an update happens, piles of > them! > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:19 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I believe this would surplus the requirements: >> http://www.100tb.com/ >> >> >> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Mark Gunnett <mgunnett4...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >>> I believe Valve would Approve. Like the KB Article Page says, you need >>> those >>> req's to be a content host. If you look at the stats page, nearly all the >>> non-valve Content providers are filtered and only serve a few people, not >>> the entire valve network. So it's possible. The Server though would be >>> pretty expensive though looking at those minimum specs. Then again, The >>> most >>> expensive thing would be the bandwidth.... >>> >>> -- >>> "All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors." >>> - Unknown >>> >>> "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my >>> religion." >>> - Abraham Lincoln >>> >>> Mark J. Gunnett >>> [EoE]SniperFodder{AL} >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
