How to Set Up a Dedicated Game Server

HUNDREDS OR even thousands of users from all over the world play online games simultaneously. To ensure a good download speed in real-time with a really large number of players, it is necessary to use high-performance hardware, i.e. a game server. Consider how to run servers on popular games, including Agario.

You can set up a game server yourself. An ordinary home computer, no matter how powerful it may be, is not always suitable for this purpose. Important criteria server hardware for online games – uptime, approaching as close as possible to 100%, a good amount of RAM, and security. And you can find a suitable option, ordering game server hosting. Next, we tell you who needs game hosting services and what to choose as a server for the games: VPS / VDS or dedicated server.

What is a dedicated server?

Dedicated servers are located in secure data centers, permanently connected to power and high-speed Internet channels to provide round-the-clock access to them. A dedicated server gives full access to a physical computer and you can remotely manage it, install the operating system, software, etc.

The server works the same way as any other physical server, the only difference is that it is securely protected in a data center, and the care of its maintenance falls on the shoulders of the hosting provider.

Full controllability – the main advantage of dedicated servers. The owner can change the configuration of the machine, reinstall the software. The user has no access to the server hardware on the VPS, but only the software provided by the hosting provider. On virtual dedicated server memory, processor power, hard drive capacity are shared between several users of the physical machine. On Dedicated you will be sure that all resources belong to you only.

The advantages of a dedicated server over a VPS:

  • direct access to the server capacity;
  •  the ability to adjust and configure hardware and software;
  • The ability to monitor all processes, files, and user actions;
  • On the server you get rid of all unnecessary software, which provides the hoster to all its customers, and install only the most necessary, thereby not overloading the hardware.

How is the game hosting different from the usual?

Dedicated servers are the only way for a team of gamers to have maximum fun. You won’t have to put up with various idiots who spoil the fun of the game. Finally, you don’t have to adapt to anyone else’s rules because you can determine what you like. The main argument against dedicated servers is that they have more difficulty controlling things like, for example, various transactions related to the game. As it turns out, however, the difference in handling this element is not so great as to take this argument seriously.

Renting a multiplayer server may be the best solution, especially if your home Internet connection cannot boast stability. Prices depend on several factors. Servers for older games should cost less, and servers for newer games should cost a little more. However, these are not high costs. When it comes to online gaming, you won’t have enough conventional shared hosting. Its resources may not be enough even for large websites, not to mention the projects that require increased performance. Therefore, you need to choose a powerful environment right away. You have 2 options:

  • VPS/VDS;
  • A dedicated server.

When choosing is based on the objectives of the lease server, but about this, we will talk a little later. The main difference between game servers is that they are adapted to a particular game, such as Minecraft or CS: GO. They have also already installed all the necessary software and have a convenient control panel.

When ordering a service, you pay for the resources in full, but you can also pay for a certain number of players – they are also called slots. For example, you can rent a server with 10 slots, and in this case, play at the same time with only 10 gamers. If you choose a server with 100 slots, you can play a large-scale multiplayer game on it.

Minecraft* Private Server

You can create a Minecraft server by yourself on your computer, without intermediaries.  The only requirement, in this case, will only be a static IP address. To get it you need to contact your provider. Then all you have to do is to create your single world and open access to it. Your friends will only have to connect using the installed IP.

Pros – you can install any mods and plugins, use any configuration, to carry out a detailed setting of the world.

But for everything to work well, your computer must have some weak characteristics. This is rather a disadvantage. If the stuffing is not powerful and efficient, creating a server on your PC will not be the best idea. Any operation will be accompanied by constant bugs and slowness.

Agario Private Server

A private server in Agario is always a unique opportunity to get used to a new server before others and secure a place at the top of the players.

Advantages of Agario Private Server:

  • Overall reliability, including when the planned load (the number of slots) is exceeded.
  • Quick and easy hardware and software upgrades.
  • Automation of virtual processes (operating system kernel update without server reboot).
  •  Easy hardware and virtual administration.
  • Availability of hosting and good service support 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
  • Necessary and sufficient level of privacy.

In general, you can run the Agario server on your computer, but you must understand that it has to run constantly, it needs RAM and CPU power, as well as stable internet.

Hardware for Your Server

There are several criteria on which to select the Agario server for hosting. If the choice is done incorrectly, in the future there will be problems: the resource owners may be uncomfortable working with certain software, pages can belong open because of lack of capacity, there will not be enough space for storing files

What characteristics should be taken into account to select the webserver for hosting:

  •  Processor. For a web server, the best solution is to choose Intel Xeon Silver, Xeon Gold, or Xeon Platinum server processors. Compared to desktop models Intel i3, i5 and i7, they are more reliable and work smoothly in critical situations. Clock speed and cache size are important parameters as they affect the speed and number of requests to be processed;
  •  RAM. RAM is responsible for the speed of processing, it temporarily contains the input, intermediate, and output data. Accordingly, the more sites are visited, the more memory is needed. Another parameter is the standard of memory. Now the standards are used DDR3 and DDR4, they differ in speed of data transfer. For the stable operation of hosting in the beginning it is better to take 32 GB of RAM DDR4, and in the future, if necessary, it can be increased;
  • Hard drives. Nowadays different types of disks are used: HDD, SSD, and SSD NVMe. The best solution for modern website hosting is SSD NVMe. Their bandwidth is several times higher than conventional SSD, so pages will open faster. It is important to choose an Agario server configuration in the RAID array – this will increase the fault tolerance of the system, and in case of failure of one disk access to data will not be lost. As for the disk capacity, for small hosting will be enough for 1-2 TB.

Thus, the resources should be enough to perform all tasks. Agario server in the process of work does not perform a large number of calculations, so you can choose a cheaper option.

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