Digital Ocean for Ares

Bananerz

Looking to speak to any who use Digital Ocean for Ares for their MU project.

Jeshin

Hey,

When I was theorycrafting with Ares on DigitalOcean I used the service where the developer of Ares would help you set it up and everything. There is also a discord you can hit up.

Derp

@Jeshin @Bananerz

Yep. That's a very real thing that @faraday will do. Will attest, it is totally painless.

Auspice

The directions are also not very difficult, but yes, @faraday will gladly assist.

I recommend joining the Ares Discord!

Bananerz

Fantastic. I was looking over Ares and the games that are running, and it seems more what I could support and learn.

@Jeshin do you have that Discord chat? I'll send my account # over via PM. I'd like to chat about costs, what is available, what I need I think now and just general user experience with it.

Auspice

@Bananerz
Faraday needs to invite you to the Discord, but she should be avail. soon. (Prob. working rn!)

Derp

@Bananerz said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

do you have that Discord chat? I'll send my account # over via PM. I'd like to chat about costs, what is available, what I need I think now and just general user experience with it

Ares can run fine on the $5/month DO droplet. Probably forever. It's got 25G of disk space, and there is a referral bonus where you can get your first month free.

Auspice

@Derp said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

@Bananerz said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

do you have that Discord chat? I'll send my account # over via PM. I'd like to chat about costs, what is available, what I need I think now and just general user experience with it

Ares can run fine on the $5/month DO droplet. Probably forever. It's got 25G of disk space, and there is a referral bonus where you can get your first month free.

this is what SGM has. Have had no issues. Do recommend.

Tat

@Derp

Not forever. We're starting to hit our disk space limit - I think we're sitting at about 85%. But definitely for a good long while, and upping it isn't that big a deal.

But we've also been going for almost a year and have accumulated a LOT of stuff - and I keep a small test server on the same droplet.

Auspice

@Tat said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

and I keep a small test server on the same droplet.

I need to do this.
Well.
I need to, uh, get help doing this. I tried. It failed. I cried*

*I did not actually cry.^
^I just wanted to.

Thenomain

Auspice

@Thenomain said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

I mean ......... yes.

faraday

@Tat said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

Not forever. We're starting to hit our disk space limit - I think we're sitting at about 85%. But definitely for a good long while, and upping it isn't that big a deal.

Yeah it depends on the size of your playerbase, grid, how many scenes people share, how many images you let them upload to the wiki, etc. I ran BSGU for almost 2 years and never came close to the disk limit. And as Tat mentioned, SL has a double install for their test server, so the real disk space usage is probably closer to 60% even with all their stuff.

But even at the larger $10/month droplet size, it's on par with most traditional MU hosting plans.

Folks can PM me here or on the Ares forum (or pretty much anywhere you can find me) for an invite to the discord.

Bananerz

I think probably 2-5 players. I don't think it'd be getting a large playerbase but you never know. The above is really helpful!

krmbm

GH is a little over 9 GB and on DO. No complaints.

Thenomain

@faraday said in Digital Ocean for Ares:

most traditional MU hosting plans

What besides Digital Ocean is a "traditional MU hosting plan"?

faraday

@Thenomain genesismuds, thirdhosting, mudmagic... there are a bunch of them.

L. B. Heuschkel

@Derp Have spotted her a few times poking things with sticks at our place. She's awesome.