That is incredibly dependent on what you're looking for. Things to consider: -Are facilities access 24 hours a day? -What is their uptime guarantee? Research to verify they don't have issues. -Do their facilities meet your cooling/power/network redundancy expectations? -Are there on site techs that provide remote hands and eyes for things like reboots or simple tasks? -Is it in a good geographical location for your playerbase? For example, a server in Montana probably won't be good for East Coast players. -How many providers do they peer with? You're looking for a good few solid peers, and not a gaggle of peers you've never heard of. -How many IP addresses are you provided with, and how many do you need? -How much bandwidth do you get? Is it burstable if it's rate limited? What are charges for overages? FastDL and replays can eat bandwidth quick.
Those are the very basic questions you should understand and have answers for before considering colocating a server for any purpose. A lot of the above are also expensive, but you absolutely get what you pay for. A colocated server in a hot room that loses power during storms, with peers that tend to drop randomly doesn't make for a good game server. It also sucks if you have to drive 2 hours to reboot a server that locked up (it happens), because there is no on site staff, or they are incapable of hitting a power button. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Albert Davis <davis.alb...@gmail.com>wrote: > what is a GOOD colo location? > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Cc2iscooL <cc2isc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If he's getting it from a major cable provider a 24 slot TF2 server will >> eat his bandwidth limitations per month (sounds like a comcast plan, >> 250gb/mo regardless of plan unless he has a business line.) >> >> 1 24 slot tf2 server (if you consider it being always near full) will >> roughly use 200gb up/down, at least from my experience, on maximum rates >> needed to sustain no choke @ 24 players per month. You could probably >> squeeze by by adjusting the rates, but your best bet would be to colo or a >> business connection. Colo would probably be cheaper and you wouldn't have >> to worry about using personal bandwidth (downloads, etc) causing >> interruptions on your server. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Albert Davis <davis.alb...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> No, it's a separate box, I am just trying to find a good colo right now, >>> got a buddy who is getting a 50/20 connection soon so I may toss it up on >>> that when he gets it. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Herover <leon.l.a.niel...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Try use the "stats" command on your server. This might tell you a >>>> little about how powerfull your server is. >>>> I run a 16 player counter-strike:source on fy_poolparty_v* on my own >>>> homeserver, much like your (RAM, internetconnection) and I've have >>>> never had any problems. >>>> Poolparty is a very static map, but I guess you should be able to run >>>> one or two... (my css server is not alone) >>>> >>>> 2012/3/22 ics <i...@ics-base.net>: >>>> > Mitchell is correct in one thing, a full 24 slot tf2 server eats >>>> 2,8-3,3 >>>> > megs of bandwidth out, at some point perhaps even more. Your >>>> connection is 2 >>>> > megs out , with quick calculation, without any issues, you could run >>>> max 14 >>>> > slots. With that said, your hardware should be sufficient for that. >>>> So, 1 >>>> > server instance only. If you play yourself with the same connection, >>>> then >>>> > perhaps 12 slots could be better. >>>> > >>>> > -ics >>>> > >>>> > 22.3.2012 13:15, Bruno Garcia kirjoitti: >>>> > >>>> > 3-4 servers? I wouldn't say so. >>>> > 1 server, 2 top... *Maybe. >>>> > >>>> > * It all depends on your Bandwidth, and if you're going to be playing >>>> the >>>> > game in the same PC where you host the server. >>>> > I'm not too keen on house servers... >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Albert Davis <davis.alb...@gmail.com >>>> > >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> All default with the exception of MM/SM/Mani mostly >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Cameron Munroe >>>> >> <cmun...@cameronmunroe.com> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> about a server per core. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On 03/21/2012 08:32 PM, Kyle Sanderson wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> All depends on your clock rate (and other factors, but you haven't >>>> given >>>> >>> us much, so...). I think you'd be lucky to run two though if it's >>>> just a >>>> >>> dual core. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Kyle. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Albert Davis < >>>> davis.alb...@gmail.com> >>>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I am looking to run 2 TF2 server on a Dual Core AMD with 4gb of >>>> DDR2, >>>> >>> what kind of performance hit should I see? Would this type of box >>>> be able to >>>> >>> handle 3-4 servers? >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>>> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>>> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> >>> please visit: >>>> >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>> archives, >>>> >> please visit: >>>> >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> > please visit: >>>> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> > please visit: >>>> > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
_______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
