For all you peeps that are setting up servers for the UT2003 demo! This is, what your going to need... Posted by Pezman.
Several server admins have mentioned that they would like to know details on what will make the most ideal UT2003 demo dedicated server. We have put these loose specs together to allow you a brief chance of upgrading your servers, and so that you can know what settings are suggested for your box.
In terms of hardware a 1.5 Ghz CPU would be great for running two dedicated servers - we estimate that a 2.5Ghz system should be able to handle 4 16-player dedicated servers if it had 512Mb of RAM. 256Mb is recommended as minimum system RAM for Windows XP/2000 running a single server with approximately 100Mb per additional server being run on that machine.
The ideal Internet connection is a dedicated connection such as a T1 or better. Cable and DSL modems do not make for really great servers as upload bandwidth is usually severely capped which contributes to lag. Most cable/DSL connections would only be able to successfully support up to 8 players with broadband connections. That could mean two 4 player servers on a decent cable/DSL connection or one 8 player server. On a single T1 you would be able to server 32 broadband players quite nicely. So that could be four 8 player servers on one T1 if you wanted to or two 16 player servers. Modem users use less bandwidth and generally UT2003 uses about 25% less bandwidth per user than the original UT but there are far fewer modem users today than there were when UT was released nearly 3 years ago so people are gobbling up bandwidth at a much higher rate. We hope that this information helps answer your questions.
We have setup a Server Admin forum here for feedback and questions about servers in general. We will be making announcements in that forum concerning demo servers from here on out.
Several server admins have mentioned that they would like to know details on what will make the most ideal UT2003 demo dedicated server. We have put these loose specs together to allow you a brief chance of upgrading your servers, and so that you can know what settings are suggested for your box.
In terms of hardware a 1.5 Ghz CPU would be great for running two dedicated servers - we estimate that a 2.5Ghz system should be able to handle 4 16-player dedicated servers if it had 512Mb of RAM. 256Mb is recommended as minimum system RAM for Windows XP/2000 running a single server with approximately 100Mb per additional server being run on that machine.
The ideal Internet connection is a dedicated connection such as a T1 or better. Cable and DSL modems do not make for really great servers as upload bandwidth is usually severely capped which contributes to lag. Most cable/DSL connections would only be able to successfully support up to 8 players with broadband connections. That could mean two 4 player servers on a decent cable/DSL connection or one 8 player server. On a single T1 you would be able to server 32 broadband players quite nicely. So that could be four 8 player servers on one T1 if you wanted to or two 16 player servers. Modem users use less bandwidth and generally UT2003 uses about 25% less bandwidth per user than the original UT but there are far fewer modem users today than there were when UT was released nearly 3 years ago so people are gobbling up bandwidth at a much higher rate. We hope that this information helps answer your questions.
We have setup a Server Admin forum here for feedback and questions about servers in general. We will be making announcements in that forum concerning demo servers from here on out.
