Indeed, using only dedicated machines can lead to long queues during peak hours and underused devices at quieter times. Depending on many external factors, the possibility of using only on-premise or even dedicated servers was not a sustainable solution, both regarding the price and the physical constraints of using dedicated servers. As aforementioned, Aternos faces a highly fluctuating demand for its service. Scaleway Cloud Instances are deployed dynamically depending on the workload on the platform using the Scaleway API and Ansible. The Minecraft game servers run on-demand in Docker containers. The administration and management of the game servers are mostly through PHP applications. Aternos also features a real-time console, DDoS protection, custom worlds and automatic backups. They can also install mods and plugins, configuring the way to experience Minecraft. Their users have to create an Aternos account and then proceed to start a server. Their business model is simple and relies on offering fully customizable Minecraft servers. Matthiaais Neid founded Aternos in Bonn, Germany. In peak hours, Aternos can host up to 100,000 Minecraft servers simultaneously, with almost half of those running in the cloud. The elasticity of Elastic Metal Servers allows them to have 100% of dedicated resources for their high processing workloads. To meet the constantly increasing service requests, Aternos relies primarily on Scaleway's Virtual Instances and Elastic Metal Servers. It has over 77 million users and over 1 million daily Minecraft players. Founded in 2013, the company is wholly funded through ads. ' Thanks to Scaleway's Virtual Cloud Instances and the exceptional customer assistance we experience, expanding our business onto the cloud was a smooth experience.' Explains Matthias Neid, CEO of Aternos.Īternos is a leader in providing on-demand Minecraft game servers, serving more than 77,000,000 players with reliable services on Scaleways public cloud ecosystem.

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