How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ players

Re:How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ ... by grp000 on Sunday September 05, 2021 @01:36AM (#28421881)

If the cheapest is $25/month, I think it would just make sense to get a used school/office PC. I was able to pick up a used Haswell i5, 8GB of memory PC for $200, which you would probably get better performance out of, and break even at ~8 month mark. That being said, pandemic prices might shift those numbers.

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Re:How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ ... by e12e on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:19AM (#28423761)

Nothing wrong with getting a used pc, but do you have 1gb uplink at home?

In the cheapest offers right now, there's a Intel Core i7-4770, 2x 2 TB Ent. HDD (spinning rust, not ssd) with 32 GB ram. And a xeon box with ecc ram (same, low price).

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Re:How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ ... by Jweb_Guru on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:37AM (#28423882)

Also, even if you do have a 1 Gbps uplink, a lot of providers will throttle you if they suspect you're actually hosting a server that tries to utilize most of that bandwidth in anything but bursts.

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Re:How we built an auto-scalable Minecraft server for 1000+ ... by bluedino on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:09PM (#28438137)

For example, 1TB monthly is really only 10mbs...common quota for hosted servers.

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