G mod server

[EcDarkSky]

Hi guys so i want to make a  g mod server for friends. I have two parts of question first :

I) do you have any hardware idea should i take Xeon or i5 or i7 what CPU power will i need for 64 player on g mod. Is a GPU good or not for this kind of server?

 

2) is it possible that my friends change files settings etc if they arent there. Is it possible that if the server PC have error or shut down that it reboots anf start the server. What ddos protection can i find

 

Thanks for answer

[Jer45]

24 minutes ago, EcDarkSky said:

Hi guys so i want to make a  g mod server for friends. I have two parts of question first :

I) do you have any hardware idea should i take Xeon or i5 or i7 what CPU power will i need for 64 player on g mod. Is a GPU good or not for this kind of server?

 

2) is it possible that my friends change files settings etc if they arent there. Is it possible that if the server PC have error or shut down that it reboots anf start the server. What ddos protection can i find

 

Thanks for answer

ive only ever done 2 person servers (between my brother and i) and gmod is not a demanding game by any means, its pretty much just a half life 2 that you can f**k around in and do stuff (uses half life engine), dual xeon E5450s should be fine, and a r9 270/370 should be fine (get the gpu used on ebay, ive gotten them for low as 70 dollars)

 

dont really have an answer for number 2

[KSores]

if its anything like minecraft is will be really hard to do because you need stupid fast internet

[Droidbot]

i've ran gmod servers before, and running it at home is something you don't wanna do. 

 

I hosted a 24man Jailbreak server for 3-4 weeks while the other community owner was getting a new dedicated server for it

It would often upload ~20Mbps, download ~40 and racked up loads of data excess charges with my ISP (which I managed to get out of)

 

 

[tt2468]

2 hours ago, EcDarkSky said:

Hi guys so i want to make a  g mod server for friends. I have two parts of question first :

I) do you have any hardware idea should i take Xeon or i5 or i7 what CPU power will i need for 64 player on g mod. Is a GPU good or not for this kind of server?

 

2) is it possible that my friends change files settings etc if they arent there. Is it possible that if the server PC have error or shut down that it reboots anf start the server. What ddos protection can i find

 

Thanks for answer

Considering it looks like nobody really has experience running GMOD servers, or source engine servers of the like, let me give you some tips.

1. The type of cpu you use doesn't really matter. What does matter, is core clock. You want a high core clock to get performance that is reliable. You could probably get by with an i5 cpu.

2. You should start by hosting on windows. You can use filezilla server for remote file access. Windows server 2008 has the best performance that I have seen. Server 2012 seems to give GMOD servers Tick problems. As for the reboot part, here is a script for a watchdog that protects gmod servers from crashing. You can create a shortcut, and put the shortcut into the startup folder to have your server launch on startup. Here is the watchdog script:

@echo off
cd c:\srcds\orangebox
cls
echo Protecting srcds from crashes...
echo If you want to close srcds and this script, close the srcds window and type Y depending on your language followed by Enter.
title srcds Watchdog
:srcds
echo (%time%) srcds started.
start srcds.exe -console -game "garrysmod" +exec "server.cfg" +map rp_downtown_v4e_fix +maxplayers 16
echo (%time%) WARNING srcds closed or crashed, restarting.
goto srcds

Put this into a .bat file, and put the .bat file into the same directory of your gmod server with srcds.exe.