[server requirements] How Powerfull well a server need to be to run a server for X amount of players

[Psyco]

I am some on who likes to host a server and i am trying to make plans for our server would like to know how big of a server i needs to run for 16/100/1000 slots

[MiddayEnglishman]

WE'll be doing one as well man umm.. if it put's it into perspective I usually run them on my PC and on Minecraft can have about 90 people playing before I have issues (that's including me running the client on the same PC)

Intel i7-8 Core
16GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
Running off an SSD for improved speed!

I plan to host our server on my PC until we can afford to rent full dedicated servers, we'll have 4 servers connected, a home server then open ocean then off-shore isles then the mainland/pvp server!

[Psyco]

well for what i have seen from hosting game b/f minecraft uses tons more power then most game do is all the mod pack. i have had minecraft server use 512mb to 2G for just under 10 players but that with a server runing 140+ mods

wyrm is a game whos server run with 1000+ in mind. the servers are going to be much lower in the power to slot ratio so this i7/16gb ram pc well run it like a champ but how much do i need to run it on a centos or ubuntu server

[Clarynaa]

I would love to know this as well, from the devs, based on personal experience running tests on it. I know minecraft can be really resource intensive if you want a big world.

[Tegyr]

The most limiting factor will likely be the number of creatures on the server, so you can simply set that to a value your server hardware can handle, slightly less to be able to support higher player numbers.

[Clarynaa]

Originally posted by Albin:

The most limiting factor will likely be the number of creatures on the server, so you can simply set that to a value your server hardware can handle, slightly less to be able to support higher player numbers.

Could we maybe get some initial data from your in house testing?

[Steven Brattac]

Your a Genious as far i know your one of the first takin on such a attepmt turning a online world into private servers KUDOS! I waited years for Everquest to do such a thing but now there is WURM Yay!!!

[Cold]

Since Wurm is running on Java, do you think that a Wurm Server could be hosted on a Raspberry PI (Linux, 900 MHz ARM processor, ~512MB free RAM).

That is the smallest and cheapest (4 Watt) computer setup I could think of.

But I guess we will just have to try it out.

[Psyco]

i would like to see that

[Psyco]

can you tell us How Powerfull the servers runing exodus and/or xanadu
or may be the weekes server that is runing any of then thanks

[Best4Gamers]

we need a good and straight answer about what we gonna need to host a server of 100 players with let say a 1000 animals on it .

one option that i wanna use is a VDS:
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Cores 3 X 3.2GHZ+
Memory / Swap 3GB - 6GB
Disk Space 150 GB
Network Port 100MBPS
Bandwidth UNLIMITED
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will the server run smooth on this kind of virtual dedicated server ?
or will i need something way more powerfull like a dedicted strip iron ...

thank you ,
alex
http://wurmunlimited.enjin.com/
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wurm_unlimited

[anon751]

1000 creatures isn't enough assuming you want to frequenly run into creatures while out adventuring. Given that WO players are always complaining about a lack of creatures it shouldn't be that hard to forsee folks will have the same expectations on WU servers.

A better measure is about 167 tiles per a creature.
512x512 map @ 1,570 creatures
1024x1024 map @ 6,279 creatures
2048x2048 map @ 25,116 creatures (Deliverance sized)
4096x4096 map @ 100,462 creatures (Independance sized)
8192x8192 map @ 401,849 creatures (Xanadu sized...lol I can't imagine the hardware for this)

[Best4Gamers]

yes , some sayed that 1000 creatures takes about 700mb of ram ... now ... the biggest question is for the map we gonna use are 2048x2048 map @ 25,116 creatures (Deliverance sized) , LOL 32gb+ ram gonna be needed ... and to actualy host a server that gives you 32gb ram is realy not cheap ... its about 150$ - 250$ a mounth .

thats a big problem ...

[anon751]

I've seen a lot of variation in pricing. The prices I've found by google "dedicated game servers" start at 100-150 usd per month (I just look for 32GB memory). But I've seen folks on Wurm forums find other sources that are much cheeper and here is an example:

Intel Xeon E3 1230v3
32 GB
2 x 120 GB SSD
1Gbps/sec
29.99 € per Month

http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/131333-wu-dedicated-server-hosting-vm-question/#entry1349734

[Psyco]

just so you know online.net will not take paypal which is where this server is from
+ is 34.01 € per Month with tax which is 50.16 CAD or 38.12 US Dollar

[Best4Gamers]

all we need is : anyone from the devs that will tell us , if you want 100 ppl playn on your server you will need a 8 \ 16 \ 32 gb ram or more ....we need information from the devs , not your conclutions .