Hi there guys!
So I'm looking to expand on my Garry's Mod servers but I don't want the limitations of hosting my server by paying so much every month for a certain amount of slots on the server. I'm thinking of getting either a dedicated server or a virtual server, but I'm not too sure on which would do the best job.
My server list that I want is as follows:
- 2 TTT servers with 25 players each
- 2 Prop Hunt servers with 40 players each
- 1 DarkRP with 40 slots
I'd like the servers to be hosted from London.
So if anyone has any suggestions, my budget is £20 a month.
THANK!
£20 simply isn't enough for all of that. Your best bet is something from here: [url]http://www.soyoustart.com/en/essential-servers/[/url]
Hosting those servers will cost you well over $100 per month. You're not going to get anywhere with 20 pounds.
[url]http://www.kimsufi.com/uk/[/url]
The £20 i5 server should be able to run like 50-75% of what you're asking
You literally won't be able to run all of that on £20/mo no matter what
For SRCDS I highly suggest a dedicated server, specifically one with an Intel Xeon E3xxx processor.
The catch is that you're definitely not going to get that for £20/mo, it will be more around +100/mo
Well I figured it would be more than 20, I was just trying to push my luck. So what if I just wanted the two TTT servers and one prop hunt with 40? What should I be looking at? If anyone could do 5 seconds of research and find the best thing that could suit this, that would be fantastic!
[url]http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/pro...ootserver/ex40[/url]
[url]http://www.online.net/en/dedicated-s...dedibox-lt2k14[/url] (Note the price listed is without VAT - including VAT it's 43.19€/month)
And, as has been recommended above:
[url]http://www.soyoustart.com/en/essential-servers/[/url]
Keep in mind:
- None of these come with Windows licenses. While they are available, they'd push you out of your price range. You'll have to use Linux.
- Please don't use your second drive for the extra disk space, you're not gonna need it. Use it for RAID mirroring.
- Watch your system load when you get one. I don't know about the performance of modern-day Gmod - maybe you can actually run all the servers you listed in the OP on these.
- Even though OVH/Soyoustart shows prices in pounds, their servers are in France. As are online.net's, Hetzner is in Germany.
- If you're currently paying for webspace or a voice server, you won't have to do that anymore. At the scale of your typical clan/gaming community, a forum/website and voice chat consume next to no resources.
I haven't hosted a source server in years so I can't really chime in, but like stated above, keep in mind you will need to purchase Windows licensing (which can get pricey)
You can of course run Linux on the server but back when I was running dedicated source servers I remembered having nothing but problems while running them under Linux, hopefully they have improved linux support though.
Something like this should run two TTT servers and a Prop Hunt server fine [url]http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex40[/url]
There is a native Garry's Mod build for Linux now, this should work fine. But you do have to learn Linux (or get someone [B]trustworthy[/B] to do it for you).
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