Author Topic: Dedicated servers---My PC or thiers?  (Read 366 times)

When I host a dedicated server, is this taking up my own machine, or is the server on their own?

I have tiny bandwidth.

Inb4wtfyouthinkisadedicatedse rver

It runs on your own pc

Blockland servers don't take up as much bandwidth as you'd think.
It's hosted on your own computer clearly.

As far as bandwidth goes, you need 32kbps of upload per player to make sure you don't bottom out.  So for a hundred players you need at least 3.2Mbps of upload.  Also this needs to be real, sustainable bandwidth.  I know that some cable providers give you a little boost for the first few minutes of heavy usage but will eventually throttle it back down.  Also [tinfoil hat] I suspect they may artificially prioritize popular speed test sites. 


For cpu usage, it's number of bricks * number of players.  100 players with ~5000 bricks is probably no problem, but 100 players with 100k bricks is basically impossible.