Counterstrike Server

[^DoCtOr^]

Hi guys,

Please don't flame for what I am going to ask next :rolleyes:

I want to set up 2 linux servers to run as Counterstrike Servers, one will be serving 50 clients on the lan, while the other will be connected to the internet. What kind of hardware will you give these servers?

I am at a loss as I have never played Counterstrike before and I don't know what kind of hardware it takes to provide good service to the 50 clients seamlessly.

What distro will be good to run these servers?
I am thinking of using RH?

Thanks in advance!! :D

[sharth]

jeez... i read something a while back... i ran a server for 8 people (lan) on my 550mhz box, running debian. and it didn't even faze it. I would go for something around the 700 or 800 range and you will be very fine. ram would be the only worry. and if you're planning on running tons of mods, then, I'd look into that (i ran amx and war3 and some other stuff, no problems)

[bwkaz]

For 50 people, bandwidth is going to be more of a concern than the processor. Anything at or above 1 GHz ought to be more than enough, and I think that sharth is right when he says that 700MHz or 800MHz should work OK.

And as long as those 50 clients are on a LAN with the server, then you shouldn't have bandwidth problems (10 kilobytes / sec / client is a good number to use -- which means you'll need 50 * 10 = 500 kilobytes per second of bandwidth, and a LAN does provide more than this). If those 50 people are coming through an Internet connection, though, then you'll run into problems (you'll have to pay for a 4 megabit connection, at least, which isn't too cheap). But I don't think you're trying to do that.

[^DoCtOr^]

Well, if I am using a configuration something like yours on a lan, I guess I will have to stop all services except for ssh. This is the first time I am giving Linux a shot in setting up a game server, will be fun! Oh and yes, I will be running other stuff like war3 etc, 'cos its a commercial game server.

I will have to look for all "common practice" stuff people do when they set up a commercial game server. Do they lock down the server only strictly for gaming or they just install the software, run it and leave it thats all?

:rolleyes:

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

If your server's intended purpose is only serving CounterStrike, I would remove any unneccesary services running on the box. It will make the box more secure, and you will use less resources. If a server's not hosting web pages on it, then why have apache? If users can't upload/download files to the server, then why run FTPD?

At a minimum, I'd only have the CounterStrike server program running and maybe SSHD, so I could remotely access the machine.