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On average how much bandwith does a 20-50 player zone take up monthly??

SuSE · Me measures good Joined: Dec 02 2002 Posts: 2307 Offline

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well im getting someone to get me a dedicated server on a 1000mg connection. I just wanted to know how much bandwidth i should go for.
Would 100 gb be enough??

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject:

There's a bandwidth limit on a dedicated server??
It might be enough if the zone doesn't get too popular.
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1stStrike · Cute like a kitty Joined: Dec 28 2002 Posts: 427 Offline

The average player uses 5 kb/s depending on how much graphics are in the zone, the speed, etc. So, if you take 5 kb/s * 60 that's 300 kb a minute. Now, take 300 kb and multiply that by 60 and that's 18,000 kb an hour. Multiply that by 24 and you get 432,000 kb every 24 hours. If you convert that to MB: 1000 kb = 1 mb. So, that's 432 mb of bandwidth every 24 hours. Multiply 432 mb by 31 (average amount of days in a month) and that's 13,392 mb. 1000 mb = 1 gig. So, that's approximately 13 gigs of bandwidth in a month for 1 player.

That's assuming there's at least 1 player connected 24/7 (which could be a bot easily). There's of course a lot of other factors involved but depending on how many players you expect 200 gigs could be more then enough or not anywhere near enough.

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ok thanx alot 1stStrike. I asked the host and they said Bandwidth is not a factor for them

. Which is better for me