Author Topic: Server Hosting Specs (Read 906 times)

Knil · February 27, 2011, 07:26:34 PM

I got a new PC for Christmas, (yes I know that was a while ago)
I'm wondering what the specs for hosting a 32 player dedicated server are.
Here are my specs:

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Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-b
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         760  @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

I also have Virtual PC, and was wondering if i could host a dedicated server off my virtual machine.
Here are it's specs:

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Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP3
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         760  @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM

Thanks

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Scout31 · February 27, 2011, 07:43:46 PM

Definitely the first. It has over 4x the power.

Knil · February 27, 2011, 07:50:12 PM

Quote from: Scout31 on February 27, 2011, 07:43:46 PM

Definitely the first. It has over 4x the power.

I wasn't asking which one would be better, I know the first one kicks the other one's butt.
I'm just hoping the virtual machine one can support 32 players.

Tom · February 27, 2011, 07:54:13 PM

Why would you need to host a dedicated off a Virtual Machine?

Also it doesn't matter how good your computer is if your internet can't handle the bandwidth. I think Torque uses a whole lot of bandwidth, but you will need a pretty good upload speed to handle 32 players.

Knil · February 27, 2011, 08:01:37 PM

Quote from: Tom on February 27, 2011, 07:54:13 PM

Why would you need to host a dedicated off a Virtual Machine?

Also it doesn't matter how good your computer is if your internet can't handle the bandwidth. I think Torque uses a whole lot of bandwidth, but you will need a pretty good upload speed to handle 32 players.

how much upload, because this is what Speedtest.net says:

also ignore The Nebo School District, My ISP is Spanish fork Community Network. They also provide Nebo School District's internet.

MackTheHunter · February 27, 2011, 08:06:04 PM

Upload is stuff.

Your ping is really high too.

Tom · February 27, 2011, 08:15:58 PM

Quote from: MackTheHunter on February 27, 2011, 08:06:04 PM

Upload is stuff.

Your ping is really high too.

Not everybody lives in big enough cities to get good upload speeds. Mine is usually around 0.30 Mb/s, and I've hosted 14 player servers on my internet, 32 shouldn't be a big problem.

Ping might be a little high, but it's 2000 miles away.

And I still want to know why you want to host from a Virtual machine.

Knil · February 27, 2011, 08:27:56 PM

Quote from: Tom on February 27, 2011, 08:15:58 PM

And I still want to know why you want to host from a Virtual machine.

Because I was thinking of giving a friend access to the virtual machine so he could host a dedicated server.
But my dad said I can't give him a virtual machine so it wouldn't have worked anyway, thanks for the input though.