Becoming a Steam Content Provider: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3326-TDKV-4603
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Saint K. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Regards, Patrick Shelley www.SideSteal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
