Isn't it a possibility that we host a private content server for anyone who chips in a few bucks? I would be more than willing to pay a few to have a private content server to be able to update my servers decently without the standard steam update hell. I have all the possibilities to set up a thing such as this. Just don't know how this is arranged with VALVe.
Saint K. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DontWannaName! Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:13 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Mirrors How much bandwidth a month? I didnt say it would be cheap, if people helped pay for it though it could work. Adding IPs works just as well. On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Ben Jensz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I believe this would surplus the requirements: > >> http://www.100tb.com/ > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Mark Gunnett <[email protected] > >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 > _______________________________________________ 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
