I'm looking to buy / build a server so I can run game servers without paying an arm and a leg.
I would like to run 3 - 5 Garry's Mod servers at 50 slots each.
One Teamspeak at 100 - 150 slots.
One 7 Days to Die server at 30+ slots.
One Space Engineers server at 30+ slots.
One ARK Survival server at 50+ slots.
Two Arma 3 servers at 50+ slots each.
If multiple server builds would be required that's okay.
I'm just not sure the parts I would need, or if purchasing a prebuilt would be better.
Thank you for any suggestions or advice you have to offer.
That's going to be pretty costly for you. How much you are willing to spend on this?
Not to mention, you'll need a very fast internet connection. And that means upload, not just download. If you want to run this at home, I hope you have synchronous 100mbit/s.
Buy a VPS, there are some good hosters, I dont know if I am allowed to post the hoster I use(which is REALLY cheap with a good Anti-DDoS), so I wont post a link,
you should look for each servers requirements, and then add it up, plus some more, for the basics itself. I currently host 2 gmod servers, 1 webserver, 1 TS3 server on 3GB Ram & 3core, the problem is, when you host SRCDS Servers(Gmod) its only single threaded, so you should look for a server with many & good cores, so you can give each server a core.
As I a guy that owns his own personal server equipment, there are many things that you really need to think about before just saying "ok, I'm going to buy servers and host at home". As previously mentioned, you need to think about your internet connection. For everything you want to run, you really would want at a minimum of 50MB/s up and down. And I do mean 50MB/s, not 50mbps they are two totally different speeds. Next on the list, electricity. Are you paying for your electric or are you living with your parents? would they be ok with the big increase in cost? if you're living on your own, can you afford the increase in cost? What about when the power goes out, are you going to be able to afford battery UPS's? And extra hardware, in the event of a HDD going bad, stick of ram or even a cpu going bad, will you be able to afford buying and extra one or two just in case this happens? It might sound ridiculous, and I'm not trying to say "go away, don't think about it, just rent." If you wanna own your own hardware and can afford to do so, then by all means, please do. It's awesome being able to say you own your servers. but if it's too much, then you should just rent.
[QUOTE=FrankPetrov;48389298]As I a guy that owns his own personal server equipment, there are many things that you really need to think about before just saying "ok, I'm going to buy servers and host at home". As previously mentioned, you need to think about your internet connection. For everything you want to run, you really would want at a minimum of 50mb/s up and down. And I do mean 50mb/s, not 50mbps they are two totally different speeds. Next on the list, electricity. Are you paying for your electric or are you living with your parents? would they be ok with the big increase in cost? if you're living on your own, can you afford the increase in cost? What about when the power goes out, are you going to be able to afford battery UPS's? And extra hardware, in the event of a HDD going bad, stick of ram or even a cpu going bad, will you be able to afford buying and extra one or two just in case this happens? It might sound ridiculous, and I'm not trying to say "go away, don't think about it, just rent." If you wanna own your own hardware and can afford to do so, then by all means, please do. It's awesome being able to say you own your servers. but if it's too much, then you should just rent.[/QUOTE]
Just so you know, mb/s and mbps are actually the same thing. Mbps (Mb/s) is Megabits, MBps (MB/s) is MegaBytes.
Fixed it, meant the latter. Kinda funny how a simple lowercase mistake can mean something different from uppercase.
I apolgize for not replying I had a personal matter that took me out of town.
I'm looking to spend around the $2000+ area. That doesn't mean I won't spend more that's just what I would prefer to spend.
I am going to be putting the server in a data-center or upgrade my home connection. Whichever one is cheaper.
For 50 players GMod you could need 2GB ram + a whole core. With 5 that's 5 cores and 10GB ram.
TS isn't very resource intensive, it's kinda neglible.
I mean, if the other games get as intensive as those servers you could be looking at needing 20GB+ of ram and a 12 core Xeon. The E5-2670 to run it has an RRP of 1500 dollars alone. This is without room for the servers to spike for performance need as it's a weaker 12 core xeon.
This. And you probably won't have the ability to upgrade your home internet connection to match your needs. And single-server colocation + bandwidth are so expensive it will effectively be much cheaper to just rent a fast server. Though you might not want to run all these game servers on a single machine - renting several dedicated servers probably scales better.
I mean you could probably do something like this. Dual 8-core processors, 32gb registered memory. It's a bit over 2k though, and doesn't have any storage. I'd definitely recommend getting an LSI or similar raid card and some WD RE's.
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I think OP is a little ambitious here. Even if you had a great server to run all this, you still need the internet connection to back it up. That means bandwidth, reliability, and security (because residential internet isn't going to stop a DDoS attack).
Renting some servers are your best bet like what Levelog suggested.
The Garry's Mod servers are what I was really looking for.
I don't need the servers for other games.
Levelog thank you for the build!
I guess I won't use my home internet connection, I already have begun speaking with the data-center.
Just start off with an average VPS, and then if your 3-5 severs actually pull 50 players, get a dedicated server.
For 50 player gmod servers get an as high as possible singlecore performance CPU, besides that ~1-2gb of ram per server.
An 100mbit connection would be plenty and you probably wouldn't even pull a terabit of data on the gameservers alone.
[QUOTE=captainburns;48435644]The Garry's Mod servers are what I was really looking for.
I don't need the servers for other games.
Levelog thank you for the build![/QUOTE]
If you really just need one game server, that build is completely overkill. Get a more modest entry-level Xeon (e.g. E3-1230v3), or a mid-high-end desktop CPU (e.g. i7-4790), and just 8 GB of RAM would already be more than you'd ever use.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;48435946]If you really just need one game server, that build is completely overkill. Get a more modest entry-level Xeon (e.g. E3-1230v3), or a mid-high-end desktop CPU (e.g. i7-4790), and just 8 GB of RAM would already be more than you'd ever use.[/QUOTE]
The E3-1230v3 is actually very good for running a modest game server, or the 4790 will do the trick too.
Some Xeons are absolutely terrible at game server hosting (Low power blades).
But like what everyone was saying, the biggest concerns for you are this:
Internet Connectivity, unmetered. I recommend 100Mbit/sync unmetered, or 1Gbit unmetered. Most places in the US do not offer this for residential hookups. And most residential plans are capped (150-250GB/mo). Keep in mind, Residental ISPs REALLY don't like you running servers off it.
Electric Hookup. Depending on your utility company, your price on kW/hr will will shift.
Heat Mitigation. Servers output a lot of heat due to their electric use. An AC unit will do fine, but do realize they consume a lot of power.
DDoS Mitigation. At the data center I work at, we don't have DDoS mitigation besides a blackhole router. Your residential hookup will not provide this, and you can get your entire network null routed, or services terminated due to abuse.
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