Re: [Arianne-general] Host Servers

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And...@ao... wrote:

 > I am wondering how the server system will be set up. Will it be like
 > Everquest where there is official servers or will it be like Half-Life
 where> the servers have to be authenticated by someone first or what. Also,
 it> sounds like these servers will need to be fairly powerful with lots of
 > bandwidth, so that takes out most personal servers. If there isn't many
 > personal servers who would run them?

 The ideal situation would be to have official servers, but I ( nor the
 rest )
 can afford to have a dedicated machine for Arianne.
 Because of this bandwidth usage should be keep as low as possible, by
 now is
 about 0.1K/s per player.
 The main problem is that servers need to be ALWAYS up.

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1K/s, that seems hard. I am wondering how you will keep bandwidth usage that 
low. Also, I am wondering if a cable modem (they suck, I know) would be able 
to run one. They have a supposed upload cap but I have been able to get 
speeds of 368k/s upload. Theorically I could be able to host a thousand 
people. Also, how much CPU power and other stuff would you need to be able to 
run an Arianne server? I am interested in helping any way I can. Thanks,
Andrew.