TOPIC: Server Crashing? & My opinons

While on the DarkRP server i have noticed that it keeps crashing/going down every 2- 3 hours (at peak times). I gonna have guess that its because the amount of people and the activity that is going on on the server; could someone tell me if i'm right or wrong about this down below.

If it because of the servers happenings then i think the player count should be lowered, because not only does it crash, but it starts to lag like crazy at some points. Another thing i would like to add is when there is a lot of people on the server (around 80) there are not enough jobs to go around. When the player count is in the 80/70 its nearly impossible to become part of 'The Bad' group, as well as some of the other import roles in other categories.

But please don't get me wrong, i do love this server and play it a lot; The best i've played.

Thanks Ted -

So the most times the server goes off its because of DDos, Propspamm, too much people on the server spawning too much or just restart.

Teddy_Legs wrote:
The reason behide this is because, there is a reason why people should be purchasing VIP, as it allows you to play as two different jobs that regular players can't get, you can also play as any other role you'd like too, you also get special zarp shop items that regulars cannot get, some amazing special VIP printers, and a few other things which you can see by looking at the ZARP VIP tab at the top right of the website.

ahhh right i see... good thinking from whoever came up with that idea. If i ever get accepted to be a moderator, then donating is the 1st thing im going to do.

With regard to job limits, they're there for a reason. Gameplay becomes unbalanced when 90% of the server is thieves against one or two cops, and since addition they have made distribution of jobs better.

They will be fine tuned over time, though.

TheAp4ch3 wrote:
The server got a ddos protection because the server is from OVH.
If an attacker start an attack on the server, the traffic will be redirected after 5 minutes.
After this the ddos protection is active for 24 hours.

Well the server owner can try to use a dedicated server instead a vps. Or he has to limit the props after a specific usercount.

@Nino_German

You hit the nail with the hammer there, but we're on a pretty beefy dedicated server - not a VPS.

It is rarely DDoS that causes the crashes, one person just experiences lag, calls it out as a DDoS in OOC then everyone automatically believes them - but 99/100 times it is just cratespam (which, by the way, will probably be made less possible. I will pop this on Trello now that I'm reminded.)

Thank you fpr all the responces you guys have given me, I undrrstand know why it does and the causes.

Also just a question I am from the uk, If I was to donate would the donation be converted into pound eg: its 19.95 dollars, would that be converted into 12 pounds?

Christopher wrote:
Ahhh okay, though it is a vps.
Well I found a thread against prop lags someone said they have to set a limit of spawning the same prop to 3 every second.
Do you guys checked the workload ?

Let's just wait for an Zero-Day DDoS with 10Gbps and let's see if that can be redirected

And no....DDoS aren't just pinging an target. That is called ping to death but thats one of the weakest ways to do it.

Destiny wrote:
Quote from ovh: "the firewall network of 480Gbps" ( 3x 160Gbp/s)

So a 10Gbp/s attack would be a stab with a toothpick

Anway I read ovh isn't good at udp (layer 4) attacks.