Who would host a dedicated server

[Nobody96]

Hi.

 

I was just wondering how many more people are out there that are waiting for a dedicated server for DCS to start hosting multiplayer missions. It must have been three years now that I am waiting for it and I am wondering how many more are in this position. To give us and ED an overview how many potential hosts are waiting I thought we could assemble a list here. So if you are also waiting for a dedicated server implementation to host missions for DCS post a quick reply with:

 

forum nickname, operating system, processor, memory and upstream connection of the server, the country where your server is located and roughly what it is you would be hosting.

 

 

• Nobody96, Linux, i7-2600@3.4Ghz, 16GB memory, 100Mbit, Germany, mostly WW2 missions
  
• Battle-Fields.com, UK
  
• Tumbleweed
  
• Shmick, FreeBSD, Australia, modern fighter air-to-air
  
• SyntaxError, South Africa
  

Edited March 9, 2015 by Nobody96

[Nobody96]

Reserved

[AceRevo]

expecting 200 new servers all with 1-2 players lol

[airdoc]

You can count on Battle-Fields.com hosting at least one dedicated server. UK-based

[Pikey]

Just open the master browser and write it down yourself. Anyone that was serious about hosting will be there.

 

When DCS2 goes live the numbers will vastly change again anyway and all you attract in a post is wishful thinking.

[Tumbleweed]

Just open the master browser and write it down yourself. Anyone that was serious about hosting will be there.

 

I'm purely waiting for the dedicated option so I won't be on there.

 

1. I don't have space on my bench to leave my laptop up and running 24/7.

2. I rarely leave electrical items running at home when I'm not there. I'm paranoid about fires in the house.

3. The dedi option shouldn't be too far away.

4. I don't have the bandwidth to support a decent game experience.

5. Far easier to let a hosting company have all the hardware / maintenance headaches in return for a rental fee.

 

The dedicated option is a much better choice for me and I'm in no hurry.

Got an idea for a server that should prove to be quite popular as none seem to cater at the minute at least. Might be a different story when and if the dedi files are released.

 

Not had time to work on any missions yet though but that's the fun part anyway :)

 

:pilotfly:

[Shmick]

I'd like to host a server, but yeah, has to be dedicated. It'd be modern fighter air-to-air oriented and in Canberra, Australia.

 

Ideally, it'd run on FreeBSD too (even if just under Wine) :-P

[SyntaxError]

I have an extra PC lying around which I wouldn't mind using for a permanent South African server.

[BitMaster]

One should keep in mind how much money it will cost in a year to run a dedicated server 24/7/365. Actually any PC/server running 24/7/365 is going to cost you some serious money, depending on how much you pay for 1kW/h.

 

Just so that no one gets a surprise bill from his electric power supply company !!!

 

Example for my location, Germany, 0.29 Euro per kilowatt/h:

 

0.29€ x 24 x 365 = 2.540 € per anno for a 1kWh Server.

 

Realistic power consumption is around 300Watt, so roughly take ⅓ of it, leaving you with a 800,- € bill for power alone !!!

 

For the price for electricity alone it just cries for having that Server elsewhere in a datacenter where electricity is way cheaper through to better conditions. Usually a monthly pay for a suitable machine is anywhere between 100 and 150 €/month.

 

 

Hosting a server at home, think twice !

 

 

Bit

Edited March 15, 2015 by BitMaster

[BitMaster]

Ten years ago, before smartphone were around and Cloud services were yet unknown I had my own MS Exchange Server running to host my Mail, Calendar, Contacts etc.. to sync with my PDA/MDA I had at that time ( HTC devices iirc ). That MS server ( AD + EX ) ran in VMware 5.x on top of SuSE Linux ( 8.x ). It worked like a charm, was fun, it taught me a lot that I could use but I always hated the electricity bill it caused, but I had no other way of getting my Faxes and VB recordings instantly while on the road, mandatory for my work.

 

When the iPhone 3G came out I made the decision to shut down my server and move on to iCloud, give up my domain and accept @icloud.com or @me.com back then.

Faxes and VB was meanwhile done in the router ( Fritz!Box ) with basically the same modules as a full blown SuSE Linux server, voicebox and hylafax modules. Having them in my 20Watt Router allowed me to still have them realtime, just need to forward them via email as PDF or MP3 to my iCloud email.

 

Since 2006 I run it this way, saving around 1k€ per year on power, DONT have to patch and maintain it and don't have to buy new HW every other year.

 

The times of hosting 365 at home are long gone guys, data centres pay way less than 50% of what we pay for power and you just can't beat that.

 

 

Bit