plus SSH shell access....and unlimited number of domain names can be hosted (domain reg fee is separate though...I usually just use godaddy for that)
G. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Shane Bishop <[email protected]> wrote: > I use dreamhost also for my own website, and I serve my CS map files from > there. Works great, and as already mentioned, unlimited bandwidth and > storage (amongst other things). > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Crazy Canucks <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > I think I've found what I'm looking for, thanks for the responses. My > > clan has very specific needs. We run game nights every Friday and > > Saturday night and we're not big, we're lucky if we have eight show up > > on a game night, so we use bots a lot just to fill out numbers. > > > > We run eight different mods, and every Thurs and Fri we vote for Fri > > night's game (which mod we are going to run) and on Sat for Sat night's > > game. The only cost effective way we have to do this is host our own > > server as we require a lot of space, but not much bandwidth, and during > > the rest of the week we host a website with forums, stats and whatnot. > > > > So we host this all on a business cable connection. And while we do > > quite well with the servers, we do have very limited bandwidth, and file > > hosting just isn't an option. We run quite a few custom maps for a > > couple of the mods we play, and hosting our own files for fast downloads > > isn't possible with the bandwidth that we have available - we are really > > pushing the envelope with what we do have. > > > > Anyway, the tldr version is that we don't really need more than 1GB of > > bandwidth per month for fast downloads because during an average month > > we may only be running servers with custom content three nights in a > > month, we don't add custom content all that often, and all of our custom > > files are available off our website or another website that is nice > > enough to provide them, and we encourage our members to download and > > install during the week and save the fast downloads for pubs that don't > > have the custom content. > > > > That was a long tldr... > > > > The upshot is, if you ever need advice on running servers on extremely > > limited bandwidth, I'm your man. I've been doing it for years with good > > results. I expect many of you might not believe me, but I've actually > > hosted a 12 slot FA server on 192kb upload bandwidth before, and believe > > it or not, it ran well. That was years ago and thankfully we have a lot > > more bandwidth than that now, but we are still definitely bandwidth > > challenged... :) > > > > Cheers, Drek > > > > On 24/04/2010 2:56 PM, ics wrote: > > > Just out of interest, what game do you plan to run and have the host > > > for? Do you think 1 GB/ month really is enough? > > > > > > -ics > > > > > > 24.4.2010 20:17, Crazy Canucks kirjoitti: > > > > > >> I realize this might not be the best place to ask for this help, but I > > >> know the people on this list are knowledgeable and connected, and > that's > > >> what I need, and this is related to HLDS. > > >> > > >> I'm looking for a fast download host for custom content for my clan's > > >> game servers. > > >> > > >> This is what I am looking for: > > >> > > >> 4 GB storage space > > >> 1 GB bandwidth per month > > >> some way to upload and download files > > >> basic web hosting (can just be an ip, no domain necessary, but I don't > > >> want to have to pay for another domain, so it needs some kind of ip or > > >> url access) > > >> > > >> If anyone knows where I could find something like this, or close to > > >> this, reasonably priced (under $10/month) I'd be grateful. > > >> > > >> Drek > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > >> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
