Tutoriales

A balanced comparison of running a CS 1.6 server on Windows or Linux: performance, the ReHLDS stack, cost, security, tooling, and a clear recommendation for each situation.

The real performance difference between a dedicated server and a VPS for CS 1.6, when shared hosting is fine, and when steal-free dedicated hardware is worth the cost.

The concrete limits of a shared cheap game-hosting slot versus a real VPS -- root access, custom builds, FPS, and DDoS handling -- and which one your server actually needs.

CS 1.6 is single-threaded, 32-bit, and latency-sensitive, which makes the right VPS an unusual choice. This vendor-neutral checklist covers what actually matters.

What CPU steal time is, how to read the %st field in top and vmstat, why an oversold VPS lags exactly at peak, and what you can actually do about it.

Run several CS 1.6 instances on one box using separate ports and directories, share the base install to save disk, and manage them all with a systemd template unit.

A step-by-step migration that keeps your configs, bans, stats and maps intact, installs a clean engine on the new box, and cuts over with only a single map change of downtime.

Pick the right Hetzner Cloud plan for a 32-bit game server, provision Ubuntu, lock down the Cloud Firewall, and stand up HLDS as an unprivileged user.