VDS GUI

[Blackglade]

Now im planning to get a VDS from you guys?

Here is the plan im taking from NFO-Servers

Four core: Perfect for 4-12 game servers or many sites.
Four full, dedicated HT CPU cores (Nehalem or better)
4096 MB of RAM
400 GB of RAID-protected storage
4000 GB of InterNAP bandwidth transfer


I Plan on running 5 source servers:

5 TF2 24- Slot servers to be exact. Do i have enough requirements?

Just a couple of questions.

1) Are their advantages to getting Ubuntu over Windows as my server OS or its the same thing. WIll i get better performance out of a specific OS and if so by how much? is it not noticeable at all?

2) I was planning to get Ubuntu, my friend buys a couple of servers from you guys and is running windows but has windows remote desktop connections which allows him a GUI to ease the installation. Does a GUI take up a significant amount of space or is it very minor and will it take up even less or more space bandwidth wise on a Ubuntu/Windows if i add a GUI?

[Edge100x]

Thanks for considering NFO!

1) Are their advantages to getting Ubuntu over Windows as my server OS or its the same thing. WIll i get better performance out of a specific OS and if so by how much? is it not noticeable at all?

With TF2, the difference between the different OSes isn't all that large, since Valve has made optimizations on Linux now that have made it run better on that platform (previously, the game ran much better on Windows). Linux will be slightly lower overhead in terms of memory usage, and if you plan to run a webserver or mail server on the same machine, I would recommend some Linux version, just because the free products work best on that platform.

2) I was planning to get Ubuntu, my friend buys a couple of servers from you guys and is running windows but has windows remote desktop connections which allows him a GUI to ease the installation. Does a GUI take up a significant amount of space or is it very minor and will it take up even less or more space bandwidth wise on a Ubuntu/Windows if i add a GUI?

The GUI isn't all that resource-intensive on Windows. On Linux, I don't think that it would make it easier to administrate the server for you, since everything still needs to be done through a command line, but you can give it a go if you'd like: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =46&t=4846

[Blackglade]

On Linux, I don't think that it would make it easier to administrate the server for you, since everything still needs to be done through a command line, but you can give it a go if you'd like: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =46&t=4846

What do you mean it wont make anything easier? What i plan on doing eventaully is get the 5 servers started up on my system by installing them through the GUI. (Placing, Dragging Files. Installing Source Files, Setting up programs like screen to autostart servers, install a FTP Server). All of these things i want to do without command line so just strictly like a normal Desktop. And then i plan to remove the GUI and work command line from then on? I will be able to do that right without using the command line?

2) Do i need a VNC program to view my server and drap/drop files?

[Edge100x]

What do you mean it wont make anything easier?

You have to use the command line to run the servers on Linux anyhow. Using the command line from inside the GUI is not easier than using separate console windows -- in fact, it may be more cumbersome. But you can certainly try whatever you'd like.

What i plan on doing eventaully is get the 5 servers started up on my system by installing them through the GUI. (Placing, Dragging Files. Installing Source Files, Setting up programs like screen to autostart servers, install a FTP Server). All of these things i want to do without command line so just strictly like a normal Desktop. And then i plan to remove the GUI and work command line from then on? I will be able to do that right without using the command line?

I avoid the GUI in Linux. If you're highly familiar with using Ubuntu's GUI, then it could be slightly easier for the file-copying part. It's quite easy to do all of these tasks through the command line, though.

2) Do i need a VNC program to view my server and drap/drop files?

If you are trying to use a GUI on Linux, then VNC is the standard way to go, yes.