Dual cpu at least 2Gig/2000+, If you cant get a dual cpu's which help with server loads when running admin utilities, then the best single CPU you can get. IE P4 2.6 gig or AMD 2600+ or better.
1gig of ram.
T1 connection.

Software: nothing else except the Freelancer Server / Admin utlitlies / firewall running on it, it can't be run along side web servers etc, as FLserver is a cpu hog at the best of times.

well if you what the best no matter what it costs get a duel 64bit processers. at least a gig of ram 2-4 recomended. if you can get a mobo with a agp slot intgraeted will use the proscers so it wil case lagg when your working on it. but dont spened much on the gpu its not all that importent unless your going to play fl on it. if you plan to play on it get a raden 9600xt or a 9700 pro. but its not a good idea to play on the sever. if you can offord it get 4 64bit procers. i dont know if you can i know the intel has one but i dont know about amd. (amd is the only one with 64 bit stuff now.) make all the chips like 2.6-3< for the best runtimes. and like the other guy said get a fiarwall vary importent and if you can get like 100 gig hard drive or more. if you think you will get a lot of people get duel 500 gig monsters. that sould add up to 1tb. you will need a cd drive with rw if you can. (any thing you can write to so you can back stuff up.) any thing else i know a lot about this stuff.

later


p.s dont look behind u

lol.. I dont think he has $3 to $5 thousand just to blow on a FL Server.. And if he did, just for a Freelancer server.. well then I'd probably have to slap him.

Newegg.com:
CPU:AMD Athlon XP 3200+ $200 (Or AMD Sempron 3100+, Or AMD 2600+)
RAM:Corsair Value Select Memory 1GB DDR PC-3200 $199
MB:ABIT "NF7-M" nForce2 IGP Motherboard $89.99
EDIT:
HD:Western Digital 200GB 7200RPM SATA $113.00(Cheap) (or Seagate 200GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive $142 because of M
Now $106@Newegg

GPU:XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, Dual DVI, AGP 8X $225
Power Supply: Quality 350Watt+ Power Supply
Modem, Drives, Operating System (Linux or XP)

$826.99 (Before Drives, Modem, OS, etc, W/ WD 200GB HD
Or
$855.99 (Before Drives, Modem, OS, etc W/Seagate 200GB HD

Anyways go to newegg.com and look up some configations.. this was just a rought one I did in 10 mins..



Edited by - D34N on 11/24/2004 6:57:09 AM

CPU:AMD XP3000+ €79 (PC dump Happening special price )
RAM:Corsair Value Select Memory 1GB DDR PC-3200 €120
MB: Asus A7v400-mx VIA KM400a IGP mx440 €55
HD:Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM IDE $60(Cheap) (PC dump Happening special price )
GPU: IGP mx440 (hey it's a server not a games pc)32 Mb shared
Power Supply: Quality 350Watt+ Power Supply
Modem, Drives, Operating System (Linux or XP)

€310,00(This is Hardware only)

This is the Config I use, took the prices from the local Mycom folder for November. It does not have to cost alot to be good enough to play.
you can be done below €400 or $500 usd.

Got some equipment from a local gathering, where the big stores put special prices on everything to sell as much as possible. look around they can really save you money.


>>Join the NOVAEF<<

For a Freelancer Server for 28 people max on it, i think 564 MB RAM and 2000 MHZ is enough!

I like onions! Do you?

well if he as all the money in the world he didnt tell us a price limit. if i hade the money id get a
duel 64 bit opturon
4 gigs of ram
500gb hard drive 7200 rpm
radon 9600
on a t1 line

later


p.s dont look behind u

I agree with Pinger what the average FL server needs except for the Internet connection. These average 'puters coupled with a good ADSL line (like 1.5M/384k downlink/uplink) can get you nearly 15 players with a little lag on an original FL server install. I run an Athlon XP 3200, two ADSL lines and an NPC-reduced server-side mod so I can handle over 30 players.

I have heard of FL server's running on 600 MHz 'puters but player amounts are real low, maybe 2-4 players.

Any higher spec'd 'puter must have accompanying Internet bandwidth like T1, T3 lines and higher or else the server power is a waste. It should be obvious determining what a server needs to run must take the Internet connection's bandwidth into effect.

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Earendil
SysAdmin of Boston Freelancer server
Server community website & forum: EarendilsPlace.net (server rules)