Hosting Server Requirements

[Kordin]

Hi`

I have a goal of setting up a server and running 5 or so maps at the same time on it.
10 max players at any one time..

i have an i9 13900kf 3.0 64 gigs of ram 2TB SSD. RTX 4090.

can i play and host on that machine?

if not.. what would good specs for a different pc be to host this and other games.

Thanks in advance.

[dagger]

You will most likely be hard pressed to run 5 ASA maps on that hardware.

ASA takes about 2-3x the resources as ASE in my experience hosting multiple clusters for 2+ years.

ASA will take 2 physical cores / 4 logical cores (threads) and about 16GB of RAM per map.

The 13900kf has only 8 performance cores and 16 logical cores / threads associated with the performance cores. The other cores / threads are low power efficiency ones which are meant for light workloads such as a web browser running.

If you only use that PC for hosting you might be able to host 3-4 maps but will not be able to game on it at the same time. You will be RAM limited at 4 maps depending on the size of tribe structures and dinos. The operating system will still need 8GB of ram or so.

As far as recommended hardware for server hosting it is all dependent on your budget. I just upgraded my cluster hardware early this year and dropped 29,000 USD to get 96 cores / 192 threads at 4ghz under custom water cooling. My server has 1536GB of RAM on 14TB of enterprise NVME drives. With that setup I am using about 15-20% of CPU resources with 20 maps.


For just 5 maps I would say get a Ryzen 7950x (16 core / 32 thread) and 96+ GB of ram with NVME drives.

[Kordin]

thanks for the reply.

well. 29k is a bit more than i would be willing... or .. allowed lol. to spend on gaming.

i would do 1500 or so for a decent set up that would last for a couple years.

Thank you for your input and advice.

[dagger]

The reason I went with the size of hardware was since I was already hosting a 12 map ASE cluster and was expanding to handle all ASA maps long term. For a 5 map setup 1500-2000 is a decent budget for a 16 core / 32 thread AMD Ryzen setup with enough RAM (96+ GB) for the maps and operating system.

Another option is to rent a VPS (full dedicated PC system) which might cost 300-400 monthly for 16 core with enough RAM to try the setup first.

[Kordin]

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