BF3 on SSD?

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BF3 on SSD?

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Just curious, the dedicated servers you guys sell offer SSD upgrades, I run a home server from an SSD and I love it, any chance game server customers will be able to get on an SSD?

I want to get a dedicated, but if I host 4 x 64 the cost ($259.99+$64 rental fee) is much too high.
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If it offers an increase i performance, we can look into it. Most game servers don't show a noticeable difference on an SSD drive, with Minecraft being the one exception.
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Adding on to what TimeX says, most games do not use the HD often. Only when writing to the log file and loading a new map..etc. So the HD is usually not stressed enough to the point where adding an SSD would cause a performance gain.

Do I think adding an SSD will cause one? Yes, but is it noticeable is the question.
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Some of our shared game servers run on SSDs, but we don't do it as a general rule (except with Minecraft). It just doesn't make a difference.
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Most likely it wont for BF3, but when you have a server such as deathrun in css with 15 minute map changes it helps with the load.

I personally like it and I do notice a faster change it maps, with battlefield's map change history I am sure it will help.
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The main reason that they don't typically help much with our shared server platforms is that the game server operations are very read-heavy (map loads) and there's typically a very large amount of RAM free (usually something like 10 GB). Because everything can be effectively cached, maps load instantly.
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