I’m planning a simple multiplayer race game with 5-10 players per race, since I need some raycast and bounding box I was thinking to go with a unity headless solution.
I plan to host multiple races in the same server with a thread for every race.
How many races I can expect to host in a cheap windows dedicated server like “Intel Core2 Duo 2.93GHz (79USD)” or “Dual-Core i3 3.06GHz H/T (99USD)”?
10TB per month would be enought?
Would be better to get 2 chep server or a “Intel Xeon X3430 2.40 GHz (209USD) 10TB”?
What about a Virtual Private Server? Could it host some game?
First you want to scale your server based on doing some local tests, start up the server and open up the services / task manager to watch the CPU / Memory use of your server while your maximum player count is connected, this will give you a base to use as a formula of which to make your hosting decision on. I have had virtual servers through 1 1 for years, haven’t had the need yet for a dedicated server because the only processes I am running on them are between business processes logic and database interaction also as master servers, I have a VS2 and a VS3 from 1 and 1 (from my signature link), always start local, look at what CPU / RAM utilization you have this way you know how much power you need at a minimum for 1 game going if you are using the hosted server to run the game otherwise a VS2 is just fine for master servers with other overhead.
Hi Zumwalt.
Thanks, so I have to finish the game (at lest the networking part) then simulate players in a local lan to see how much power I need.
Sounds right but I was looking for some advice to help me decide if I could afford a authoritative headless solution or if I should choose a P2P game, or a mix of both.
For the begging I’d go with VPS’s - generally they have lower set-up fees and time giving you more flexibility, while being roughly comparable in cost.
Cloud VPS are more expensive - but allow you to very quickly change your machine specs as you test.
