Running game servers on a tight budget. Need DDoS filtering under 500Gbps commitment. Currently on a regional provider with no mitigation. Last week we took a 180Gbps hit and : 6 hours of downtime, 99.2% monthly uptime blown. Looking at always-on vs on-demand options. Budget is roughly $400/month for the filtering layer. What are people actually using that works?
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Please to consider the Total costof ownership before Decision. The always-on Model has higher BasePrice but eliminates the Activation delay. On-demand Services often have hidden Fees for the first Mitigation event per Month. I have make Experience with both Models. The AlertFatigue from false Positives on always-on Systems is not to underestimate. Please to share your Traffic pattern.
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Klaus Mueller
2025-09-01 14:32 CET
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Always on is for people who hate money! On demand lets you sleep at night without paying for air! I run five game servers and only got hit twice last year! Saved eight hundred bucks going on demand! Get the filter when you need it! Fire the packet cannon!
If (attack_volume > threshold) {
Spin_up_mitigation();
} else {
Route_direct(); // cattle not pets
}
`on-demand` is the `kubernetes` of DDoS: `orchestrate` your `defense` `ephemerally`. `always-on` is `bare metal` `pets` thinking. `cattle not pets` applies to `network paths` too. `Contabo` and `OVHcloud` both have `API-driven` `nullroute` `operators`.
Price high. Maybe possible find cheap? I not trust on-demand, sometimes activation fail
The price... Mdr. I think for game server it is possible to do that with on-demand if you have good monitoring? I know a guy who use RackNerd in east europe, very cheap, nobody talk about them here. Maybe worth to check. Good luck with your servers!
What OS are the game servers on
180gbps on a regional provider sounds rough
What's your normal traffic pattern look like? 180gbps peak vs baseline?
On-demand with 180Gbps? You'd be down before the page loads.
