EBRAddict 9 Posted July 20, 2012 I've got a decent core i7 workstation and a Windows 2008 R2 server license, and today I found a local co-lo provider where I can get 5TB/mo transfer. He's on metro E so he has good up/down bandwidth and about a 12ms ping from my house B). He's willing to put my workstation in a cage with a bunch of others for half what I can get a dedicated 3GHz Xeon rental anywhere.My question is will this workstation be enough (3.4GHz quad core, 8GB, 750MB 7200RPM HDD) and how long will I wait to get an instance ID?I don't want to pay for 1, 2, 3 months of fees waiting for an instance ID because the co-lo site will start billing me as soon as I drop off my hardware. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rinaun 26 Posted July 20, 2012 Expect to wait days if not a week. The new signup system is incredibly slow. The workstation seems to be enough but I'm not sure if they allow people with servers to host still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBRAddict 9 Posted July 20, 2012 I'm not sure if they allow people with servers to host still.If true then I'm not going to host. I can co-lo for cheaper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lith 80 Posted July 20, 2012 If true then I'm not going to host. I can co-lo for cheaper.I was agreeing with the week waiting part of Rin's comment. I haven't seen or heard that they're not allowing people to host their own dedicated boxes that are co-located. So that's probably not true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rinaun 26 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) I was agreeing with the week waiting part of Rin's comment. I haven't seen or heard that they're not allowing people to host their own dedicated boxes that are co-located. So that's probably not true.I don't see them accepting many house-hosts now that they are in bed with providers now. It's cash farm time for dayz! Edited July 20, 2012 by rinaun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lith 80 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) I don't see them accepting many house-hosts now that they are in bed with providers now. It's cash farm time for dayz!He stated he could get it co-located. In IT terms that means a co-lo/datacenter. That should be fine. He's not hosting it from his house. Edited July 20, 2012 by Lith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBRAddict 9 Posted July 21, 2012 Exactly I am looking at hosting this workstation at a local datacenter with metro E and 5TB per month transfer... but not if I have to wait a long time for approval. They charge per month upfront. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rinaun 26 Posted July 21, 2012 He stated he could get it co-located. In IT terms that means a co-lo/datacenter. That should be fine. He's not hosting it from his house.I don't even think they are taking co-located servers. If they are, kudos to them not shutting everyone out of the cash circle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lith 80 Posted July 21, 2012 Exactly I am looking at hosting this workstation at a local datacenter with metro E and 5TB per month transfer... but not if I have to wait a long time for approval. They charge per month upfront.You should be fine. Problem is you need to submit your IP and all that to get whitelisted, which in turn means you need to have your server racked and ready to go. Of course the other end of that is you'll have to wait 5-10 days typically to get whitelisted. You could run some other games on it while you're waiting to be whitelisted to help lessen the feeling of wasting money ;). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lith 80 Posted July 21, 2012 I don't even think they are taking co-located servers. If they are, kudos to them not shutting everyone out of the cash circle.My server is colocated and they were aware of that and it was approved... I know you've got an agenda against Rocket but at least don't put lies into people's ears over it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sna.ke 43 Posted July 21, 2012 It took my server just under 72 hours to get setup.Submitted the request on Friday night, had it rejected Friday night, re-submitted the request, and it was approved Monday morning (this was last week). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
breadwinka 3 Posted July 21, 2012 It took my server just under 72 hours to get setup.Submitted the request on Friday night, had it rejected Friday night, re-submitted the request, and it was approved Monday morning (this was last week).damn i submitted mine on jul 15th still waiting to get approved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RomanTPA 0 Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) My friend got accepted in 24 hours. I had to wait 2.5 weeks. We both applied the same day and we both had the same hardware in the same data center. Edited July 21, 2012 by RomanTPA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
breadwinka 3 Posted July 21, 2012 My friend got accepted in 24 hours. I had to wait 2.5 weeks. We both applied the same day and we both had the same hardware in the same data center.Thats crazy god i hope i dont have to wait 2.5 weeks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbninja101@gmail.com 0 Posted July 21, 2012 I too am waiting on my instance ID. Been a week so far and bought the dedi just for this and a week of the monthly cost has just gone down the drain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
breadwinka 3 Posted July 21, 2012 I too am waiting on my instance ID. Been a week so far and bought the dedi just for this and a week of the monthly cost has just gone down the drain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark.weber@hundehalstuch.info 0 Posted July 22, 2012 is there an info from mod team about the ids?! or will there be no more ids or where is the problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
domistyle 221 Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Well, we got the Instance ID after 2 minutes.From what I hear here I guess we were lucky. Edited July 22, 2012 by DomiStyle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SubEclipse 22 Posted July 22, 2012 Well, we got the Instance ID after 2 minutes.From what I hear here I guess we were lucky.Wow... was this recently? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
domistyle 221 Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Wow... was this recently?Yes, yesterday. Edited July 22, 2012 by DomiStyle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
