Question - Minecraft Server

dominicl

Hi

I'm running a Minecraft server on a dedi. Should I: Leave it as a dedi and make no changes, or split it up into VPS's?

Thanks

Liam

How much ram are you using? Cost of the dedicated sever per month?

dominicl

@liam said: How much ram are you using? Cost of the dedicated sever per month?

It's an E3-1230 w/ 4GB RAM at the moment. It's from LimestoneNetworks. 50% off first month - $105 normally per month. (discounted)

HalfEatenPie

Just saying that doesn't help man :P

• What do you want to do with it? (why?)
• What are the specs of your dedicated server
• How much is it
• Why do you want to split it up to VPSes?

dominicl

@liam asked :P

Anyway - it's purpose was for a Minecraft server but was thinking about putting a few sites on there as well Specs are an E3-1230 w/ 4GB RAM, 640GB HDD Price is $105 per month with 50% off first month I've just heard that some people split it up - so I was wondering if that was the best way to go really :P

Thanks

Nick_A

Don't split it up. Don't waste resources unless you have to.

jarland

Split it. You'll get better performance if you let minecraft run with a lower resource allotment from the server.

I felt like sarcasm today :P

dominicl

Hmm, not sure which way to go :P

Zen

Hit it.

dominicl

@Zen said: Hit it.

Thanks for your constructive advice :)

HalfEatenPie

Personally, I'd say split it up. Easier to manage and easier to backup and do whatever with (if you're using any software like proxmox) therefore in the future (in my opinion) provide less of a headache.

jarland

@Zen Then do you quit it?

dominicl

@HalfEatenPie said: Personally, I'd say split it up. Easier to manage and easier to backup and do whatever with (if you're using any software like proxmox) therefore in the future (in my opinion) provide less of a headache.

That's what I was thinking. Any other opinions?

Zen

Install proxmox 2.1, split the server up with KVM (don't use OpenVZ you would be stupid to think that you would get more minecraft functionality/performance out of using OpenVZ over bare metal) and then optimize the crap out of it. Set up automated backups and cluster that_shiz.

And then hit it.

dominicl

@Zen said: And then hit it.

Ok.

Zen

Milk is required, and rain fall is imminent.

SDH_TREXTOR

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Zen

Stolen.

ShardHost

@Zen said: Install proxmox 2.1, split the server up with KVM (don't use OpenVZ you would be stupid to think that you would get more minecraft functionality/performance out of using OpenVZ over bare metal) and then optimize the crap out of it. Set up automated backups and cluster that_shiz.

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@Zen said: And then hit it.

Not this

dominicl

Using the Proxmox ISO? Last time I couldn't get it to install via a clean install of Debian, lol.

Zen

Yes.

eastonch

@dominicl said: It's an E3-1230 w/ 4GB RAM at the moment. It's from LimestoneNetworks. 50% off first month - $105 normally per month. (discounted)

How much discount? Sorry, that's a horrific pricing for a box that would be just used as a game server, I'd say go to https://www.securedservers.com/ and talk to them, all you need for MC is two cores, (it's dual threaded) but quad would be fine, aslong as it was more Umph(Mhz/Ghz) per core than focusing on HT.

For about $60/month I was able to get a quad core X3440 with 8GB of ram and one hard disk.

I would reccomend a similar spec, Get a X3440, and a singular SSD. -- Let's face it, you're not going to be hosting loads, it's one SSD that will be uber fast and you don't need multiples, you can just rsync to a backup.

And pick up 8GB of ram, they'll upgrade ram within 2 hours of requesting it.

dominicl

Hi,

@eastonch: Limestone Networks are one of the best DC's, and I have paid for a month now so I'm frankly stuck with it

EDIT: emailed limestone to see what they can do

Maounique

I agree with @eastonch. if you need to have webhosting too, just take a 60 $ dedi like that and get a kimsufi for 20 eur to do the hosting. It will be cheaper and no SPOF :) EDIT: If you cant help it, fine :) then I say go Proxmox. M

gsrdgrdghd

@dominicl said: @eastonch: Limestone Networks are one of the best DC's, and I have paid for a month now so I'm frankly stuck with it

stuck with != having to use them for a month. For that money you can easiliy get an Octo-Core and 32GB RAM. You don't need a premium/good datacenter to run a gameserver.

dominicl

@Maounique said: I agree with @eastonch. if you need to have webhosting too, just take a 60 $ dedi like that and get a kimsufi for 20 eur to do the hosting. It will be cheaper and no SPOF :) EDIT: If you cant help it, fine :) then I say go Proxmox. M

I can help it by changing provider - but not till next month I guess. I've asked them what they can do. I don't need web hosting as I'm not a provider. For the website, I've just picked up a shared account from a UK provider.

@gsrdgrdghd said: stuck with != having to use them for a month. For that money you can easiliy get an Octo-Core and 32GB RAM. You don't need a premium/good datacenter to run a gameserver.

Wow, lol. I couldn't find anything like that. I should have looked at more budget end providers first. However, I can't get anything back from LSN anyway

Maounique

@gsrdgrdghd said: You don't need a premium/good datacenter to run a gameserver.

That depends. BW quality is sometimes important, especially for wildly international servers. If it is going to be laggy or give inconsistent performance, ppl wont like it. M

gsrdgrdghd

Yeah thats true, however Minecraft is more or less network error tolerant and is expected to lag :D

dominicl

@gsrdgrdghd said: Yeah thats true, however Minecraft is more or less network error tolerant and is expected to lag :D

Yes, it doesn't need a FANTASTIC datacenter really. I thought that was a reasonable price. Obviously, I'm still with the old times. Not sure what to do now, lol....

Maounique

If you can, cancel and go with a cheaper host :) OVH has good network, for instance. M

dominicl

@Maounique said: If you can, cancel and go with a cheaper host :)

If I had the money to loose I would cancel and go somewhere else. Sadly, i'm not made of money.