Server Designs

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

You’ve heard of gaming rigs. What if I told you that you could make a computer people ACROSS THE WORLD could play on? Yep, that’s a server!

Why did I introduce you to the concept of servers? Don’t question it, you will enjoy the slop. Here’s my build:https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hfJnqH

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

I’d likely either go with a cheap old xeon server board or entire workstation (i.e. this) and buy a third 1 tb hdd to put into a raid array (whichever mode lets you use any two drives to restore the others idk how raid works im just a)

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I am not sure so many people here are planning to construct a server besides you, much less having already done that, though maybe Hhyyrylainen has already done that before.

Also

@Deathwake

idk how raid works im just a

You’re just a what?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Added an ethernet adapter. Not port, adapter: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/99L7Bq

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I presume you’ve already had some sort of a port if you’re adding an adapter now?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Apparently the mobo already had some ports. I’m just adding an adapter to be safe.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I presume you’ve learnt somewhere how to contruct servers? Or are you basing the build off what you’ve learnt of PC construction?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I’m basing server building off my knowledge of PC building. Still haven’t built that PC…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Hopefully any notes from the experience of building the PC will be useful in preventing mistakes in creating the server…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, like use an SSD for the OS, make hard drives secondary, whatever.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I suppose we’ll truly evaluate the server only once it’s been constructed.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

It’ll mainly be used for factorio.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

And besides factorio, what else?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I might reuse the design for Minecraft.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How many people in a single server do you think the server you’ll construct be capable of hosting?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

My goal is around 40.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I presume the number won’t be the same for all games…

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, save file sizes and whatnot.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

And also the performance side of various games.

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

I’m presently using one of those rpi5 knockoff boards for a server (samabashare for my external hard drive, jellyfin for the media on there, and modern java in case i feel like minecraft) and i’ve been thinking of upgrading, ARM really lacks the power for a lot these days. It’s really fun to mess around with, i did some debain repository hacking around to get hardware accelerated opengl, transcoding, and box86/64. no vulkan bc rockchip hates fun, but I still got a few pc games to launch. Doom refused and thrive had a fixable issue i didn’t bother fixing.

@aah31415

You’re just a what?

idk i was rly tired when i wrote that mightve been an “im just a girl” joke or a regular “i’m just alright at server stuff”

@aah31415

Hopefully any notes from the experience of building the PC will be useful in preventing mistakes in creating the server…

mostly these day the difference is gonna be in software. a lot of pc comes with lots of ram slots, even just for gaming or whatever! Personally, i’d still prefer an old xeon over a comparable i7 or whatever, the actual specialized features I care about are pcie lanes (i have little use or money for multi-gpu setups, but multi-nvme setups and a high-speed NIC would be rly cool) and ecc (for paying more on RAM).