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CyberFern0
By CyberFern0
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3 hours ago, CyberFern0 said:

Can you have one server that functions as a dedicated game server and a Plex media server?

You could have a server do both but you have to make sure you have your terms straight. Dedicated means it does one thing and nothing else. Also you may run across a term "bare metal" which means physical hardware instead of virtualization.

 

On that note if you have game server software that runs on the same OS as plex can then you likely could just get away with that instead of running them in a VM.

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FreeNAS

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Dell Server 11th gen

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1 minute ago, Razor02097 said:

You could have a server do both but you have to make sure you have your terms straight. Dedicated means it does one thing and nothing else. Also you may run across a term "bare metal" which means physical hardware instead of virtualization.

 

On that note if you have game server software that runs on the same OS as plex can then you likely could just get away with that instead of running them in a VM.

or spin it all up via docker containers :D

Gaming build:

CPU: i7-7700k (5.0ghz, 1.312v)

GPU(s): Asus Strix 1080ti OC (~2063mhz)

Memory: 32GB (4x8) DDR4 G.Skill TridentZ RGB 3000mhz

Motherboard: Asus Prime z270-AR

PSU: Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W

Cooler: Custom water loop (420mm rad + 360mm rad)

Case: Be quiet! Dark base pro 900 (silver)
Primary storage: Samsung 960 evo m.2 SSD (500gb)

Secondary storage: Samsung 850 evo SSD (250gb)

 

Server build:

OS: Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS (though will probably upgrade to 17.04 for better ryzen support)

CPU: Ryzen R7 1700x

Memory: Ballistix Sport LT 16GB

Motherboard: Asrock B350 m4 pro

PSU: Corsair CX550M

Cooler: Cooler master hyper 212 evo

Storage: 2TB WD Red x1, 128gb OCZ SSD for OS

Case: HAF 932 adv

 

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3 minutes ago, reniat said:

or spin it all up via docker containers :D

Yup. As long as he wants to run a linux OS.

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FreeNAS

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Dell Server 11th gen

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ESXI

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3 hours ago, CyberFern0 said:

Can you have one server that functions as a dedicated game server and a Plex media server?

yes, watch 7 Gamers 1 CPU ,  you just need a lot of  CPU cores and rams 

 

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18 hours ago, loki_loki said:

yes, watch 7 Gamers 1 CPU ,  you just need a lot of  CPU cores and rams 

 

What’s a game server CPU?

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On 3/29/2018 at 2:21 PM, CyberFern0 said:

What’s a game server CPU?

 

On 3/29/2018 at 2:21 PM, CyberFern0 said:

What’s a game server CPU?

 

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