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04-29-2016, 11:50 PM #1New Member
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Hosting suggestion for a game backend
Hello everyone! I am working on a smartphone game that has a backend server(PHP+MYSQL) which currently is hosted on a free hosting.
The game just has 2 server calls which are basically sending and receiving game stats
On average there are 7-10 server calls per game session (opening to closing) that lasts for about 30seconds.
100 game sessions running concurrently results in 700-1000 calls per game session.
1000 game sessions in one day = 7000 - 10000 calls
Is shared hosting good enough for that number of calls? The game can definitely scale exponentially if it gets a lot of users. I don't have enough budget for AWS so thats a no.
should I go with a VPS hosting? if so, which one? I can't buy one from digital ocean cause my debit card doesn't works, what about vultr?
Feel free to give any suggestions you have . Thanks a lot!
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04-30-2016, 07:42 AM #2Disabled
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Guess it would depend just how heavy the php call and relating Mysql access would be per call. Vultr would work as would a OVH SSD vps. You get more bang for your buck with the OVH, and they perform very well.
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04-30-2016, 09:50 AM #3Empowering your vision!
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I would definitely put something like this on a VPS. What you're talking about is basically a master for game servers, which is not built to be run on shared hosting with restrictions that may apply. You mention y-10 calls lasting ~30 seconds - how frequent are those made?
You should definitely be able to start with a fairly limited VPS, which won't set you back much more than a shared hosting plan - and upgrade as the amount of servers (and thus the total workload) increases!█ MightWeb - Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Servers & Dedicated Servers.
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04-30-2016, 10:37 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Gaming = VPS or Dedicated.
Shared hosting won't cut it, not even at the beginning - when it's still small; check out OVH or Hetzner (for unmanaged) and WiredTree (for managed) servers.My "ranking" is kidding.
I'm just a humble client, here to seek help and guidance from the true experts.
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04-30-2016, 10:50 PM #5New Member
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Some things i'd like to add to make this a bit more clear.
The game isn't multiplayer, its just a single player game in which my goal is to save stats on a server continuously.
Server calls are really simple:
write call => updating a cell value of a row in a table
read call => reading that cell value
There's an option of VPS and service like AWS.
AWS and similar services are really expensive or else i would've gone for them.
I did buy a VPS from vultr yesterday for testing purpose, it kinda is hectic to setup everything from scratch along with basic security cause the server i created had some 73 unknown failed login attempts which kinda scared me.
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04-30-2016, 11:15 PM #6Empowering your vision!
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Oh! That makes it a lot simpler. SQL operations are very quick and do not require much processing at all.
Still, if you're developing games, the experience of setting up an environment for it on a VPS is /really/ going to serve you well!
VULTR is a good choice as well. Seems like you'll be set - unless you have any additional thoughts or questions?█ MightWeb - Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Virtual Servers & Dedicated Servers.
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04-30-2016, 11:52 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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If the calls are as simple as it looks, while I agree with Marcus, I would start shared to save money. Choose a host that has a good upgrade path, and you can simply scale that shared site up to a VPS when you need to.
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05-01-2016, 12:21 AM #8Web Hosting Industry Expert
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Make sure whatever shared provider you choose is ok with your intended usage. Most shared hosting providers do not intend their SQL back-end to be used for game servers / smartphone apps.
Personally I'd get a small VPS and start from there. As all you need is the OS itself and SQL - you can probably do it for $5~20/mo depending on how much RAM you need/want.█ Michael Denney - MDDHosting.com - Proudly hosting more than 37,700 websites since 2007.
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05-01-2016, 12:53 AM #9New Member
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so many suggestions, thanks a lot! will start messing with the VPS I bought the coming week. Other than that do you people have any alternative recommendations for AWS? Some service you used personally ?
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05-01-2016, 12:55 AM #10Web Hosting Industry Expert
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05-04-2016, 03:28 AM #11Newbie
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I will recommend VPS because of network sources. abd vultr is good.
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