http://freehostreview.info/freehost/how-much-would-a-server-cost-to-host-a-uo-free-shard-with-1000-active-users-monthly Free Host Review all and all Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://freehostreview.info/freehost/how-much-would-a-server-cost-to-host-a-uo-free-shard-with-1000-active-users-monthly/comment-page-1#comment-6271 Gandalf Parker Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:19:24 +0000 http://freehostreview.info/freehost/how-much-would-a-server-cost-to-host-a-uo-free-shard-with-1000-active-users-monthly#comment-6271 I host many games. I run 2 linux servers from my house. Most people are surprised at how little it takes. An old computer that wont work for a desktop machine makes a great server. Most of your creative work will get done by logging in from your machine at home so the graphics/sound requirements can be turned way down. It will look ugly and sound ugly at the console but who cares. It will still work great for the users. And a 1000 active users shard tends to mean maybe a dozen on at one time. That can actually run off of a home DSL line without you even noticing the lag on your own machine. Then when you have grown enough to actually NEED more bandwidth you can expand your DSL (if you are close enough to a pop for higher dsl settings) or you can purchase a co-locate hosting (your machine at the ISP buildings macine room) which tends to provide fantastic bandwidth. My 2 servers each have over a hundred email accounts, a dozen domains, and host online worlds (not a shard but I am an officer on a home run shard so I know something of that also) I host many games. I run 2 linux servers from my house.
Most people are surprised at how little it takes. An old computer that wont work for a desktop machine makes a great server. Most of your creative work will get done by logging in from your machine at home so the graphics/sound requirements can be turned way down. It will look ugly and sound ugly at the console but who cares. It will still work great for the users.
And a 1000 active users shard tends to mean maybe a dozen on at one time. That can actually run off of a home DSL line without you even noticing the lag on your own machine. Then when you have grown enough to actually NEED more bandwidth you can expand your DSL (if you are close enough to a pop for higher dsl settings) or you can purchase a co-locate hosting (your machine at the ISP buildings macine room) which tends to provide fantastic bandwidth.
My 2 servers each have over a hundred email accounts, a dozen domains, and host online worlds (not a shard but I am an officer on a home run shard so I know something of that also)

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