nphxboxlive wrote

RuLeWreX wrote

nphxboxlive wrote

RuLeWreX wrote Also, you better do a speed test at your sister's house to make sure that the speed isn't the problem. [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Report back after test.

Yeah, I know the speeds are not the problem its just the HDD. I have used [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] to monitor the server while playing at home [Team Viewer FTW] And the lag occurs when the HDD is getting written to or from - The broadband she gets is from Virgin Media, 10-15MS Ping, 75MB Download, 5MB Upload. And the most upload i have seen the server drawing at once so far is just under 3MB up, I am still going to contact them to try and get a better up at hers for the server for future as it grows and there are more active constant users. As for the RAID, Would it work the same as buying new dives if i stick in another of the HDDs the server currently has in it? Because i am almost definite i have another exactly the same somewhere, And i have sata cables hanging about (I build pcs and fix them for friends now and again lol)

You wouldn't be able to hook up another to your existing drive for RAID. They'd have to both have no files on until the config is started up. The internet speed appears to be fine.

As a side note for a server owner, I would suggest that you insert a credit system into place to buy in-game items. The way it would work is users get a set amount of credits per kill, or whatever it is they're doing, but it takes a while to be able to purchase anything desirable. At this point, users really like your server, and will do anything for more credits. Add an option to buy credits. This way you can turn some sort of profit, and I guarantee your server will be more popular.

That sounds interesting the whole credit idea, I think ill have a look into it, And for the RAID / HDDs - What if i transfer everything to my external USB HDD then just transfer the whole content from the drive back over after setting up the RAID? I mean basically copy all the server games and installed stuff to the USB drive, Set up RAID HDDs, Reinstall windows, Then put everything back? And if i needed the drives blank i could attach them to another pc and format them using something like [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ?