my only request make the zones stop crashing!

[xxarthurxx]

Originally Posted by ChaosSlayer

i won't even use laptop to play anything more serios than "worms"....
laptops are nothing more but large electronic notepads - regardless their stats

Well, id say thats a very ignorant statement, for 1 a laptop can easily run things a tower pc can and you even have a short supply of built in backup power if the electricty goes out. I run my server from a laptop with linux installed and it runs perfectly. Laptops are nothing like they were 5 years ago, get with the times sir.

[trevius]

His laptop is a 1.8Ghz, so it just might be from almost 5 years ago (or at least 3) :P

Yes, they can be powerful enough now to run most things, but they simply weren't designed for hosting servers.

I imagine your laptop should be fine for hosting your server, but you might start noticing performance issues once your player numbers start to rise.

Of course, the right tweaks in the right places might help that considerably. Many laptops have settings enabled to reduce performance to conserve battery life. Most of these can be disabled to always be max performance, but it might be something worth checking into. But, even with the best tweaks, I still don't think a laptop will perform as good as a PC and won't come close to an actual server PC.

[LordRathgil]

Ok all this talk about power outages is jsut useless any internet connection you have will require power so thats a moot point no power=no cable or dsl mode = no server reguardless of the fact the notebook itself has a battery simple as that.

Laptops are NOT designed to run for extended periods of time, I have 3 laptops and 4 desktops one of each is brand new and the desktops with the same stats that the laptops have run far better and can run far more software then the notebook ever could.

So its not a matter of getting with the times, its a matter of the technology doing things it was never designed nor intended for.

Read your notebook manuals they all plainly state not to keep them running for extended periods. and again stop talking about the power outage issue because it doesnt matter that the notebook has a battery without power to the modem and router the server wont be up anyway

trevius is correct a notebook will never perform as well as a pc a pc will never perform as well as a real server

[xxarthurxx]

I dunno so far ive encountered no problems at all, and yes im sure when my server starts caping 100 if ever like trevs server ill look into upgrades, but for now all is well.

[trevius]

Originally Posted by LordRathgil

and again stop talking about the power outage issue because it doesnt matter that the notebook has a battery without power to the modem and router the server wont be up anyway

The battery backup on a laptop is a good feature for the server to have since it will save your database or OS from getting corrupted if there is a quick power hit or if the power goes completely out.

Also, in most cases, the power will only flicker and once it comes back on, the modem and router should both restart. This may allow the server to restore on it's own, but most of the time if I have this happen, it requires me to restart the server for my server to pop up on the server list again. But, if you have remote access to your laptop, you could restart your server remotely, which would be very useful if you are away from home for an extended period of time. I was on vacation the last week and a half and while I was gone my power flickered and shut off my server PC. I had to get a relative to go over and power it back on. This wouldn't have been required if I was running on a laptop.

Of course, the ideal setup would be to use a battery backup system such as a UPS. I plan to add one soon and will have the server, router and modem all on it. This way, a short power hit won't effect my server at all, but if it goes out for an extended period of time (longer than 10 mins), the server will still go down until it can be powered back on manually. This would be pretty rare though. But, at least the UPS will shut the server down gracefully so there isn't a sudden crash that could corrupt my database or MySQL (which I have had happen and it can be nasty).