HyperFilter Review (DDoS protection)

Background
We run a game server hosting company which has been running since 2012. We currently rent roughly 200 dedicated servers from 6 different providers. We currently rent roughly 60 of these dedicated servers from WebNX. We've been with them for just over 7 years and I can safely say that they've been the best datacentre we've used. I know how important reviews are to a company; I feel that we've used WebNX long enough to write an honest review.

Support
We've had our fair share of rubbish support from datacentres in the past. WebNX definitely provides the best support out of all the datacentres we've used. During the past 7 years, I'd say the average response time for a ticket at WebNX was about 10 minutes. We've found the biggest issue with large datacentres is that their support teams are disjointed. This leads to issues which "don't fit the norm" taking a long time to resolve. WebNX is large enough to provide 24/7 365 day support yet small enough to provide genuinely good "straight to the point" support.

Reliability / Uptime
All the datacentres we've used have had some sort of major outage at some point in time. During the 7 years, there have been a couple of network outages at WebNX but the issues have always been resolved quickly along with good communication. Considering the number of servers we have with them, I'd say the uptime is incredibly high.

Hardware
During the past 7 years we've switched our server hardware roughly 4 or 5 times. It's as simple as contacting them letting them know what hardware you like, they provide a reasonably priced quote and in a couple of days, the server is delivered. I'd say on average, broken hardware is resolved in roughly an hour from us opening the ticket.

DDoS Protection
I'd say this is the downside of WebNX. They'll automatically nullroute the IP address if a DDoS attack is detected. The amount of time the IP address is nullrouted depends on how much traffic the attack is sending. It's not really a huge issue for us as we can quickly work out which one of our clients was targeted and then get migrate them over to a DDoS protected IP address. I'm hoping at some stage they'll provide onsite DDoS protection.

Price
They're very reasonably priced considering the support and customisation which they offer.

Network
WebNX's network is top notch. Nothing to complain about at all.

Keep up the great work WebNX! Would be great if you could get another datacentre setup in East Coast USA.

Hi All,

Any good suggestion on east coast, USA host? I normally hosting gaming server and have been with constant.com (vultr is their sister company) but their constant incompetence in blocking 1Gbps DDoS is bother some. We don't get DDoS often, may be random once every few months because of script kiddies. Same bug exist at gameservers.com or their sister companies because they block all UDP packets rather then blocking bad ones and allowing good ones.

I have noticed my colleagues using OVH and have good feedback from them. How's the Virginia location of OVH? Also any another good host which anyone can recommend? Not a server hopper. Been with constant.com since 2011, I think but every year, I have to chase them to fix the issues and their delay of 2 years in fixing DDoS issue is bother some.. I believe it's about time, I make a decision.

Thanks

I have been looking for a new provider for some time now and Google Cloud crossed my path and I actually enjoy it a lot. Very easy to customize and choose to your preference.

I wonder about the protection though, I fiddled around with the Firewall which seems great but compared to OVH, how is the DDoS protection? Would it cost me money if an attacker launched an attack on me to consume bandwidth which leads to network costs for me? or how does it work? Would I feel any downtime for some seconds or is it like OVH where I don't feel any at all?

Secondly, which Google Cloud VM can compare to i7-7700k 32GB SSD?

Yours
FloodMachine

Hello Buddies, any one can tell me best way to protect a server from DDOS Attacks ? Any Software or Firewall or Configuration from my side I can do to protect my dedicated server from DDOS Attacks ?

Hello,

We have to renew our server at Zare within the next two months and out of curiosity I was considering moving to a new provider, however, I'm unsure if there is any that can provide us with a better deal. The biggest DDoS attack we have received peaked at approximately 16 Mpps.

We have tried in the past:
- OVH
- Psychz

We had a considerably bad experience with Psychz so unfortunately, I can't even consider them, OVH works but the lack of support is a bit concerning (Note, I'm not asking for top tier support, just the relief of knowing that if there is a major outage, I know I will receive help ASAP).

We have the following:
E5-2650V3
128GB DDR4 ECC)
Drive Configuration (2 x 480GB SSD)
Port Speed (1Gbps) Transfer (50TB) £0.00
IP Allocation (15 x IP Address)

We pay on average $180 a month, which is honestly pretty good and I have no problems with Zare other than the storage being quite expensive. Do any of you have any alternative or suggestions?

Thank you.

I love the company and I know there is no hosting company that cant block all types of attacks, always had my gameserver attacked been with OVH, NFO Servers, PhoenixNAP and many many others more, now I am with RSNET because I really like their location and network... but this time the attack is different. It doesn't seem volumetric seems like some kind SYN attack I am guessing due to the CPU being at 100%.
Their anti ddos filters or firewalls doesn't seem to even detect it.
https://imgur.com/SQadzid
Last ticket I sent them they told me to apply this rules ( I didn't because the attacks stopped but I just applied those rules, honestly I dont know if they will help a lot because on my experience reading IPTABLES or any kind of software firewall doesnt seem to do much on DDoS attacks)
https://support.reliablesite.net/kb/...rotection.aspx

This is how my netdata graph looks like
https://imgur.com/rpUHtl6

Any advice ?

I even nullrouted the IP that I think might be getting attacked but didn't do nothing ( super super strange )

Hi all,

I'm new here and this my first post

So I'd like to get my own dedicated server and set it up at home to be used for games only but I have no idea what kind of specs that is needed when it comes to servers and the distribution of system resources such as CPU, RAM etc. Storage is self explained obviously.
I'm looking to host like a Minecraft server, 7 days to die server, Rust server etc but in general, if possible to say, how many game servers can you run on a single machine?
What is a good server Intel Xeon CPU these days that is not overkilling my needs to run a few game servers on the machine? Is 64 GB of RAM enough to start with?
What is best for my needs when it comes to the server type like a tower or a rack?

I'm just trying to get an estimated cost to set this all up and i'm a bit overwhelmed what is enough and not so my apologies if I don't provide much information so if you need any more details in order to assist, let me know and I'd be happy to be more specific in the topic .
Internet speed is not an issue as I have 1 Gbit up and down.

Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for a reasonably priced managed dedicated hosting solution for my small browser-based game site. I need good processing speeds and lots of storage, at least 4 TB as we are image heavy, but don't need a ton of RAM. The biggest issue is that I need someone who can actually migrate my site AND set it up in good working order. The site has been open for 11 years and while the code is old and clunky it works fine, but I don't have the knowledge to transfer and set up a site myself and I don't have a developer at this time. Once set up, the site rarely requires any attention from a server perspective. It is hosted privately atm but the person is no longer interested in hosting so I need to find a new solution asap.

Is anyone aware of any company that has a presence in South Africa which is able to offer dedicated servers with DDOS mitigation (Thats not Host Africa)
I've taken a look over many websites over there but don't seem to be able to find any

I heard of Tempest hosting from several Discord servers, and give it a try.

Bought an M610 dedicated server in Amsterdam, running X5677, 32GB RAM, 900GB storage, 10gbps dedicated unmetered port. yes, you're not reading it wrong.

Onboarding process, it was smooth sailing. Registered, paid, and their IPMI system will automatically install the OS I chose. They also provide "Firewall Manager", where we can add filters on what ports/ips/protocols should be allowed/rejected to our server IP. They also provide DDoS filters, such as OpenVPN/VSE/TCP/TS3.

Compared to other providers, specs/hardware wise, there are far better options (ryzen/epyc/E5), but considering the price, no other providers can offer what they offer. 10gbit unmetered dedicated port for only US$150/mo!?

They do offer Ryzen servers, but I think it's a pre-order system and takes 2-6 weeks.

Network wise, the downside is that they're not on any exchanges/IXs (AMS-IX, DE-CIX, NL-IX, LINX, etc). They only use tier-1 upstreams (GTT & NTT), so sometimes routing outside of Europe (specifically Asia Pacific) is a bit weird.

In terms of support, they offer two options, either via WHMCS or their Discord server. All of the people who I talk to are friendly and knowledgeable.

Overall, for $150/mo, 10gbps unmetered port, it's fantastic. I hope that more & better specs will be available in the near future.