How Many Players Can My Server Actually Hold?
Slot counts are a billing unit, not a capacity measurement. What decides how many people your server holds is usually what those people are doing.
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Practical guides to buying, running and moving game servers — written to be useful rather than to sell you something.
Everything here is written to help you spend less and get a better server. Where a guide mentions a provider, it is because players rate them for that specific thing.
Your Host Has Backups. You Still Do Not Have a Backup.
Most hosts back up your server. Most of those backups live on the same machine, are overwritten daily, and have never been restored. Here is what to check before you need them.
ReadDDoS Protection for Game Servers: What the Badge Actually Means
Every host advertises DDoS protection. Very few explain what kind, at what capacity, or what happens to your players while it is working.
ReadGame Server Control Panels: What You Are Actually Buying
The panel is the part of a host you touch every single day. Pterodactyl, TCAdmin and the in-house builds behave very differently once something goes wrong.
ReadWhy Server Location Beats Every Spec on the Page
A slower CPU nearby beats a faster one far away, every time. Here is how distance turns into ping, and how to work out which locations a host actually needs to have.
ReadHow to Spot a Fake Game Hosting Review
Hosting is one of the most heavily astroturfed markets online. Here is how to read reviews properly — including ours.
ReadManaged Game Hosting vs a VPS: Which Should You Actually Buy?
A VPS gives you three times the hardware for the money. It also gives you the updates, the firewall, the backups and the 3am restart. Here is how to decide honestly.
ReadHow Much RAM Does a Game Server Actually Need?
RAM is the number every host sells on, and the one that matters least once you clear the floor. Here is what actually decides whether your server runs well.
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