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by beni » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:47 pm
Okay, as it became quite clear, finding a place for our server is a NP-hard problem. So we have to use distant computation power anyway, regardless if it is our own, if we have root permissions or if there is only a simple web interface.
Prof. Sz?kely said he talked to the ISG and I'm positive that we would be able to host everything we'd like on the ISG infrastructure. This also goes for any other place, like Google, Sourceforge etc.
Taking the wish for independence into account and also an aspect of future plans, an own server would be the better choice. Installing plugins, software, updating and maintaining is more work, but also means freedom. With future plans, a possible dedicated game server could also find its way to the Orxonox server. Of course in this case we would have to change our infrastructure most likely anyway, but we could easily port everything onto a new infrastructure because we're root on everything.
And since we also have a solution for the own server, why shouldn't we just do it like this?
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