Hi guys, i was wondering how minecraft servers like here are so cheap. 13 euro a month for 16gb of ram? Managed? So assuming we take 4 euros off that for taxes and their own cut for managing. Where on earth are they getting 16gb of ram for 10 euros a month? Even my crappy google compute engine with lowest settings runs me around 50 cents a day so 15.5 a month.
#How are minecraft servers so cheap?
cold delta
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cold delta
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oh do they just assume people wont use 16gb and pool it
thats kind of unfair
no but still like 6-8 gb for a minecraft server with plugins per person
not like a minecraft server is cheap idle
or?
maybe ram is cheaper as it scale
dusky crypt
They may have sourced the RAM from cheaper markets (just assuming)
But where are they even getting 16 GB for $6–8
high gorge
have you considered just lying to your customers? lmfao
half of these "hosting" "companies" just resell VMs
cold delta
half of these "hosting" "companies" just resell VMs
But where they getting their VMs from
cold delta
have you considered just lying to your customers? lmfao
As EU customer does not cross my mind
high gorge
But where they getting their VMs from
hetzner but just lie about the RAM
give them swap ram from disk who cares
dim sonnet
maybe ram is cheaper as it scale
couse yo dont rent a dedicated serveer
but vds
or vps
wich means more then 1 server share same machine
high gorge
give them swap ram from disk who cares
this is the sauce
high gorge
I mean run a benchmark on those servers you'll notice it's mostly made up specs
dim sonnet
im sure main reason is vds/vps thingy tho
dim sonnet
I mean run a benchmark on those servers you'll notice it's mostly made up specs
im afraid to run benchmarks on servers i rent under 20$
high gorge
im sure main reason is vds/vps thingy tho
if you set up VMs "properly" you'd still need >64 gigs of RAM if you rent out 4 VMs with 16 gigs each
they don't do so they just lie to your VM about how much RAM it has available kek
cold delta
I guess so
But they still claim low latency right
Lag free
Thats what i dont get
Thanks guys do appreciate it though
high gorge
bla bla bla
limber axle
maybe they can promise a lot to everyone knowing that in reality most people dont use full capability and just rotate the little capacity they have
just like banks lend more money than they have
or how gyms sell 1 year memberships, but if everyone who bought them actually used them the gym would be crowded beyond use
*beyond the possibility of being used
cold delta
maybe they can promise a lot to everyone knowing that in reality most people don...
Thats true but still an always on minecraft server with no users isn’t cheap
And i assume most people bothering to pay for a minecraft server will use it to some extent or cancel, not like theres in a gym a 1 year contract etc
polar zinc
I have RAM laying around.
My server can run triple channel with 3 sticks installed in 9 banks.
So if I suffer with 48 GB per CPU and only 96 GB total the server runs a lot faster than it would with 190 whatever GB it would be at with all 18 banks full.
And yeah overprovisioning is real. The managers of these servers will sell until they start to see load issues, they aren't targeting a solution that would permit everyone to have their servers running simultaneously.
Just like a bank would be in trouble if all the clients wanted to withdraw on the same day.
Oh and by managed they mean they roll your server out as a docker image using a script they inject some parameters into.
When they notice an issue with one server they can bulk apply the fix to all the "managed" servers?