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Select and Start is a combined effort of Nikolai (Chaoticly) and Harrison (Giygas). The company goal is to provide the best possibly experience one can have hosting servers, and to make it simple and affordable to host servers for those who either don't have the budget, or knowledge to do so. We loved hosting servers so much that we wanted to give the opportunity to do the same without all the struggles we endured! Select and Start is operated nationally and internationally, with servers in Canada, Germany, Poland, Singapore, and Australia with more to come!
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So, a managed server, by definition, is a server that we handle the updates, optimizations, and backend work for. An unmanaged server is more like a self-managed server. You, the customer, are in charge of optimizations and backend work beyond what the operating system provides.
This list isn't exhaustive. There may be more, depending on how you look at each. What we recommend is that beginners choose managed gameservers to start, and use the backup feature to back up all the data if you ever feel comfortable with running one on your own.
Here are some questions we expect to hear a lot. We'll constantly update this and answer them here.
We have a tutorial for beginners to read over with a comprehensive guide on everything Select and Start below. If you have other questions, you can check the read the FAQ or read the Knowledgebase.
So, before making a ticket, we encourage you to read the FAQ, but we also have a Knowledgebase for troubleshooting common problems before making a ticket.
We aim to provide the best possible server hosting service so we include an array of security features with every single package, including our premium DoS/DDoS Mitigation, protection from other attacks, brute force protection, full disk encryption, full backups, and more at no extra charge!
We at Select and Start care about security, and the DDoS mitigation is top-of-the-line quality mitigation for many types of attacks, and analyzes packets before they even reach the target. Our #1 goal is to provide servers that operate 24/7/365, and that's why we include DDoS mitigation with every server product we offer. Our protection includes custom policies and rules that analyzes all inbound and outbound traffic to prevent attacks in real time and to make sure malicious traffic isn't being received by customers, and customers aren't misusing our products to launch attacks. In the rare event that an attack gets through, manual mitigation takes place and the attack method is fixed to prevent any further attacks. While other competitors offer up to 20 Gbit/s protection, we go above and beyond with up to 300 Gbit/s of mitigation.