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Dec 23, 2000, 6:17pm

Hey All!

I was curious if anyone could tell me their setup with worlds they host
(connection speed, computer speeds, etc). Also, how much it costs you a
month and how much you make would be great. I am possibly interested in
starting a hosting type company but I am just interested in seeing other
people's ideas :) Thanks.


Happy Holiday :)


DJ

Dec 23, 2000, 6:42pm

i host worlds for free, on a 24/7 1.0 MB a sec connection, and 24/7 tech
support via e-mail....
I may charge a 10 dollar set up fee, and then 50 a year, when i get my new
duel prossor server..

Yw
Joeman

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Dec 24, 2000, 9:36am

Hello DJ Party,

I have the following set-up:

A Sun Microsystems Cobalt RaQ4i Linux Server (450MHz RISC CPU, 256MB DRAM,
20GB HDD, Dual Ethernet Ports , External SCSI Port) as the world server,
which I host 3 worlds on.

A PIII 600MHz system, 384 MB SDRAM, two 20GB HDD's Running Windows 2000
Server as my IIS server, which I host the object paths on.

Enhanced DSL with 5 static IP's at 1.5 Mbps.

LinkSys EZXS88W - EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Switch

I do this as a hobby, I am a System Administrator in RL, so I have had a
home network for a while. I do not charge my friends for hosting their
worlds or object paths, and do not think I would want to get into the
"business" of world hosting.

Your cost are going to vary, depending on location. PacBell has a decent
rate on 5 static IP's in my area. Expect to pay $50.00 to $75.00 per month
for Enhanced DSL.

Equipment cost are approximately: $3,300 for the Cobalt, $900.00 for PC,
$90.00 for switch, and maybe another $100 or so for misc. items (KVM switch,
cables, etc.)

I hope I answered some of your questions.

Good luck :)

Doctor Midi

Arley Canterbury
arley_c at pacbell.net




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Dec 24, 2000, 12:28pm

As far as I know, the current AW servers and most, if not all, bots do
NOT support dual processors. This may change in the upcoming AW 3.1 or
later version, however.

-Builderz

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> I may charge a 10 dollar set up fee, and then 50 a year, when i get my new
> duel prossor server..
>
> Yw
> Joeman

Dec 24, 2000, 2:07pm

i know :)
But my web server, FTP server, telnet server, will all run faster, thus,
leaving more speed for the world server(s)....

Joeman

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Dec 24, 2000, 5:41pm

If you have several servers running, it will help. Multiple CPU's will only
help a single program if it has multiple threads, but nothing prevents you
from running that program more than once.

Rolu

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