Australian Servers

[ThunderGoat]

Put ThunderGoat down! It would be really awesome to play with less lag - which is really hard when fighting other players.

 

[dmacrye]

I would like an Aussie server so that the load could be distributed but I've personally talked with Chad about this and I've done my research as I own a hosting company.

Servers in Australia/Asia cost RIDICULOUS amounts of money. The setup that MCSG runs their EU/US servers on would cost upwards of $700 per month at any given datacenter. VPS' alone cost around $120/month for 4GB of RAM and thats not even running on an SSD so there would still be lag here and there.

The biggest factor on this price is network traffic as a rack mount setup of what MCSG considers an ideal setup could be built for roughly $1500 one time fee but then you need to colocate it and getting the port speed and bandwidth needed would cost more than $500 per month for 1/10th of what MCSG has in the US.

Over a year that would cost $7500 to build the machine and host on a throttled network with very limited bandwidth.

 

[Dean]

I would like an Aussie server so that the load could be distributed but I've personally talked with Chad about this and I've done my research as I own a hosting company.

Servers in Australia/Asia cost RIDICULOUS amounts of money. The setup that MCSG runs their EU/US servers on would cost upwards of $700 per month at any given datacenter. VPS' alone cost around $120/month for 4GB of RAM and thats not even running on an SSD so there would still be lag here and there.

The biggest factor on this price is network traffic as a rack mount setup of what MCSG considers an ideal setup could be built for roughly $1500 one time fee but then you need to colocate it and getting the port speed and bandwidth needed would cost more than $500 per month for 1/10th of what MCSG has in the US.

Over a year that would cost $7500 to build the machine and host on a throttled network with very limited bandwidth.

What about membership to play on the servers? 1 dollar a month for everybody.

 

[Hystericallify]

Yes! Australia should have a set of its own MCSG servers, even though I'm not living in Australia, its fairly near to it, so it should benefit me too.

 

[anth92]

I would like an Aussie server so that the load could be distributed but I've personally talked with Chad about this and I've done my research as I own a hosting company.

Servers in Australia/Asia cost RIDICULOUS amounts of money. The setup that MCSG runs their EU/US servers on would cost upwards of $700 per month at any given datacenter. VPS' alone cost around $120/month for 4GB of RAM and thats not even running on an SSD so there would still be lag here and there.

The biggest factor on this price is network traffic as a rack mount setup of what MCSG considers an ideal setup could be built for roughly $1500 one time fee but then you need to colocate it and getting the port speed and bandwidth needed would cost more than $500 per month for 1/10th of what MCSG has in the US.

Over a year that would cost $7500 to build the machine and host on a throttled network with very limited bandwidth.

It's ok I have hardware! I'm willing to lend it for frees as it is currently sitting here doing nothing.
Co-location is the cheapest option. $300/m for 100mbit.... Should be more that enough to host all the oceanic servers we wont need that many.

For reference [Poweredge 1950 1U, 2x2.66GHz (QUAD) / 8GB / 2x300 15k SAS ]

Obviously the only problem with this build is no SSD and small amount of ram. Should be easy enough to scale up though..

 

[boshgreen]

I fully support this!!!!!

 

[Hin]

I support this post and i am from Australia

 

[Bionic_Gamer]

I Agree Aussie servers FTW ima send this link to everyone that wants Aussie servers. I Support Australian Servers.I think they are goin to be great. Dont ignore the Aussies Etc.

 

[Slaggeroth]

I support this post would be great to have a aussie server.

 

[elredoo]

I would like an aussie server. get a few lag spikes on the us ones

 

[William92NZ]

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I understand if you are unable to add Australian servers as your budget may not cover it. But please, consider it when it's possible! Australian's are a large group of Minecrafters, don't ignore them!​

(I will list everyone who supports this thread, in other words likes it, in case they haven't!)​

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PETITION​

To sign the petition, please like this post or comment on the thread clearly stating that you support the idea of Aussie Servers! Thank you everyone!​

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TOTAL SUPPORTERS: 50/100​

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1. Dean​

2. BowlOSoup​

3. I hates donors​

4. Blabagas​

5. 13ake​

6. blazecraft95​

7. Thollo​

8. anth92​

9. CarnageScarlet​

10. PinguAngry​

11. Ninjadog13​

12. Trololol​

13. Mo_​

14. Tristan Lowe​

15. njrk97​

16. crozekilla​

17. SSiafs​

18. Squatman99​

19. colaMmm​

20. HalfSquirrel​

21. Haydenw37​

22. chiller2000​

23. plonize​

24. Malekii999​

25. Demanter 1 QUARTER THERE!​

26. DJMaestro12​

27. BatchBall​

28. Kikoo​

29. hwracer​

30. plonize​

31. ShaunDepro​

32. DaiKeus​

33. thavleifrim​

34. cheekia​

35. Bagle​

36. PyropantsGU​

37. byDinosaur​

38. Pachster​

39. The Arena Master​

40. TheGibbo​

41. tpgkevin​

42. FISHKILL​

43. breadfan​

44. ThunderGoat​

45. Hystericallify​

46. boshgreen​

47. Hin​

48. Bionic_Gamer​

49. Slaggeroth​

50. elredoo HALF WAY THERE!​

51.William92NZ​

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100. DONE!​

 

[William92NZ]

We need an Aussie server badly!
I live in NZ so I never even bother going after the chests in the middle; there's no way in hell I'll ever get there in time.
Don't be like Blizzard and neglect us, please, for the love of all that is holy!