Talk to any clan and they are always after the best possible game server provider. How do we look for quality? Well a wide range of things like price, support, ping and network and server hardware.
The price
The cost is all relative to everything else when looking. If you go budget then expect no frills and not a lot else. Don't get me wrong there are some excellent cheap hosts but also some I would not touch if you paid me! If you pay more you should get more but this is not always the case. Some will give you more - but do you need it?
Assistance
No one likes thing to break and I for one sure don't! But when it does go pop we need to know people are able to help. When it comes to support you want a swift response and for that response to come when you are wanting it. If it is a hardware issue you do not want middle men. Many companies rent servers from another company, who rent them from someone else, who rent the rack space from someone else, and they then rent from the data centre. What is a simple problem can quite often become a real mess. So you want to speak to the hosting company who will then deal with it as otherwise you can be waiting days. Business hours are not great for gaming. Yes 9 -5 is great for business, but not for gamers, they want afternoons evenings and weekends. You end up waiting and twiddling your thumbs while the next working day roles round to get a response for assistance with your Counter Strike Source Server.
Hardware
The old Pentium 4s with 1gb of RAM were great back in the day but no use now. If you are not on a dual core server with 4gb of RAM then be prepared for a potentially laggy ride! This is not to say that the companies load their Call of Duty 4 hosting relative to what they can take. To keep costs down budget providers will over sell and overload servers.Therefore test a server in the day and if it's fine then you have made a good choice. Do some home work and ask the host for a test server or test IP but find out the IP range they have and look it up on game monitor and choose some servers yourself to test.
Network
We all want negative pings but it will never happen but the lower the better. Companies all go on about each game server on a 100mbit or 1gbit port etc. This is not the important number. The upstream connection from their core switch or router to the upstream providers network is most important. Communicating with other servers on the hosts network can be as fast as they like, but if they only have a 10mbit connection out to the internet then it will be slow.
Testimonials
Search the internet for testimonials as well as the company's website as they can make for interesting reading. Some companies like to be open about testimonials and will leave bad feedback on their forums as they are only human at the end of the day.
The price
The cost is all relative to everything else when looking. If you go budget then expect no frills and not a lot else. Don't get me wrong there are some excellent cheap hosts but also some I would not touch if you paid me! If you pay more you should get more but this is not always the case. Some will give you more - but do you need it?
Assistance
No one likes thing to break and I for one sure don't! But when it does go pop we need to know people are able to help. When it comes to support you want a swift response and for that response to come when you are wanting it. If it is a hardware issue you do not want middle men. Many companies rent servers from another company, who rent them from someone else, who rent the rack space from someone else, and they then rent from the data centre. What is a simple problem can quite often become a real mess. So you want to speak to the hosting company who will then deal with it as otherwise you can be waiting days. Business hours are not great for gaming. Yes 9 -5 is great for business, but not for gamers, they want afternoons evenings and weekends. You end up waiting and twiddling your thumbs while the next working day roles round to get a response for assistance with your Counter Strike Source Server.
Hardware
The old Pentium 4s with 1gb of RAM were great back in the day but no use now. If you are not on a dual core server with 4gb of RAM then be prepared for a potentially laggy ride! This is not to say that the companies load their Call of Duty 4 hosting relative to what they can take. To keep costs down budget providers will over sell and overload servers.Therefore test a server in the day and if it's fine then you have made a good choice. Do some home work and ask the host for a test server or test IP but find out the IP range they have and look it up on game monitor and choose some servers yourself to test.
Network
We all want negative pings but it will never happen but the lower the better. Companies all go on about each game server on a 100mbit or 1gbit port etc. This is not the important number. The upstream connection from their core switch or router to the upstream providers network is most important. Communicating with other servers on the hosts network can be as fast as they like, but if they only have a 10mbit connection out to the internet then it will be slow.
Testimonials
Search the internet for testimonials as well as the company's website as they can make for interesting reading. Some companies like to be open about testimonials and will leave bad feedback on their forums as they are only human at the end of the day.
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