Your Very Own Server

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Your Very Own Server

by esel4alles » Post

Hello everyone,
I decided to host my own server based on Minetest Game.
After having spent some time thinking about the right set of mods, I decided that this should be done by the players who will later also play on the server.
I think that's the best solution, after all, there are already more than enough servers out there that have been clapped in carelessly.
So hit the keyboard and let me know what your bespoke server looks like.

However, some guidelines are important to me:
- It should be a survival server.
- protection system: "Protector Redo" from TenPlus1

Server data
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64bit
CPU Cores: 4
RAM: 8 GB
SSD: 100 GB
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Re: Your Very Own Server

by esel4alles » Post

It may not be a bad idea if we concentrate on the mods first, which must be present when the map is started for the first time, so that it does not tear the map apart later
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Re: Your Very Own Server

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What do you think about the mod "Ethereal NG".
I know it is already on many servers, but is that an old shoe?
Let me hear your thoughts on this.

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Re: Your Very Own Server

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esel4alles wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 22:58
What do you think about the mod "Ethereal NG".
I know it is already on many servers, but is that an old shoe?
Let me hear your thoughts on this.
it's very popular, and also my favourite (until i eventually make my own).
it is fully compatible with all the other mods by TenPlus1, so it makes a great box bundle.

although we already have all that (and some extra) on Xanadu.
then again, most servers use similar mod setups so it's hard to be original.

keep in mind though, that most external mods are designed for MTG and may not always work as well with Ethereal.
mods with Ethereal support also work on the default mapgen, but the reverse is often not true.
be prepared to adjust many recipes and spawn locations.
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Re: Your Very Own Server

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esel4alles wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 21:42
So hit the keyboard and let me know what your bespoke server looks like.

Server data
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64bit
CPU vCores: 4
RAM guaranteed: 8 GB
Hard disk space: 100 GB
Cores are less important as Frequenz, as most one is used, and that one shoud be fast 3.0 GHz plus

RAM 8 GB ... real RAm ore plus swap ? swap is useless and extrem slow

HDD ... if not SSD or better M.2 ... forget it.
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Re: Your Very Own Server

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Festus1965 wrote:
Wed Nov 24, 2021 16:13
esel4alles wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 21:42
So hit the keyboard and let me know what your bespoke server looks like.

Server data
Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64bit
CPU vCores: 4
RAM guaranteed: 8 GB
Hard disk space: 100 GB
Cores are less important as Frequenz, as most one is used, and that one shoud be fast 3.0 GHz plus

RAM 8 GB ... real RAm ore plus swap ? swap is useless and extrem slow

HDD ... if not SSD or better M.2 ... forget it.
First off, you knew you were gonna get cores over performance when you get a VM/VPS. It just how it is. Even "gaming" VPSes aren't really all of that great either...

Secondarily they clearly said that was RAM. 8GB in a VPS is really not difficult. Even then, Minetest rarely ever uses RAM anyways though you can change this and you should for HDDs anyways.

HDDs are honestly OKAY, more so if you still uses SATA SSDs (NVMes are largely useless, as they just provides more IO over IOPS and/or responsiveness that normally are preferred). Unless you gonna be having more than say 10 gamers on at once a HDD is gonna do just fine.

Moral of the story? If you really worried about performance then sublease with someone who will gives you machine level access (e.g. through Docker or another containerization) OR rent a machine yourself.

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Re: Your Very Own Server

by Festus1965 » Post

This like yours offer is why I made my machine since years myself at home .. hardware and full access with the knowledge behind.

i7-4770 3.4 GHz, 32 GB still DDR3 RAM over all slots, M.2 SSD 3.200 speed

And even MT might not use more than 8 GB maybe,
if your good in system optimizing (I was IT boss at German Army for database and web) then you know that you can help mt a lot giving RAM for HDD cache as well as I do.
Proofed gain of speed and near 16 GB of my world are in fast memory cache as also 4 GB by mt itself even at just most 10 gamer is a year long clear proof of give it RAM and get speed out of it. lowest ping also.

http://www.minetest.one/jpg/Screenshot% ... 2D25%2Epng
show 8 GB mt itself (green), and the rest of 30 GB used as hdd cache (orange)

In my opinion the problem of mt is too much servers with just 10 or 20 slots, and we older mt gamer / admins know that good servers with a lot slots are most also more used as gamer want to play WITH others together.

And if your where realizing the gamer play on MineCraft2.0 Server are already 3 times more than MT gamer 0.4 and 5.x than I thought better to offer less but much better hardware, for gamer work together for ONE then fast and well administered server.

This server hardware just feeds the wish of gamer want to have own and ... stay alone also.

You can do what you want ... but after years here I have my experience.

Good Luck ... but from my knowledge it will fail with this .... MT need good well fast servers with 50 gamer minimum ! to get this 'game' back to be fun.
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