# BF1 Servers - Thread for discussion of server rentals and settings\*

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-servers-thread-for-discussion-of-server-rentals-and-settings/103889>\
**Category:** PC\
**Created:** [September 6, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-servers-thread-for-discussion-of-server-rentals-and-settings/103889 "2016-09-06T04:52:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-servers-thread-for-discussion-of-server-rentals-and-settings/103889/360 "2016-09-11T21:43:00Z")

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> [@S1ngular1ty](#):
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> I feel your pain. The answer is obvious though. There won’t be dedicated servers for BF1 like we had for BF3 and BF4. They will be EA and DICE controlled mostly or you can rent from EA without full access to the server. They will run on VMs like Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS.

Facts  
There will be dedicated servers. If EA takes GSP control and rents servers they will not be on VM’s. Why would they?

- VM’s eat more resources
- Clients (renters) “never” have access to BF servers files in the first place. So why use even bother with a vm? just use the base OS to remote admin.
- Updating server files (patches) takes longer on a VM setup (1 per machine vs 1 foreach vm on each machine).

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