Me and a few friends are planning to host a slightly larger Minecraft server. We have a Discord server with almost 2500 users and are counting on 100-1000 players for now. We also have people who can make plugins and who are familiar with Java Scripts.
I have already found myself on Youtube and co. Informed but somehow everyone says something different so I'll ask here.
What is the best way to host my Minecraft server?
Host it yourself. In which case the DDOS protect would not be easy and you would have to spend a lot more or
Have it hosted by a hosting provider. My question would then be which hosting provider is best. I've heard that most of them only offer a certain number of rams and are therefore only intended for servers with friends. I need something more professional, which would still not go beyond the scope (in terms of price).
Our main concern is that we get as few disadvantages as possible and that everything can be customized (such as on gommehd.net or similar)
Please give reasons for your answer and only answer if you are familiar with it.
I would do it with a provider. Depending on the server, i.e. Network or individual server, choose the host.
Can you recommend a provider to me?
What kind of server should it be? A single server or an entire network?
What is the difference? Unfortunately, I don't know my way around that well
One network is, for example, lobby servers with 20 bedwars sub-servers. As an an example
If only a vanilla world is meant by server then not. There shouldn't be just one world so I think it's more of a network.
In a server network there are several servers and on these you can have several worlds on it
Or if you only have a single server, you can still have multiple worlds on it
But if you want something big, then a server network
But it's harder to set up
OK thank you. Can you recommend a hoster to me?
Zaphosting is good.
OK. What kind of server do I have to rent?
Is gameserver correct?
I've heard that host-unlimited is good too. Is that correct?
I would host the server over a rootservee. It's much cheaper and you have unlimited seats. With such a large server you can save several hundred euro per year and you can also run a website or discord bots over it. It's a bit more complicated, however, but everyone should be able to do it. I would recommend the hoster MC-HOST24 to you.
You never have an unlimited number of slots, that's just a promotional gimmick…
Minecraft slots are ram dependent…
You need at least 200 MB per slot if you don't use plugins and mods…
NO, definitely not.
Do yourself a favor and do NOT host at Host Unlimited…
Yes, but most providers have a limit that is lower than 1000 players
OK, why?
Which one would you recommend?
I recommend Hetzner or Strato and then a dedicated server there.
The best Linux, because you don't have to pay the license and, above all, it's easier…
You need at least 200 MB RAM per Minecraft slot, i.e. With 100 slots you need at least 20 GB RAM and the operating system also needs at least 4 GB…
So you don't need to start with 32 GB of RAM, with your wishes…
If that becomes too expensive for you at some point, buy a used server and either host it from home, or put this server on a host…
Keyword colocation or housing…
If you have fiber optic cables, you may be able to host from home, otherwise your line may not be enough…
Per slot Minecraft you need about 300 kbit upload of your internet line…
However, there are no unlimited slots…
You're right.
Ok, thanks for the detailed answer. Would a VPS also work?
With the number of 1000 slots, no - that's no longer enough…
With 10-100 slots this can be enough.
I can really recommend a root server at mchost24, I rented one there myself, which with 14 gigabytes of RAM costs just under 40 euro in 3 months - really not much for so much power
