Starting Game Hosting
Jul 12, 2009I want to know how to start a Game Hosting Business?
I appreiciate any details like game (ex. Counter Strike) license?
Hardware requiremnts? Bandwidth usage?...
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Starting Webhosting, Game Hosting, And Voice Hosting
Jun 4, 2008*web hosting
*game server hosting
*voice server hosting
Ive finished the template at the moment here is how it looks: ...
Looking For Web Hosting For A Web Game
Oct 21, 2009First I would like to start by explaining my past and current situation.
When I was in High School I created a web game called Jinopets.com that was intended for me to learn how to Code PHP and to create things with a couple of friends.
However, within 3 days the game exploded and receiving large amounts of hits and users by nothing but word of mouth. Before I knew what to do, my host said the price of my next month was going to go up from $5 to $50, and at the time I knew nothing about web hosting and was making (barely) enough money from Google Ad-sense so I gladly paid them to continue working on the game.
As the site got larger, the host continued to ask for large amounts of money until I could no longer afford the game because the host was kicking me off of his hosting because I was simply taking up too much of his space.
(I was going to link my daily usage data here, but apparently I have to post 5 times first to add links.)
Now, there is more.
I am NOT hosting the same game, but I am expecting similar numbers just increased a bit higher with a few differences.
This game extensively uses PHP GD Image Functions to generate images for characters and map data. So I expect the server load to be much higher. But PHP GD Image Functions must be on the server, Which I do not anticipate to be a problem.
What is the recommended solution for web hosting? I live in a fairly remote area and could not host my own server, but I am afraid of being removed from a hosting plan again after what happened last time.
Starting VPS Hosting
Sep 24, 2008I am thinking of starting VPS hosting.
I asked softlayer, they provide Citrix XenServer for hosting VPS on Linux (i prefer linux).
Can you please recommend software for providing VPS Hosting?
32 bit or 64 Bit Linux is recommended for VPS hosting?
Hosting For An Indie Game.
Sep 21, 2008Looked around the site but I am so new to this that I could not tell if anyone had asked about a situation that was truly similar.
I am trying to find a good host for the promotion, download, purchase and forum for an indie game.
I estimate 220 gig per month at our peak. We have good programmers but we know nothing about web hosting. We just have one guy who made a website with Joomla once. (we will probably be using this to build our website.) We are looking for 30$ to 50$ range. Is this silly?
Have googled it but prices and services varied so wildly that I was forced to believe that some of them were lies.
Dedicated For Game Hosting
Aug 8, 2008I was going to buy a dedicated web server with this 3 specs.
I will only host 10 slots CW servers so keep in mind that they are not full all the time. No websites will be hosted on the machine nor TS (have special VPS for it). Can someone tell me how many Counter Strike server I can approximately create on this 3 configurations: ...
Game Hosting In Europe
Jun 8, 2008100 mbit atleast
10 Tb traffik to every server atleast
Lots of ram and disc space
u guys know what i need when i say game servers ho is best to the price? i dont want the cheapest if they sux and have high pings.
Dedicated Hosting For A Browser Game
Jan 7, 2009i run a browser based game in (php/mysql/javascript) and i currently have noticing with the growing numbers of players that my shared hosting is not going to handle the load, obviously.
i am not sure if this is the right place to ask but are there any hosting companies out there willing to negotiate a deal where they provide hosting for such a thing in return of advertising?
we havent even began to advertise the game and expand it, it will reach thousands of players easely... we would need atleast 2 highend boxes to split up the database from the webserver.
Flash Game Sites Hosting
Apr 7, 2009i just want to know which hosting provider is best for flash game site? fast and cheap fees!
View 7 Replies View RelatedStarting A Business Need Reliable Hosting.
Jan 20, 2009I have started up a UK based company with a few people and our work is mainly based with online websites.
I need a reliable UK web host, with servers based in the UK and the availability to call up for any support.
The company needs to have many years in the business and are available to transfer my CPanel accounts.
Starting Your Own Hosting Company- Or Already On A Reseller
Apr 16, 2008If your about to start up your own hosting company i would reccomend JustGotVPS.com there staff are VERY helpfull and quick support staff times. Cheap VPS's that are genuin i am currently running one of there top end ones with Cpanel with no problem. I would like to point out i have nothing to do with JustGotVPs.com i am writing this because of there great service and Admin support. I reccomend if your on a reseller to get one of these VPS's.
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Sep 9, 2008we are thinking of starting a hosting company and was wondering what type of certificate we need to secure the sever and our clients can us to secure their carts? I see other hosting companies calling it a shared certificate
View 9 Replies View RelatedHosting A Game On Virtual Private Server?
Nov 11, 2007I'm wondering wether it would work to host a 40 players source server on the following VPS I am about to get
dual quad xeon
30Mbps
300gb monthly transfer
1024mb ram
OS:
CentOS
Fedora Core
Ubuntu
Gentoo
Slackware
Debian
I guess the 30mbps speed is fine but will the 300gb be enough and what about the RAM?
Which OS would be the best for game hosting and for someone that's new to linux?
What Type Of SSL Certificates For Starting Hosting Company?
Sep 10, 2008we are thinking of starting a hosting company and was wondering what type of certificate we need to secure the sever and our clients can us to secure their carts? I see other hosting companies calling it a shared certificate. Sorry for the double post put it in the wrong area.
View 4 Replies View RelatedStarting To Look At Multi-computer / Rack Hosting
Sep 28, 2008We are currently in a limited Alpha for a very demanding web application. We'll (hopefully) be in closed Beta in 3 months and go live / open beta after all issues are fixed.
Our problem is that we know that we will need, even for the open beta, a costly setup.
We are talking about 2 front-end servers for Apache / PHP / Memcached, 2 for a Mysql Cluster / replication / partitioned (undecided) and at least 1 just for pre-processing stuff that later will go to the database.
Growing from those requirements is very possible, so we would like to be able to add new computers to the cluster, more processing machines, more front-ends, a load balancer, etc.
Of course we have considered the Cloud (Amazon S3 and stuff), but those 5 initial machines are a must for us.
My question is, what is the best solution here, a rack with a private Lan/fast switches?
What are the recommended companies for this kind of installations? Will they manage everything or just rent the rack?
Any clues about how costly (setup and monthly) this kind of setup would be? I can't find specific prices for these "special installations" anywhere, they all want us to call and we are just preparing for 4/6 months on the road.
Web Hosting On Same Server As Game Server
Aug 8, 2008Does a typical LAMP setup for a high enough traffic site(s) take enough resources to affect the performance of a game server? (we'll say 1million page views per day)
I'm speaking of say, 2MB of ram, dual xeon 2.8 type machine, with IDE drives. Nothing too fancy. 1 milion page views per day may be pushing it, so what about say, 200 per day?
Just wondering if anyone has a setup like this and how it fairs out at the game server end. I'm thinking of moving my websites over to my game server + add more sites over time, but don't want it to lag the game. I know as a fact bandwidth would not be the issue, I'm thinking more ram/cpu. The game I host (Ultima Online) uses very little bandwidth with even 30+ people online. I use less then 1% of my link capacity at most times. I've seen it spike to 5% and that's most likely when I was downloading data.
Game VPS
May 3, 2007i want to say that at one point in time, powervps or solarvps installed gaming software, like half life, so well, you couls have a game server.
Are there any vps hosts that allow this? I couldnt find any info on those websites, but a couple years ago im sure i saw such a feature.
Also, if i do buy a vps or a dedicated server that allows me to use such gaming software, via ssh how would i accomplish the installation?
Me and 2-3 others have this game we'd like to put on a server, but because it's going to be a private server with only us 2-3 people ~ we were also wondering if the software could be installed on a cpanel/whm vps or server at the same time?
Starting An .Exe
Nov 3, 2008(windows Sever)
I have FreeProxy Control center
(freeproxy.exe)
w w w handcraftedsoftware o r g
The problem is I recently got my Deiticated reformated.. and now every time i run it it says "Run-time error; "9" Subscript out of range,
but it ust to work before they reformated it. And when i install it on my home pc or any other pc it works fine...
I dont understand whats wrong or how you fix it...
Other Exe's work fine ive also added it to Exmeptions, This is the only Program i can find that will do run mutiable Proxys off a deicated with mutiable Ips -.-
Need A UK VPS For Game Server
Sep 6, 2008Hello all, First time poster on the forum and i hope you can all answer my questions, thanks.
About 2 weeks ago I bought a team fortress 2 gameserver from a provider in the U.K and it has been great and it was a good price.
A few days ago i was speaking to a friend and he suggested that i should use a VPS because it is cheaper and i could run maybe 2 32 man slot servers on a VPS.
I was just wondering if anyone has tried this, is it a good idea?, what is the cheapest UK VPS provider? i think easyspace is the best i could find.
I am currently paying 15 pound a month for a 20 man team fortress 2 server and i can get a 32 man for 24, so anything below that is great.
Many thanks all, and look forward to seeing the replies.
Game Servers On A VPS
Apr 2, 2009Personally I would never follow this route (hosting gameserver(s) on a VPS), but maybe some people on these forums do and I'm quite interested in what these people run (game+slots), on what hardware/OS, at which host and their opinion about the performance of it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedGame Servers On Vps
Aug 31, 2007I was speaking to Jaguarpc and they told me I can run game servers on my vps.
Does anyone else think this is possible?
VPS Recommend For Game?
Mar 14, 2009Is it recommended to use a VPS for online gaming like the mmorpg? Any recommendation on which hosting shall i get from for the VPS?
View 8 Replies View RelatedGame, What's The Best Bandwidth?
Apr 8, 2008To the gamers out there (US only), what do you think is the best bandwidth you had experienced so far?
View 14 Replies View RelatedGame Servers?
Aug 13, 2008Our company was thinking about selling some game servers for a monthly lease.
Just wanted to know are these any good to make money from? or are they at all worth getting into?
Just some general information or tips would be great!
About Game Servers
Jun 30, 2008I was going to get a TS server , and i found a very interesting company gameservers.com
My users range is from Europe and North Africa , so i was going to choose the one of the three locations avaiable in Euro
Which one of them are better , and as an overall , Is Gameservers worth what i will pay for it.
Game Servers FPS Way Too Low Need Help
Oct 26, 2006Alright, I have been running game servers for about 8 months now, but I am having some issues with a new box I just ordered in Ny. I only have 1 server on it, which is a CS 1.6 server and it is getting HORRIBLE FPS. Now usually when I put a new server on a box it always gets constant fps, so if I set it to 500 it will pretty much stay at 500, this has been the case on 10+ boxes I have. This one is getting from about 100-300 with a few spikes to 500. Now as far as running the game server, I know what I am doing, however this must me an issue with the server.
It is a Dual Opteron 252 with 2gb's of ram.(Plenty to run a high fps server)
The only thing I can think of is maybe the timer set in the linux kernel is too low. If so how would I change this (Never done it before)
Anyone else have similar problems? Any ideas what could be the problem?
Game Servers ...
Mar 10, 2007i got my box and im thinking of opening a Gsp but for the moment i just wanna learn everythign before opening it. its been already 1 month and a half i have it. i know how to run game servers and stuff but i still dont know how to like make a server 1000fps boosted ( i know how but it seems like its making serevr speed Faster) or Setup ftp access only to this server and such! I need Some1 that is already in this Kind of bussness to help me. If you have Ventrilo it would be perfect because its easier for me to talk then typing everytime. Thnx alot guys. just contact me from pms in here.
View 0 Replies View RelatedGame Reselling
Dec 2, 2008is there such a thing as game reselling and could some one suggest a provder?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGame Server On VPS ...
Aug 18, 2008I just got a dedicated server yesterday for my website. I originally had it on a VPS, but sharing the server with numerous other people bogged down the harddrive.
Anyway, I got a dedicated with a Quad-Core 2.5Ghz processor(Q9300), 150gb Raptor, 8 Gb Ram (Yes, Eight), 100Mb connection, on Windows Server 2008 Standard. (Server is at limestonenetworks.com )
Well, it will be a few months before the website takes off to heights requiring this power. I just bought it now so I don't have to keep upgrading when hitting the ceiling.
Unfortunately, I'm paying $200 a month with not much action. However, windows 2008 comes with Hyper-V software, so I can run VPS's. I was thinking about selling like one super-powerful VPS (at least 4 gig ram dedicated) to someone who wants to start a game server. I'd ask just for like $50 bucks a month, which is pretty darn good for the server specs.
As this is not the offers forum, which I can't post in, I'm asking if these are good enough specs for someone to host a bomb game server on? Anyone know a forum where I could get some offers?
Game Servers
Jun 30, 2007When you host a game server do you just buy the game, then install it on the server and run it as a server.
As you can read i dont know where to start
Is My Game Server Doing Ok
Jun 2, 2007I decided to setup a Counter Strike Source game server on my spare laptop which has the following specs:
850mhz Pentium III
384MB RAM
30GB HD
Surprisingly, it can manage 24 players (haven't had more people on yet) with very little noticeable lag and only with a 1.3MBit upload speed. :-) It took some fine tuning with the server rates but it's doing pretty well so far.
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