[Chdata]

Originally Posted by Dr_Knuckles If you mean at your own home, Id call that the CHEAPEST, not best. If you mean renting a box and doing it all yourself, then yes id agree. I have my box through nfoservers but i'm not paying $1 per slot, screw that.

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeever ever pay "per slot" when you can pay $30 a month for a VPS that can run up to 6 servers (depending on how large they are).

(from the same provider)

[Dr_Knuckles]

Originally Posted by Chdata Neeeeeeeeeeeeeever ever pay "per slot" when you can pay $30 a month for a VPS that can run up to 6 servers (depending on how large they are). (from the same provider)

Yeah that was my point.

[Brian_Zombait]

Originally Posted by Chdata Neeeeeeeeeeeeeever ever pay "per slot" when you can pay $30 a month for a VPS that can run up to 6 servers (depending on how large they are). (from the same provider)

That sounds like something I'd be very interested in doing, later. Right now, this is a first step for me in doing this. I'm slowly getting the hang of it.

Again, thanks for the input.

[Happy DODs player]

https://www.embercore.com/

They ar great and costs ar good. Tickets and helpouts ar also good.

[Mathias.]

Originally Posted by Happy DODs player https://www.embercore.com/ They ar great and costs ar good. Tickets and helpouts ar also good.

That actually look great 6$ for a vds but I wonder if the ddos protection really effective on this host.

[RenegadeCA]

I personally use NFO as well, you can even have the option of basically running it yourself. The customer service is superb!

[friagram]

Originally Posted by Cthen Wrong! Hosting at home is more expensive as the IPS bill alone will cost more than hosting through Nfoservers. Remember here, you need around 5mbps upload at minimum to host just one server without it lagging out the server when the 15th person joins up on a standard 24 slot server (L4D might be different here). Not only that, the connection needs to be seperate from the home connection you use to surf the web, play games, etc. Then you have the upfront cost of equipment like the server itself, a non cheap router that can handle the traffic (with QOS), modem (even if it's a rental), and some cabling. Then on top of all that, you have to maintain it all yourself. No one will be doing that for you. The upside? Full access to your server(s) and able to configure it anyway you want including what OS you run down to how the incoming/outgoing traffic is configured. Full access to how your router and network is configured. You can't go about tweaking those things on a rental. 100% full access to everything and anything is what makes this premium worth while to those of us who host all of this on our own. My setup: Quad core server with 8gb of ram running Win7 x64 Gigabit router with a gigabit network hosted on a 105/20mbps connection 2 TF2 servers hosted on this server with plenty of overhead to keep things going smooth.

Hell, where I live, power costs alone would be way higher.

[build4you]

Which one is better? Linux or Windows for game servers?

[Dr_Knuckles]

I think most people would say Linux.

[build4you]

If i choose Linux server, can Windows players play on Linux server like normal?