My friend wants to make a game hosting company!

raysmta

Firstly, he needs a nice, stable, cheap dedicated server, with DDoS Protection.
His budget is $50.00-$60.00
What's the best dedicated server at that price?

perennate

What location? Is the game server more RAM-intensive or more CPU-intensive?

OVH is usually good choice

FlamesRunner

Yeah, OVH is probably your best bet. Usually, you can get better prices through OVH resellers.

raysmta

Well, it can be both, but usually CPU I guess.

a-super-random-user

OVH is the place.

HostMyBytes

I would recommend going for a dedicated server. So You Start has some good deals and you'll be able to get a lot from them for a minimal price.

raysmta

Expensive lol
His max budget is only $75.00

linuxthefish

https://www.soyoustart.com/en/game-servers/

EDIT: a tad out of budget, but if you really want to go low cost then https://www.soyoustart.com/en/essential-servers/

catalystium

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1496472

In New Jersey (Piscataway / Choopa's DC), can get:

Intel Xeon E3 1245v2
16GB Ram
250GB HDD or 64GB SSD
10TB Transfer/Bandwidth
10Gbps DDoS Protection
/29 IP Block
1Gbps Dedicated Port
$69/month
http://www.reliablesite.net/dedicated-servers/detail.aspx?server=intel-xeon-e3-1245v2&promo=WHT20&amount=20

rahulks

For $59.31 / Month http://servdiscount.com/en.html offer SD-HP-1230

`Intel XEON E3-1230 (4 x 3,2 GHz)

24 GB DDR3 ECC/REG

2 x 2.000 GB SATA

HW-Raid 2-Port`

btw Location is Germany .And they have http://servdiscount.com/en/technics/ddos-protection.html

thehostbay

+1 for servdiscount.com they are stable enough for they prices!

Frecyboy

But they dont offer a ddos protection, so they are out, else, they are very good.

Arch

Game hosting companies have always been something I've been trying to avoid because of the crazy large amounts of DDoS attacks you'll face in that industry. And while OVH obviously has VAC, their locations are going to lead to a high ping for a lot of your friend's customers, which makes for a poor gaming experience. So maybe look for something a little more central to his clientbase to ensure a low ping even with DDoS filtering?

Dillybob

@liamcyruslol said:
Game hosting companies have always been something I've been trying to avoid because of the crazy large amounts of DDoS attacks you'll face in that industry. And while OVH obviously has VAC, their locations are going to lead to a high ping for a lot of your friend's customers, which makes for a poor gaming experience. So maybe look for something a little more central to his clientbase to ensure a low ping even with DDoS filtering?

GRE TUNNELING BABY .

vlinares

Webline Services is coming up with budget dedicated servers at $49.99. DDos Protection, Dual Core, 4GB Ram. What is your time frame for this

PhotonVPS

How much DDoS mitigation are you looking for?