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An RPG game server, forum and voice server for a gaming community

Game server, forum and voice server for an RPG gaming community. Heavy, fast database traffic, with the peak load in the evenings.

Industry
Gaming
Period
2020–2026
Stack
OVH dedicated server, game server, game database, forum, voice server
unique players
115,000+
players at once on the server (record)
about 900
people at once on the forum
2,000+
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infrastructure

  • After: dedicated server at OVH
  • After: game server tuned for the peak: CPU, memory, tick
  • After: optimised game database
  • After: forum and voice server
  • After: backups and monitoring

scale

  • players: more than 115,000
  • forum accounts: more than 30,000
  • record at once on the game server: about 900
  • record at once on the forum: more than 2,000

Before

An RPG gaming community needed a game server, a forum and a voice server. The game database handles heavy, fast traffic, and the peak load comes in the evenings, when the most people play at once.

Peak load
evenings
Services to run
3: game, forum, voice

What I did

  • A dedicated server at OVH.
  • Game server performance tuning: CPU, memory, tick.
  • Game database optimisation.
  • A forum for the community.
  • A voice server for the players.
  • Backups and monitoring.

After

Everything runs on a dedicated server at OVH, and I have looked after it since 2020. The game server and the database are tuned for the evening peak, including at the record number of players online at once.

Players
more than 115,000
Forum accounts
more than 30,000
Record at once on the game server
about 900
Record at once on the forum
more than 2,000
Years of maintenance
6 (2020–2026)

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