The server that hosts our website, Mumble, and soon DayZ server is getting some upgrades in preparation for DayZ BETA and hopefully soon, server files getting released for private hosting of DayZ servers.
Edit: Here is our current setup now:
- AMD FX 8320E (Eight Core)
- 32 GB RAM
- 250 GB SSD RAID-1
- 1TB HDD RAID-1
Just for anyone who’s curious, my home server started life as a low power, always on Home Theater PC project that soon became home for multiple websites including HERO. Various other projects and games are also running on the box and it wasn’t until we started getting into 7 Days to Die, which is highly unoptimized, that I realized I should look into upgrading this machine for open world game stability which we will need for DayZ.
Here’s what our server is currently running (HTPC build):
- AMD Athlon X2 270 (Dual Core)
- 8 GB DDR3 RAM
- 250 GB HDD RAID-1 with EXT4 filesystem
- Ubuntu GNU/Linux (game servers, HTPC)
- CentOS in virtual machine (websites, Mumble, mission critical applications)
This server comfortably runs our HTPC setup as well as an Arma 3 Wasteland server, currently offline due to 7 Days to Die new patch hogging so much CPU and RAM.
New memory is already ordered and we should be getting a new CPU within the next couple of weeks.
Here is what our new setup should look like (Game server build):
- AMD FX-6300 (Six Core)
- 32 GB DDR3 RAM
- 250 GB HDD RAID-1
In comparison, most game servers that you rent from give you only 1, maybe 2 cores and a small amount of memory. These hosted game servers also share resources with 4-10 other game servers running on the same computer and hopefully playing nice with each other.
This machine has had lots of functionality added to it since its start as just an HTPC. In the distant future, my dream home server build would definitely include a motherboard/processor combo that supports ECC RAM and some SSDs in RAID just for additional speed and stability.
I am most looking forward to being able to include DayZ server files and persistence in a proper backup scheme. Since I have some mission critical stuff running on this machine, it’s well equipped for maximum uptime already with nightly revisioned backups and battery backup.
How awesome would it be to be able to restore persistence back 1, 2, 3, 4, etc days if something went wrong! Plus I could actually just “lean over and kick start it” if something goes wrong and get rid of putting in support tickets and waiting.
Fragnet has been awesome in that regard, but I have been a systems admin and professional tech for long enough that it would be nice to just have it all “in-house”.
Also, I will soon have a Dual Core AMD Athlon X2 270 and 8GB DDR3 RAM available for super cheap (shipping cost) if anyone wants it. If not, it will likely end up on eBay.
Cheers!
