Server specs

[theharibokid1@live.co.uk 10]

hey guys i was wondering if my dedi was powerful enough to host a server and if so if i could host more than one on it.

specs

2x Intel Xeon 5520 4x2(HT)x 2.29GHz (8MB ISC - 5.86GT/sec

16Gb DDR3 ECC (1066mhz)

windows server 2008 R2 standard edition2x

100MB upload

bandwidth unmeaterd

the server is just sitting arround doing nothing, i could upgrade the CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 4x2(HT)x 3.3 GHz (8MB ISC - 5GT/sec)

(edited the ram from 2 and cpu from 1 to 2)

Edited September 15, 2012 by theharibokidXD

[urbanfox 116]

For optimal performance with the current CPU I wouldn't host more than 3 lower population servers, but that's just me.

[theharibokid1@live.co.uk 10]

3 lower population, so would i get away with hosting 2 larger?

[urbanfox 116]

Correction* 6 lower population, maybe even 8 depending if they get full or not (didn't see it was a dual-CPU server originally)

As for hosting less, but higher population, I would advise against it. The server is not efficiently multi-threaded in the least, so individual core architecture/speed is the actual determining factor.

The E5520 is an older generation Xeon and 2.26GHz at that, so a well-performing high population server is kind of out of the question.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, though. The server population is already saturated so hosting low population servers isn't going to be a big deal unless your server gets extremely popular.

Edited September 15, 2012 by urbanfox

[theharibokid1@live.co.uk 10]

Thank you very much, i have to ask how many slots would you suggest then?

[urbanfox 116]

I'd start with 40 and see how it performs if it gets full and go from there.