Gamers and game developers all want one thing and one thing only: to make the most of their hobby or work around the game. This is especially true when the game is played online and with multiple players. For this to happen, and for the experience to be a success, a high-performance system must be deployed, supported by a dedicated infrastructure calibrated for this type of use. Let’s take a look at how this is defined, and the concrete benefits it brings to those who can’t imagine online gaming as anything other than fluid and fast.
The cloud: flexibility and performance for online gaming
Cloud hosting will offer a range of features conducive to top-level performance for gamers and game developers alike. Unsurprisingly, the first advantage of game dedicated servers is the immaterial or non-physical aspect of the installation.
This brings the great flexibility of cloud computing, which is defined above all by the ability to scale performance as needed, without adding physical hardware. This reactive adaptability of the infrastructure is the only guarantee of optimum quality of use at all times: whatever the volume of connections. The necessary resources can be remotely adapted to requirements at any time.
A dedicated server, following the concepts of such a hosting infrastructure, means you are not dependent on other instances or servers. This means you can take full advantage of the graphics capabilities, CPU, and memory allocated to your virtual machine. This will have a direct impact on one of the bêtes noires of every user in the online gaming world: latency, those impromptu slowdowns that completely spoil the gaming experience. This virtualization of the installation also has an impact on its cost, which is generally determined on the basis of its use alone: so flexibility is the order of the day here too.
Automation for real-time scaling of performance and security
Game servers, including those hosted in the cloud, will require continuous, high-performance maintenance. This means preventive monitoring and intervention to deploy the software solutions, updates, and patches needed to limit their vulnerability. This is what’s needed to maintain the high level of availability of the servers in question.
At the same time, it may involve remediation operations in the event of an attack: these must enable a return to normal as quickly as possible, to ensure the best possible playing conditions.
So, whether it’s a question of security or additional resources, it’s the automation of interventions that will bring added value to dedicated game hosting. This task is mostly the responsibility of the hosting service provider, who will include it in their offer and pricing: users and owners of hosted data can then concentrate on their own activities.
Cloud servers dedicated to games are therefore the most reliable options for guaranteeing continuous, high-performance access for their users. Whether for streaming or resource-intensive multiplayer, scalability, and automation are the most important features of these infrastructures: they guarantee the best possible rendering at every level for players, designers, and developers alike.
