James Bond Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 ok...I always wanted to offer gameservers off my webhosting company. Then i saw this tc admin thingy so i was like maybe this is not as hard as i thought , anyways.. i kinda know the people at afgserv.com and they rent a server(s) from a company to host gameservers so i want to do somthing like that. Wheres the best place to find those kinda servers and what should kind of servers should i like for - for good quilty , lag free , dependable. If you people can post links that would be wonderful ! Thanks , James Bond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 It's not as easy as point and click. If you don't know how to host the games then don't attempt it. As for your second question. Whereabouts are you looking for the servers to be located geographically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 i was looking for somthing by new york / new jersey. I know its not easy i am smart when it comes to that stuff (pure geek ) I have hosted many games off of other servers but i want to go big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Well you can start with our list of providers: http://tcadmin.com/dedicated.php I know some of them do server out of New York. If you fail with them, then I am sure a few people can post up some links The reason why I am posting that link is these companies host games for a living, so they know the specs you will need etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 i dont people would be that nice to tell me that stuff. i might be taking customers and future customers off them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jissh Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I'm not sure how busy your web hosting business is but you may want to stop and think about it first. The first thing is do you have the time to keep up to date with the latest games and updates. Then don't forget the gaming world runs on the opposite schedule from the web hosting world. While a single gaming client brings in more revenue then one web hosting, you can only fit a few on each box or you start to run into issues like lag. Then theres the support issues, I think we get more stupid questions from gaming clients in a month then we do from web hosting ones in a year and it's usually stuff like how do I use a FTP or how do I install this mod. Things that come second nature to most of hear just isn't so for some. Don't get me wrong you do get some clients that know what there doing and you'll never have to support them but the ones that need seem to take a little more time and it's usually well into the evening when you hear from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Good point. gamers schedule for me runs' from around 4-5pm CST to 12-1am Mon-Fri Saturday-don't plan on sleeping from 9am till around 3-4am Sunday is a toss as you get a mix if your weekday clients and weeekend clients having issues. Also you having the ability to do the stuff is not the only issue. Teaching your clienets that do not know, having the ability and patience to do this is a must. If you do not teach them you will always be supporting there issues, educating the client makes your life easier and actually makes the client happier because they can mange more for themselves. You will get the occasional client that says I don't want to know just do it. Thats what he pays for eh? In short. ... Long hours,less sleep,not really a ton of money, alot more work, as close to the restaurant business as you can get without the heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 i didnt want a story lol. I know it takes alot of time (no life) , i am dedciated to it, i know how to run servers. I am have tons of money , damn you with all your questions for me lol. I just wanted to know if any one can suggest where i can find some good servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I will do a dedicated server for you, but I only rent setup free to established hosts/clients. I will however give you a discount for paying a large bit upfront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jissh Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I am have tons of money Well if you have tons of money then I would suggest you build your self a decent dual proc server with a few gigs of ram and colo it to your favorite data center. That will save you the expensive dedicated server rates and you are also to be sure you get what you pay for. You also get to use the purchase of the hard ware as a tax write off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIS-MOTHER Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Tons of money? Hell take 2 racks, 100meg commit on fiber along with a secondary provider for redundancy. Then grab a Cisco 7000 series router for Full BGP. Build 60 or so Dual CPU servers loaded with 2-4Gb ram in each.. As long as your not skimping and have tons of money, be sure to get Internap as your primary, they are good and expensive. Thats what I call money to burn... Pocket change gets you a server and a colo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jissh Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Tons of money? Hell take 2 racks, 100meg commit on fiber along with a secondary provider for redundancy. Then grab a Cisco 7000 series router for Full BGP. Build 60 or so Dual CPU servers loaded with 2-4Gb ram in each.. As long as your not skimping and have tons of money, be sure to get Internap as your primary, they are good and expensive. Thats what I call money to burn... Pocket change gets you a server and a colo Good one. +1 to you. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I will do a dedicated server for you, but I only rent setup free to established hosts/clients. I will however give you a discount for paying a large bit upfront. You do dedicated?... From? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 From???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 What location(s)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Currently Atlanta and NewYork, but we plan to add our chicago location in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 got an ip in atlanta i can ping?... my current dedicatd provider is giving me serious problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Server3atl.fragnservers.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 How much for 2 dual core opterons? and 2,000 gb bandwith. dual ethernet @ 1 gbps. 2 gigs of ram. And 1 250 gb hd. edit: 2 dual core AMD Opteron 270's [2GHz] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon|Rich Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 got an ip in atlanta i can ping?... my current dedicatd provider is giving me serious problems. I warned you about going with those clowns.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 The only server I offer is a Dual Core Dual Xeon 5130, 2GB of ram 250gb sata II 3.0gb/sec I the following for billing/bandwidth 1 MBPS - 100meg port 239.99 2 MBPS - 100meg port 259.99 Additional bandwidth is 50$/meg Win2k3 is 15/month Server includes Free Hardware replacement /29 of ips (8 total 5 usable) server monitoring Hardware upgrades are available. Bandwidth is route optimized and fault tolerant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 wow..... I need around 15 mbps..... I don't believe I could pay the server bill every month .... Thanks a lot for the offer. I will think about it. edit: 1 meg holds around 20 people. I make 2.00 a slot. WIth extra bandwith: I make 40 and it cost 50... So I would have to count on empty servers. Can you possibly charge off of total bandwith used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 wow..... I need around 15 mbps..... I don't believe I could pay the server bill every month .... Thanks a lot for the offer. I will think about it. edit: 1 meg holds around 20 people. I make 2.00 a slot. WIth extra bandwith: I make 40 and it cost 50... So I would have to count on empty servers. ok, where did you get the figures you were talking about ?!?! Ive never seen a game server (non bf2) hit more then a meg and a half and thats loaded down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Holley Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 1 meg is reffering to 1mbps correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daersun Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 yes - I would go out of business if 20 slots filled up 1mbps lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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