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D&D of MOGs: Vol. VII-IX (1st beta), page 5:

Server-Side Hardware for MOGs

posted May 9, 2017 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“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”
Another Quote:	“any heavily-writing DB is going to be quite sensitive to the latency of writing to the database log”
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posted April 18, 2017 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“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.”
Another Quote:	“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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posted April 11, 2017 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“In fact, the following “hybrid” model is more optimal than both pure cloud-based and pure rental-based ones”
Another Quote:	“One relatively recent and certainly welcome addition to the cloud scene, is so-called “bare-metal cloud” servers.”
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