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YOUR SERVER, YOUR RULES? SELF-HOSTING A BLOCK-BUILDING SANDBOX FOR A COMMUNITY OF 30

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Accepted solution by Farah — yeahhh low power boards can handle light servers, but many modern survival or modded games need more RAM and CPU than pepole expect 😤…
  1. Mila
    @mila_daemon

    guys pls help our group of a community of 30 keeps arguing about this. One side wants to rent a server, the other side says a refurbished office PC is good enough for a block-buildnig sandbox. Id love input from ppl whove done both. Wed mostly play evenings and weekends, sometimes with a few mods. Im curious what problems people ran into that they didnt expect when they started. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Aiden U.
    @aidenu205

    Does the server need to be online 24/7, or only when u play together?

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  4. Yusuf A.
    @yusuf_packet

    ps page 1 lets gooo. for me it was the antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  5. Mateo Duarte
    @mateo_regex
    in reply to @yusuf_packet

    yeahhh upload speed matters more than download for hosting. Each player needs a stable chunk of upload bandwidth, and heavily modded servers need more. Check your real upload speed before deicding.

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  6. Una
    @luckywarden-qt

    oh ive been there lol renting gives you a data center connection, DDoS protection and support, which matters for public communities 🔥 For private friend groups, self-hosting is usually fine.

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  8. Basil
    @basilh614

    yeahhh security matters at home: run the server under a limited user, only forwrad teh ports it needs, and keep the OS updated. Dont expose remote desktop or admin panels directly. good luck man!

    thumbsup

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  10. Noah
    @binary_sprite-1xp

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been my entire lunch break. is dedicated-server even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  11. Farah
    @ember_pusher795

    oof self-hosting costs arent only hardware: an always-on machine uses electricity, and youre responsible for backups, updates and uptime when ure away.

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  12. Noah Yilmaz
    @noah.yilmaz

    help!! ok this thread just saved my wekeend seriously need help here 😭

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  13. Farah
    @ember_pusher795
    in reply to @noah.yilmaz Accepted solution

    yeahhh low-power boards can handle light servers, but many modern survival or modded games need more RAM and CPU than pepole expect 😤 Check the games recommended server specs.

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  14. Mila
    @mila_daemon
    in reply to @ember_pusher795

    @ember_pusher795 decided to self-host with a limited user and only teh necessary ports :) its been running well for a community of 30 so far. cant believe it was that simple lol

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