Best hardware to run a server
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What is the best way to run a server? Is it by having a gaming PC with dedicated nvidia graphics run the SBS server or having an actual hardware server like a Dell Poweredge running the server? Does having gigabit Ethernet switches help when connecting the clients?
What is the best way to run a server? Is it by having a gaming PC with dedicated nvidia graphics run the SBS server or having an actual hardware server like a Dell Poweredge running the server? Does having gigabit Ethernet switches help when connecting the clients?
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Performance wise, the GPU does not really matter too much, depending on what screen you run. On single ship instances, we have gotten away with using our weakest laptop as server.
Limits in EE are mostly then by raw CPU power. More cores don't help, so more Ghz help there. But on my 2.6Ghz i5, I can run a server with 200 AI controlled ships. AI controlled ships are the "heaviest" thing that is being ran in the code. The "Battlefield" scenario can stress test your server. If it can run the "Large" variant at 60Fps, it can run anything you want to try.
On this aspect, Artemis could be different, but most likely it also loads "on demand" or else, on startup of the game.
(We run the whole game from a single network harddrive on to 6 clients, with no noticeable issues)