Opu Servers

[Leviathan]

Well after looking at the internet connection thread i thought id post this.

Just wonderd if anyone could or does run a server on there home connection and would be willing to let OPU use it?

Linux or Windows is good. Infact id like a windows server to run colony wars server on.

Currently we have servers from Freeza, Joe and myself.

We use em for backups, irc bots and bncs, web server backup if we evea need somewhere to temporaly put website etc.

[zigzagjoe]

I would say to go for linux only; its easier to manage and more secure. as far as the colony wars go, you can use WINE to run it most likely.  

[Freeza-CII]

im only a 1.5 adsl so nothing major can happen on me because im not the only one that uses the internet here lol.

[Sirbomber]

So, I could be an OPCW server god? And take it down whenever I want for "maintenance" and kick people off of it for life because they made fun of me or they're better than me?  :evil laugh:

I'll think about it...

[Stormy]

I might be able to do it someday, I'm thinking about making a render server. That could also double as a server... wait... oh darn... stupid ISP.. (they don't allow hosting with my current plan)

This stinks..

 

[Leviathan]

you should be able to what evea you like with ur bandwidth..?

[BlackBox]

Yeah I'd think they'd allow it so long as it's not a well known service open to anyone (e.g. HTTP, anon FTP, etc) I wouldn't think they'd have a problem.

I might also add: We'd only take people who are trustworthy. Because we'd have to trust you with our data.
You have to be on a fast, always on connection.

Some pluses for us:
- Fast upload, low lag
- Able to run public servers
- root/Administrator control on a dedicated box
- UPS on the box and ur network equipment (eg router, modem, etc) is nice but not required.

[Leviathan]

Yea it should be a seprate machine than the one you use to do stuff. Like a server comp with no screen that you can tuck away. Mines in my wardrobe

[HaXtOr]

why have just one server? what about haveing multiple servers? a whole network of them so if one goes down the others can handle the load. you could then have much more bandwith. we could do somethign liek Seti at home only have them be servers not looking for aliens

[Leviathan]

are u able to host a server for us Moogle?

[HaXtOr]

shure, I did it before for durring the Irc problems. I can probalby have a nice 1.00 Ghz p3/4 with 512mb of ram and a beefy 60-80 gigs of harddrive space built in a few days. I have all the parts and such.

[Leviathan]

Thanks a lot, sounds great, any power is good

No rush. You gonna put linux on it ? What distro? Debian? Red Hat?

[Freeza-CII]

Well If your running a server for OPU there better not be any mischief going on in the background such as removing people because you dont like them or they pissed you off.  Or shuting down the server just because you can.  Threatning to shutdown the server is sorely looked upon.

BTW i have a UPS i need to plug it into the bot computer some time.

[Leviathan]

Oooo Freeza.

I should setup another sever also on my second net connection.

[BlackBox]

Hmm, sometime I should run out to St. Vinnies or Goodwill and pick up some of those old boxes, fix them up and get them online. I have plenty of space for machines (huge walk in closet)

Believe it or not, you don't need a lot of power to run a server. Even a spare 233mhz P2 we could put to use in some way. The programs that we currently run aren't very CPU intensive. (The only exceptions are the fast machines, where we could run web or ftp servers, with permission of the machine owner of course).
Also, let us know what connection type you're on if you want to run a server with us (e.g. max bandwidth, monthly bandwidth limit if any, restrictions on what the ISP allows you to do, and network topology from the box to the internet (routers, switches, NAT boxes, firewalls, etc))
Also, machines you want us to use should be connected to a wired LAN, not thru wireless as wireless can be too unstable. Again, a box that is being used as a workstation doesn't count as a proper server, or boxes that are going to be toyed with in other ways. Or boxes where the power cord might get pulled out.

Again we take preference to people running Linux boxes who would be willing to give us full root access to the box.

If you want to run a server but don't have the technical knowledge to install a proper OS, let us know and we can walk you through installing the OS.

[leeor_net]

I could probably throw something together at some point. I have a 6/6mb stable connection at home that I could use plus unlimited upload bandwidth.

I eventually want to get a server computer running anyway so that I can eventually put together the OPUON (Outpost Universe Online Network) for OP:MIA and OP3 to use.

We'll see how things go.

EDIT:

Forgot to mention. Chances are it will be a Win2003 server simply because that's what I know and it works well for me. Additionally, I only develop software for use on the Win32 platform because I don't really like Linux that much (the GUI is foreign and I don't feel like learning the command line stuff... for me that died with DOS).

[HaXtOr]

So are we going to use my idea of a big cluster of servers so that one person isn't getting his/her bandwith sucked dry? This would be good also to have redundancy as it would suck to loose info and have downtime.

[BlackBox]

We don't know yet.

It depends what the servers would be used for.
It also depends on whether the server software would have cluster support.

I can make some suggestions as to what they could possibly be used for, either now or in the future:
It would depend on the bandwidth available.
- File mirroring
- IRC bots / BNCs
- Backup slaves
- 3D Rendering slaves, if you have the extra bandwidth
- Dedicated BT seeders for OP-related files
- Possibly, HTTP backup servers for when the main server goes down
- OP:CW server
- Backup IRC servers
- Various other things, such as number crunching (the stats generator for the OPU|Bot is somewhat CPU intensive)
 

[leeor_net]

Well, the biggest reason I'm setting up a server is so that I can test Server/Client applications that I'm developing for OPUON. It's going to be new software and a new protocall because we just don't have enough of the SIGS/WON protocall information figured out and I'm getting very close to the point of needing the server-side software operational.

Although, I very much like Moogle's cluster idea... I just don't know if Win2003 supports it or not (or if I need 3rd-party software or something) so eh... whatever.

[Leviathan]

Erm? OPUON??

The more machines the better.

And one of the reasons i started this thread was because i saw Leeor had 6meg upload Most ppl hav crapy upload. So would be great if u could get a server up at some point.

We dont need to do any cpu shareing cluster stuff. But a admin panel or something so you could start/stop stuff on any machine from one place would be helpfully.

[Hooman]

I think clustering might actually increase bandwidth use due to the syncronization issues. I could be wrong though. But still, it'd be a pain to setup, and if the DNS server goes down, well, what can you do anyways?

[Leviathan]

So anyone wanna setup a server for us?

[Oprime]

Well I have a linux box I use only as a Nat router for 2 computers. If you want I'll give you guys SSH access to it. It hardly ever goes over 1% the way I use the thing. Here are it's specs Pentium 200MMX 64MB Ram and a 8.4GB harddrive. I have a 256Kb up/768Kb down connection. Forgot to mention that it has Smoothwall which pretty much is a bare linux OS with some added stuff like apache, open SSH, DHCP, and bind.

[Leviathan]

Great OutpostPrime! Thx a lot

[Oprime]

I have since upgraded that old dell and turned it into... frankendell. I busted some holes in the machine and now it has a Pentium 3, 192MB of ram. Installed this odd version of linux I found on Distrowatch.com. It's called clarkconnect. Based on redhat