Questions about getting a dedicated server

[ojbristow]

Hello,

Currently I have renting two virtual servers running TTT and prophunt from nitrous networks. I also have forums and a teamspeak. I am thinking of renting myself a full dedicated server so I can host all of these from one place. Where I am now used to setting up TTT and prophunt with a few clicks of a button I am slightly confused now. Will I need to do a clean set up and install like it a 'home run' server?

Whilst typing this out, I thought, will I be able to just upload the existing server files that I have and just edit a few things?

And to have two servers on the same box, will I just need to do that process twice?

Thanks,

Owen

EDIT: I'm not sure what OS to rock, I'm thinking either CentOS? Any recommendations?

Also, just thought, have I posted this in the wrong place as it's not directly to do with ULX? If I have, I'm sorry D:

[MrPresident]

I moved it for you.

To answer your questions though:

Yes, you would just run it like a home run server. A dedicated server is nothing more than a 'home' server that is hosted in a professional (hopefully) located data-center.
It's very quite easy to set up servers this way though. You can just create a batch script that runs SteamCMD and updates your garrysmod installation.

To run more than one server off of the same box, you would either have to install them to separate directories or to the same if you wish for them to share resources. (this is what I do)
Either way, in the launch options for your server you would need to define the IP and port you are running the servers from. If running both from the same IP you will need them to be on different ports. 27015 and 27016 for example.

I would recommend Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. Most providers will provide you with Windows Server 200(3/8) Web Edition for no additional cost.

[ojbristow]

Thanks, thats cleared things up a bit

Does anyone have any suggestions for host to use, or to avoid?  I have the price in mind is £80-90 ish.

Owen

[Decicus]

To be honest, I haven't used very many, but one that I have used (and I am currently using) is NFOServers, also known as Nuclear Fallout.

They have really good connection and helpful support, so my personal suggestion is that you try them out.
They also provide a few different OS's for no extra charge.
 
Link: https://www.nfoservers.com/order-virtual-dedicated-server.php

[ojbristow]

Hey,

Sorry, should have added that it should be an EU company/locations, sorry, thanks for the suggestion though

Owen

[Decicus]

Oh, that's alright.
They do offer one EU location, which is in Frankfurt.

[ojbristow]

WOW im blind

[ojbristow]

Do you know if Windows Server 2012 R2 will work well with GMOD?

[Decicus]

I haven't tried 2012 myself, I prefer 2008. 2008 works for fine for GMod after my experience, and I'm running a GMod server with that at the moment.

[MrPresident]

Be warned:

Virtual Dedicated Server is another fancy way of saying Virtual Server. You're still sharing system resources with other people.
For that budget per month you could easily afford a Dedicated Server. I would recommend you look for a host that offers actual dedicated servers.

And to answer your question about 2012 R2. We use that at G4P and it works fine.

[ojbristow]

http://www.nfoservers.com/order-virtual-dedicated-server.php

This is what I will probably get. The six eight  core level with an upgrade of RAM to make it a total of 10GB.

I think this will be more than good enough for a couple of Game servers, web sites and Teamspeak?

Owen

[Decicus]

Be warned:

Virtual Dedicated Server is another fancy way of saying Virtual Server. You're still sharing system resources with other people.
For that budget per month you could easily afford a Dedicated Server. I would recommend you look for a host that offers actual dedicated servers.

I just realized he asked for a dedicated server in his first post. They do provide them, but it's a bit higher than what he set as a budget (in this case, a different host would probably be a better choice).

This is what I will probably get. The six eight  core level with an upgrade of RAM to make it a total of 10GB.

I think this will be more than good enough for a couple of Game servers, web sites and Teamspeak?

Definitely. I run two websites + one gameserver + TeamSpeak server on the two-core one, and it runs fine with that.

[ojbristow]

I just realized he asked for a dedicated server in his first post. They do provide them, but it's a bit higher than what he set as a budget (in this case, a different host would probably be a better choice).
Definitely. I run two websites + one gameserver + TeamSpeak server on the two-core one, and it runs fine with that.

I was asking in pounds, NFO seems perfect for me

[sabo]

Youre wasting money if you get 8 cores with 10GB of RAM for a couple gmod servers.

I personally have 5 Servers, currently only 3 are running because the other 2 are not being managed due to time missing. How ever, I was perfectly able to run 5 Servers with 4 Cores and 6GB of RAM. Using an average of  70% of CPU and 90% of RAM.

A Gmod server does not take that much resources, around 300MB of RAM, not sure about CPU tho.

And I am running Windows Server 2012 myself, works more than fine for me.


Good luck.

[ojbristow]

Me again,

Everything is coming along nicely now, everything apart from the FastDL - I cant seem to get it to work and make it actually download.

I have got the Files hosted on the dedicated server: http://31.186.251.155:84/

The server cfg has the following included:

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sv_allowupload "1"
sv_allowdownload "1"
sv_downloadurl "http://31.186.251.155:84/"
Im not sure if the sv_download/upload is correct as I have seen many different places say different things.

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks,
Owen