Bandwidth

[azrael]

how much bandwidth would be alrite for 50 people for a whole month ?

 

[Blaminator]

Bandwith has nothing to do with your server being online, its really the upload speed of your connection that matters

 

[azrael]

im getting a my webhost to host my server... they wnat to know how much bandwidth will be needed

 

[Blaminator]

Moved to right section ; it depends on how big the patches are

 

[azrael]

u think 50gigs a month would be enough?

 

[Viola A.I.]

Of course it matters.
Bandwidth costs money and thats why he needs to know.

It all depends on how active your server will be - obviously 50 people max, but how long are they going to play per month?

Ok, here's a rough estimate:

IF - 1 player = 2kbps
THEN - 60*2 = 120
SO - 1 player connected for 1 minute consumes 120kb of bandwidth.
THEN - 120*60 = 7200
SO - 1 player connected for 1 hour consumes 7200kb (7.2mb) of bandwidth.
IF - 1 player is connected for 10 hours.
THEN - 7200*10 = 72000
SO - 1 player connected for 10 hours consumes 72000kb (72mb) of bandwidth.
THEN * 50*72000 = 3600000
SO - 50 players connected for 10 hours consumes 3600000kb (360mb) of bandwidth.

I think I have that right, remember I just guessed the actual per second useage.

EDIT: Didn't know you meant a patch server! :P
50gigs is sufficient since you wont take up 1gig a month per player downloading patches.

 

[azrael]

cheers viola.. i think 50GB per month is fine atm then.. if i need more i can easily get more