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How many players can this baby handle?

Skylinx

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So, I'm going to run a server off a seperate computer in my room. I'm going to build it

3GB DDR3
Intel Dual Core 2.67 Ghz
My internet is 25mb download
1.0mb upload, and 1.2 on good days.

The problem is I'm going to be sharing the internet with my main gaming computer, which isn't that big a deal right?

Keep in mind I'm going to dedicate this computer purely to the server, so I won't be running ANYTHING else. I'll even stop running some windows services to make the computer dedicated to the server.

How much people do you think will be able to play with a stable connection?

Thanks!
 
Well with that upload speed not to many players, but aprox 40-100Max is my guess
 
real map will load just fine on 3GB unless you fill the ram with background applications
your upload is a bigger bottleneck, limitting the active players to no more than 40-50 online
 
Cykotitan said:
real map will load just fine on 3GB unless you fill the ram with background applications
your upload is a bigger bottleneck, limitting the active players to no more than 40-50 online
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Yeah, I didn't think 3GB would be a problem, I mean I am dedicating all that RAM to the server.

This is why I hate commercial internet here, maximum upload you can have is 2.0 mb, for 100 dollars a month! I guess I'll run a low player server, collect some donations and pitch for a dedicated.

Thanks for the replies

Also, what OS do you recommend? I was thinking win server 2003, but I'm not really sure
 
'03 should be ok, didn't see any useful benefits in '08 (and R2) other than more somewhat higher memory usage, but how useful is that?

and yeah, in case of realmaps any 64bit linux should overperform windows. i doubt your CPU supports x64, but if it does then you'll end up with linux using up 100% of your ram (a natural trait of 64-bit software).
 
your kidding right???

i hosted on a single core with 2 gb of ram with 25mb connection with 1.5mb upload. and it was capable of 400 players online
without lag.
 
i forget the name of it. it was tibia version 8.31 mysql.

it was a 2.0 ghz single core pc. Windows Xp.
2gb of ram.
map size was 20mbs i think. its been a while.

max i had online was 430+- and was not any lag.
only thing of hosting a server from home is the data usage. i was using almost 10gb a day. and some providers dont like that lol.
i have comcast and our limit was 250gb. a month.

your under estimating your machines.
run your server and see how many it can handle without lag. and set the max online to where you feel comfortable. and to what your internet provider will alow of data usage.
 
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Well if all that's true the only thing I can say is that it have been huge changed since 8.31 xD
 
its possible. lol i havent ran one of the new servers. and i dont have that system anymore.
 
with your connection , you can handler ~140 players without any lag , since sometime i host an OT in my own computer
with 500kbps upload , arround 90 players and no lag! :P
PS: I have a very bad provider :P
 
Thanks for all the replies guys! My map will be a custom map, for sure under 40mb :P

So I hope I will be able to handle atleast 80-110 players
 
christiandb said:
3GB isn't enough for SURE.
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Yes it is.
It's even more than you will ever need if you are having map which weight 90 MB = typical rl map ofc talking about 32-bit OS and server not about 64-bit since on 64-bit u can dream about hosting it because it will eat 2x more memory than on 32-bit.
 
SonOfWinter said:
I guess I'll run a low player server, collect some donations and pitch for a dedicated.
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This. That's exactly how I started (with much worse specs, even).

SonOfWinter said:
Also, what OS do you recommend? I was thinking win server 2003, but I'm not really sure
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Linux of any kind (Ubuntu/Debian). If you're 100% against Linux, and are forcing me to choose a Windows OS (Which I highly don't suggest) probably a win'03 server.

Red
 
Cykotitan said:
and yeah, in case of realmaps any 64bit linux should overperform windows. i doubt your CPU supports x64, but if it does then you'll end up with linux using up 100% of your ram (a natural trait of 64-bit software).
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Linux follows the rule: "unused RAM is lost RAM", it will ALWAYS use whole RAM available, it's fine !
 
Don Daniello said:
Linux follows the rule: "unused RAM is lost RAM", it will ALWAYS use whole RAM available, it's fine !
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no you are wrong here it's a propaganda of linux try to open just command line mode version without GUI and keep it online for a day the memory usage will not be changing it will be same as when you turned your system ON about 50 MB on Debian.
If your application is taking all of RAM resources the performance is going wayyy lower, and in case of 64-bit system and exe and rl map the server will take about app. 3 GB of ram + system + mysql + web so it's kind of alot.
 
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