Recommendation server specs for 5 game servers

[kind knoll]

Hey.

I was wondering which VPS I should buy to get at least 5 game servers running with no issues.
Of course it depends on the Map I'm hosting, let's say 3 large maps and 2 medium ones, with all of the servers having slots of 64 players.
No Mods / Workshops running ^^

Recommendation server specs for 5 game servers

[onyx rampart]

how about plugins?

in general though each server will use max (potentially more with plugins, and potentially less depending on the CPU being used) 2 vcores (CPU threads), and if you're running vanilla maps 2-3GB of RAM would likely be what you'd want to be looking at

you'd also want to be running an SSD or preferably NVMe SSD

If the VPSs you're looking at charge say, per hour of usage you might just want to experiment a bit until you find what's the right fit since experimenting with those is relatively cheap (unlike if you had say, a monthly bill or setup fees to pay)

[kind knoll]

just the basic plugins ^^ like tpa home, moderation.

[kind knoll]

Yeah obviously

[onyx rampart]

then probably won't need consider too much in terms of CPU reqs for those

[kind knoll]

I was looking @ hetzner for some good available VPS.

so since you said an server uses about 2 vCores, this could be an server worth it?

[onyx rampart]

2 vcores is a high estimate

[kind knoll]

to be on a good side, 2 vcores per server would be a good number to go with though, no?

[onyx rampart]

basically unless the server is full and/or running a heavier workshop/curated map it's unlikely to reach that

[kind knoll]

Escalation?

[onyx rampart]

yeah it'd certainly be on the safe side

[kind knoll]

yeah me either

[onyx rampart]

Escalation is on the lighter side

[kind knoll]

well then perfect.

I'm sure the vps would be enough to host 5 servers.

and even don't use 100% of the specs

[onyx rampart]

you'd probably use maybe 1.5 vcores at most on it

[kind knoll]

means I could even host at least 1 - 2 discord bots on it while running unturned servers?

[onyx rampart]

I'd be surprised if you could actually get it to even 80% CPU usage

[onyx rampart]

yeah those are usually very light

[kind knoll]

as I thought

my discord bot uses an dashboard as well tho

with apache2

but I don't think this should be an issue

[onyx rampart]

at least with this no

[kind knoll]

Alright, appreciate the quick answer and important informations <3

[onyx rampart]

since it's not a managed server where there could be conflicts

[kind knoll]

will def cop the server.

and go with ubuntu

you think setting up pterdocayl panel is worth it

[onyx rampart]

if you have the technical knowhow (or are willing to learn and know how to search up info) absolutely

[kind knoll]

I mean, you can always try ^^

I barely used linux^^

Alright, last question.
Any good website to rent an vps or should I just go with hetzner?

[onyx rampart]

Worst case you can reinstall the server :p if you're using ptero I'd definitely recommend setting it up first thing

[kind knoll]

yep ima cop the vps and set up ptero instantly.

[onyx rampart]

hetzner and ovh (and it's sub-sites) are pretty popular options

[kind knoll]

alright so hetzner is the go to.

[onyx rampart]

hetzner is a bit cheaper but doesn't come with much in terms of DoS protection/etc.

[kind knoll]

I'll def lyk how much one server uses :D

[kind knoll]

isn't there an fake ip feature now in unturned?

[onyx rampart]

yeah there is

[kind knoll]

I used to host some servers back then but I can't remember this feature exists.

[onyx rampart]

and chances of getting DoS'd are usually low anyways

[kind knoll]

yep

[onyx rampart]

some do hetzner for actual servers and route traffic through ovh or some actual DoS protection service but that's very technical

[kind knoll]

no reason to ddos an simple vanilla+ server unless u r pretty mad lmao

[onyx rampart]

yeah and chances are the servers going down for a bit wouldn't be a world-ender for you either

[kind knoll]

yep, alright cool thanks for the useful conversation.

[kind knoll]

got the server, running pretty well. :)

just wanted to inform ya

I've setup pterodactyl and went straight to it

that's the stats on idle with just openmod and 2 plugins loaded

[strong aspen]

Infinite memory, CPU and storage that’s crazy.

[west portal]

Lol he defo just set it to no limit on pterodactyl instead of a limit

[onyx rampart]

yeah which is perfectly fine to do

the server is using questionably little CPU there though since that should be counted as % of vcore, and the yellow outline for the uptime symbol means the server isn't actually considered to be up yet so something's probably up

[strong aspen]

Will the usage display correctly? or is it just visually its "infinite" but it knows how much there is?

[cobalt crane]

Infinite means it can use all the ram/ssd from the VPS

So if it needs 1gb ram or 5gb it uses it

Infinite = max ssd and ram VPS has

[onyx rampart]

Pterodactyl itself doesn't even really need to have that info

the OS scheduler takes care of that

setting up limits just means the container can't use more than x resources, which, unless you're selling those resources (e.g. what a game host does) or otherwise have reasons to enforce limits on them generally doesn't make much sense - there's a reason the process is trying to use up that much and limiting it will usually result in worse performance

outside of containers/VMs generally processes can always access as many resources as they need up to what the system has, and if there's not enough then the OS figures out who gets what

(e.g. you don't specify how much CPU, RAM, GPU, etc. Unturned can use in settings somewhere, it just uses what it needs or what it can get from the OS)

[west portal]

Well yea, if your not hosting it's probably preferable to do

If your hosting for other people it could be questioned on what the specs actually are

[onyx rampart]

if you're actually selling server space you're not meant to overallocate + if you let users use however much in resources they want that could screw over other users

[cobalt crane]

They usually "sell" players slots

[onyx rampart]

on the other hand not setting limits does mean that everything on the machine is running as close to optimal as possible

[cobalt crane]

When if you are intelligent you buy a server with 1 slot and then change player slots

[onyx rampart]

no reputable host sells slots these days

[onyx rampart]

(hosts can override this or otherwise penalize you for it)

[west portal]

True

[cobalt crane]

Yeah, and you can change it with "maxplayers" in commands.dat

[onyx rampart]

hosts can override that

but as I mentioned no reputable host sells slots anyways

[cobalt crane]

A good server with max players a fucking ton of plugins and mods, map full with cars and drugs takes only like 200% cpu

And at max like 3.7-5gb ram

[onyx rampart]

plugins can make the server take more CPU than that

there's no actual limit to how much CPU plugins can use to my knowledge

hell, even the base server can use more than that for asset loading

[cobalt crane]

My server used 5gb ram and 200% cpu when it was at peak (like 70-80 players)

[onyx rampart]

servers can also use much more RAM than that, but it's pretty much just a function of the amount of mods + map size

players use maybe a few megabytes per player at most

[kind knoll]

yeah I don't see a reason to limit my own servers lmao

[kind knoll]

so I assume it was an RP server?

[cobalt crane]

Ye

[kind knoll]

not bad not bad

[kind knoll]

my server won't use that much fosho

cause it's vanilla+ (tpa n home) and just runnin some large maps

[cobalt crane]

That won't use more than 2-3gb ram lmao

Vanilla server uses like 500-900 mb

[kind knoll]

it's using 1.1gb right now with just uPanel, Map Escalation and 2 Plugins

so yeah they won't take up more than 2gb for sure

[cobalt crane]

Is normal

[kind knoll]

I know

but memory won't be an issue for me anyways

64gb is completely fine

[fallen pawn]

just get an old computer run a dedicated server stuff it into your closet and your good to go! (protip it also works as a heater in the winter 🙂)

[livid flame]

1. Residential IPs are probably dynamic.
2. ISPs will just completely drop your network if you get DDoS attacked, instead of mitigating it.
3. This thread has been dead for 2 weeks.

[fallen pawn]

thats what i am doing but with out the cloeset computer but my gaming computer it runs 24/7 lol