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beware: “being able to handle 1Gbit/s in general”, and “being able to handle 1Gbit/s in 60-byte packets” are often two very different things

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any heavily-writing DB is going to be quite sensitive to the latency of writing to the database log

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We kinda-finalized cover designs for the first three volumes of “Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games” upcoming book

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in general – I suggest to have your first few servers rented, and think about scaling your load (including using cloud servers) while you’re running your playtesting/public beta/etc.

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most likely to rent just the space in the datacenter is going to be more expensive that renting space plus servers-in-that-space. Don’t ask me why it is the case – but it usually is

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In fact, the following “hybrid” model is more optimal than both pure cloud-based and pure rental-based ones

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One relatively recent and certainly welcome addition to the cloud scene, is so-called “bare-metal cloud” servers.