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Originally Posted by Arkryal
SolidState Flash: May cost a bit, easy, effective for busy servers with lots of people
Alternatively, run your server from flash memory if you think disk access is the bottleneck (not likely, but try it). This only works from quality flash memory, not the 1GB for $1.99 USB drives. USB drives will work well for this if they're FAST, so look at reviews before getting one if you go this route. Cheap ones never cut it, but if you've got a good one it's worth a try. I like the Kingston HyperX drives. They're a bit pricey for the capacity, but ungodly fast in the world of USB flash memory. The real advantage to this shows when you have 50+ players on your shard at a time. Also great for running fast web servers. If you've got deep pockets, SSDs are better still, but at $300 for 30GB, the USB comes close enough.
Hope that helps.
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and the average shard would go way past the average write cycle limit in a month or two on even the best flash storage...
best bet is high speed scsi drives. (like the 15K RPM ones UOGamers uses) But I really doubt disc access speed will be the biggest bottleneck...