Ubuntu Server help on old PC

[MC Morrado]

I am wanting to host my own Left 4 Dead 1 server using Ubuntu Server LTS and Kubernetes so many players can play multiple online sessions together. My real problem is finding the limits of 8GB of DDR3 for the entire server besides getting the server up and running.

 

I wanna self-host my own Left 4 Dead server because I'm not a fan of those modded servers and there are few so buggy to the point of being unplayable. The PC's specs are 8GB of DDR3, an Intel i5 from the early 2010's, and a 500GB HDD. It's not much but it's better than nothing. I don't think that should be too much of a problem from a game made in 2008.

[igormp]

2 minutes ago, MC.Morrado said:

and Kubernetes

First of all, why kubernetes? Specially on a single node system.

3 minutes ago, MC.Morrado said:

My real problem is finding the limits of 8GB of DDR3 for the entire server besides getting the server up and running.

You can always just spin it up and benchmark it.

It shouldn't have any issues tho, I don't think such server is intensive by any means.

[manikyath]

at some point i had 4 Gmod servers running on a single gig of ram... you're fine with 8, and if you're not planning of running lots of instances or many different things, just skip the whole kubernetes thing and run it bare metal.

[MC Morrado]

12 minutes ago, manikyath said:

at some point i had 4 Gmod servers running on a single gig of ram... you're fine with 8, and if you're not planning of running lots of instances or many different things, just skip the whole kubernetes thing and run it bare metal.

I think I'll do that. Now the question is running Left 4 Dead servers on Ubuntu Server bare metal. I can only fit one monitor on my desk so I can figure out a way to remotly use the server through some PowerShell commands on my Windows 10 gaming PC.

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, MC.Morrado said:

I think I'll do that. Now the question is running Left 4 Dead servers on Ubuntu Server bare metal. I can only fit one monitor on my desk so I can figure out a way to remotly use the server through some PowerShell commands on my Windows 10 gaming PC.

presuming the l4d server application can run entirely in terminal; ssh into the server box and use screen to run your server.

[MC Morrado]

15 minutes ago, manikyath said:

presuming the l4d server application can run entirely in terminal; ssh into the server box and use screen to run your server.

Never heard of GNU Screen. But I do plan on running everything command-line only. My brain works weird in that a GUI only slows me down.