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What does a good DSL connection mean, like, what do I need?

And how do I get it?

 

When you purchase a subscription with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) your contract is usually ADSL (Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Line) which means that you have for example 100Mbps download and only 5Mbps upload. This is commond practice since most of the people download rather than upload. A DSL has got equal download and upload, lets say 50Mbps download and 50Mbps upload. A DSL connection is really a must if you want to host a game since you need to upload more instead of download. You need to call up your ISP and talk to them if they could bump up your upload limit without chaning you current contract. I've never done it but it should not be a big deal.

I was looking to maybe get myself a server, but how does it work? Can you use HDDs for gaming, or is that too slow? I would mainly use it to host a Minecraft or some other game server, but if there would be space left for cloud storage too. 

But how does it work?

Would a small factor server be an option?

How much space can you then get?

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I hosted a MC server at my school where I work- it had two Xeons (very old) 12 threads with 28GB DDR2 RAM. I also didn't have any additional storage apart from the OS array which was 3x 300GB SAS drives in RAID 5. There were 50 slots for the server and it was barely using the resources. I used that server just because it was sitting and doing nothing. You can buy a similar spec server for around 80 Euros. Im not sure how a desktop CPU will do but the Xeons did a good job albeit a bit overkill for my scenario. 

 

Forgot to add- it was a full size 2U rack chassis. 

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Pretty much anything will work as long as it has 4gb RAM or more dedicated to the server.

I had a server with a Athlon x2 5200+, 4gb RAM and a old 120gb HDD. It could handle up towards 8-12 players on vanilla and 3-5 players on TEKKIT/FTB Without delays/blocklag

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The most important thing is the upload speed of your internet. I ran a server off of a ivy bridge i5 system (I forget which model) and 8GB of some KingstonValue memory, and it was horrible, the block delay was often 5 to 10 seconds, with an Australian upload speed of only 50KB. Unless you want to use many mods, any machine will do.

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Does it need to be RAM for dedicated space for gaming servers?

Yes but depends on how many people will be connecting. For a Minecraft server I'd go with a minimum of 8GB. And made sure that you have good DSL connection as Suffokation mentioned in his post. You can have the best server in the world but if you can't send data to users fast enough you are just wasting time and money.

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Yes but depends on how many people will be connecting. For a Minecraft server I'd go with a minimum of 8GB. And made sure that you have good DSL connection as Suffokation mentioned in his post. You can have the best server in the world but if you can't send data to users fast enough you are just wasting time and money.

What does a good DSL connection mean, like, what do I need?

And how do I get it?

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What does a good DSL connection mean, like, what do I need?

And how do I get it?

 

When you purchase a subscription with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) your contract is usually ADSL (Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Line) which means that you have for example 100Mbps download and only 5Mbps upload. This is commond practice since most of the people download rather than upload. A DSL has got equal download and upload, lets say 50Mbps download and 50Mbps upload. A DSL connection is really a must if you want to host a game since you need to upload more instead of download. You need to call up your ISP and talk to them if they could bump up your upload limit without chaning you current contract. I've never done it but it should not be a big deal.

See my blog for amusing encounters from IT workplace: http://linustechtips.com/main/blog/585-life-of-a-techie/

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When you purchase a subscription with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) your contract is usually ADSL (Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Line) which means that you have for example 100Mbps download and only 5Mbps upload. This is commond practice since most of the people download rather than upload. A DSL has got equal download and upload, lets say 50Mbps download and 50Mbps upload. A DSL connection is really a must if you want to host a game since you need to upload more instead of download. You need to call up your ISP and talk to them if they could bump up your upload limit without chaning you current contract. I've never done it but it should not be a big deal.

Ok, thanks very much, I didn't know how that worked. That must be why my upload speed is so slow.

This is very helpful, since I'm thinking of starting a Youtube channel and it now takes forever to upload a video.

Thanks so much :D

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