So me and my friends were looking for a dedicated server for us to use privately.
I've owned A garry's mod server before but the problem is they did most of it for me, aka i used the ftp for the addons and maps etc.
so for a minecraft server is there a good reliable and reasonibly priced company that will do this. or would it be better to a empty fileless server with windows server 2004 or something along those lines and then just use the minecraft server program?
I'm not 100% sure if i was clear or not.
You could rent a VPS with about a gig of RAM. I wouldn't get Windows Server, as that generally costs a bit more. Any Linux distro would work. All you have to do install Java, then download the minecraft server application.
Use this as an example to limit RAM usage: [url]http://status.hostedgameservers.com/2010/the-minecraft-memory-effect[/url]
I would take your server RAM, then subtract 64 MB or so to have some legroom for the OS. Allocate less RAM for Minecraft if you plan on running a web server or other things on that VPS.
Find a VPS that uses Xen.
[QUOTE=Agent766;27704501]Find a VPS that uses Xen.[/QUOTE]
Linode is good, Bluemilecloud.com (Previously Fivebean) has recently introduced some Xen plans.
Okay, Which OS do you recommend?
Ubuntu 10.10 (32bit/64bit)
Ubuntu 10.04 (32bit/64bit)
CentOS 5.5 (64bit)
Debian 4/5 (64bit)
Slackware 13 (64bit)
Gentoo 2010 (64bit)
Fedora 14 (64bit)
and how much ram do you think will be needed for a 3 - 8 player server.
1GB should be fine for that size of a server, I don't really know what OS to choose, but I'm assuming people will suggest Debian.
[QUOTE=Polaco202;27705166]Okay, Which OS do you recommend?
Ubuntu 10.10 (32bit/64bit)
Ubuntu 10.04 (32bit/64bit)
CentOS 5.5 (64bit)
Debian 4/5 (64bit)
Slackware 13 (64bit)
Gentoo 2010 (64bit)
Fedora 14 (64bit)
and how much ram do you think will be needed for a 3 - 8 player server.[/QUOTE]
Debian or CentOS.
CentOS is probably your best choice if you're going to be running a server.
[QUOTE=Derpmeifter;27711410]CentOS is probably your best choice if you're going to be running a server.[/QUOTE]
but there's more documentation on debian.
Alright, and which one is cheapish and good quality? because my old garry'smod server was 8 slots for $10 a month. and i don't wanna pay anything too extreme.
[QUOTE=Joker169;27712805]but there's more documentation on debian.[/QUOTE]
It's mainly just from personal experience, I had a minecraft server up twice and while I experienced shitloads of lag (this was during the flashing mobs in SMP thing), I actually had spots where everyone got normal FPS while using centos.
[editline] fuk u minkraft y u tek all 4gb of ram you asshole [/editline]
just to clarify, the other time I had been using debian 13.
CentOS
Make sure you check the I/O speeds on the VPS you get
If it is low it would lag the server
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That looks like a referral link to me.
Also good job on bumping a dead thread.
[QUOTE=Polaco202;27717180]Alright, and which one is cheapish and good quality? because my old garry'smod server was 8 slots for $10 a month. and i don't wanna pay anything too extreme.[/QUOTE]
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Don't get a VPS, the server will lag
I/O on VPSs is shared between all the other clients, which means you will get a slower I/O rate
MineOS :v:
[QUOTE=Trumple;33259956]Don't get a VPS, the server will lag
I/O on VPSs is shared between all the other clients, which means you will get a slower I/O rate[/QUOTE]
It depends on the host, how crowded the box you're on is, and the hardware that is being shared between the VM's on that box.
If you have a good host, I/O shouldn't be a problem. Some hosts offer SSD space as an add-on to VPS plans. I know NFOServers does this. It's $2 for 5GB of SSD space or $3 for 10GB.
(I'm not affiliated with NFO at all, I'm just a very satisfied customer of theirs.)
[editline]16th November 2011[/editline]
Also, you can install Windows (2003, 2008, 2008 R2) at no additional cost.
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