Denvist Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Server hosting requirements Hello I am curious about how much it require to run an ARK PvP Server? When i say boosted, then it is around 20 or 25x rates with around 5-7 mods and few plugins Does this require a dedicated server or is a shared hosting provider fine? Thanks - Denvist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 For PvP it is probably better to rent with a server that has anti-ddos protection. The reason for this is because if it becomes popular you will encounter people who want to go to war against the server in order to protect their base. The box that you will want to rent will need to have the necessary hardware and platform features to let you do what you want. A 32 GB box for a single or dual map setup with at least 4 CPU cores and 8 threads, will be an ideal. For PvP, you will want to go for a gaming CPU that has strong single core performance. A multi-core CPU such as Threadripper will only be useful to you if you plan to do large clusters and are typically only expecting an audience of around 30 to 40 people on a single map. If you have a popular PvP server, you may want to try for around 50 to 70 players on a map and thus will want to focus on single core performance. Try and avoid servers that charge you per player slot. Those are garbage. Aim for specs instead. Again, anti-ddos, 32 GB for 1 or 2 maps, and strong single core performance of around 4 cores 8 threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvist Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 I see what you mean. You should pay for hardware, not slots. Is 32 gb RAM required to run a pvp server? Well, i think i could start a place, and then upgrade if needed. I haven’t seen that many providers who sells hardware instead of slots, other than gameserverapp.com. A dedicated server is expensive in my eyes. To host a good server, is a dedicated server a must? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkfields Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Sphere has some good points there. But no, a dedicated server is not a requirement. Allow about 8Gb RAM per map that you want to run. A friend had about 30 people connected to his server last night, across 4 maps - the server was using 30Gb RAM. Each map likes to have its own Core (2 threads). This is pretty much essential - the Ark server is very CPU intensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvist Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Okay thank you for your reply. Does there exist like any server hosting that have RAM allocation? If there does, let me know. There are some server hosting providers that provides unlimited RAM Usage. Which one of those 2 would be the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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