Once again, people have to really adjust these numbers. I am pretty sure that the average server is not staying full 12-15 hours a day.
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Yun Huang Yong <[email protected]> wrote: > My 24p servers: > sv_minrate 30000 > sv_minupdaterate 20 > sv_maxrate 80000 > sv_maxupdaterate 66 > replays disabled > > I picked the min[update]rates based on settings I think are sensible and > reasonable for my (Australian) player base. > > Average around 160kB/s when full. > Min bandwidth 80kbps, max ~500kbps. > > 160kB/s x 3600 seconds/hour x 12 hours/day x 30 days/month > = 200GB/mo/server > > Full 15 hours/day =~ 260GB/mo. > > In practice for 2 servers which are on average full about 12-15 hours/day > they use combined 550GB/month. > > I tend to budget 350GB/mo per 24p server because I don't want to go over, > and I don't want to waste time fiddling with rate limits for the sake of a > few $/mo. > > Despite earlier assertions regarding gameME it's not a significant > contributor. Logging barely uses 500MB/month if that. All gameME does is > use the UDP logger to export your log files (so you can look at your log > file size for a rough idea), and then uses a bunch of RCON commands to do > its announcements. Even if you assumed gameME put an announcement for > every single log line you might xfer double your log data size. All up, > less than 1% vs your player traffic. > > > On 7/01/2013 1:19 PM, Essay Tew Phaun wrote: > >> I don't think replays are enabled by default, are they? I figure the >> most accurate representation should be that of the default settings. >> It's like saying I could suck up 20 TB of bandwidth running a custom >> maps server with tons of maps. Of course users will have to account for >> extra bandwidth they intend to use. >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:43 PM, E. Olsen <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> That is probably true if you don't plan to enable replays via FTP - >> but I run 21 servers with replay, and routinely see 12-14TB's of >> bandwidth usage per month. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Doctor McKay <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>**> wrote: >> >> When did anyone mention ten servers? We’re only talking about >> one here. >> Even so, you most certainly don’t need 5-10 TB for ten 32-player >> servers. I work with someone who is running 4 32-slot servers >> (with fairly high rates), and only uses ~705 GB monthly. So >> you’ll need about 2 TB per 10 servers. >> Dr. McKay >> http://www.doctormckay.com >> *From:* HLDS Digest <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, January 05, 2013 11:41 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:hlds@list.**valvesoftware.com<[email protected]> >> > >> *Subject:* [hlds] Monthly bandwidth usage >> >> 5-10TB needed (you need 10 if your servers are filling you will >> be pushing roughly 189GB a day per each 10 32 person servers) >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------ >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<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<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<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<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<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >
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