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Quote from Twiice

I've been getting a lot of feedback talking about a dedicated box. I'd like some more information on this..

Rented server - You get a MC server with a control panel and a bunch of easy features. This is essentially a VPS, but made only for minecraft servers, with little control and usually lower specs. Cheap. This is good if you have a small community server, or just for a few friends. There are some companies that rent MC servers with crazy specs, but at that price you are better off moving to a VPS/dedi.

VPS - You get a "slice" of a physical server. The "host" box will have something crazy like 192GB of RAM and dual 12-core CPUs. You get provisioned a piece of that, for example they will give you like 8GB RAM and 1000Mhz of CPU. You'll likely get put on a shared internet connection. For example, you and 8 other people will be sharing 1Gbit. Semi-cheap. This is great if you want to run a few servers, or maybe one large one, and you want absolutely full control. You have the freedom to install whatever you want to the VPS, incluing a web server, teamspeak server, MySQL database, hell even a TF2 server for fun.

Dedicated box - You get the entire physical server, whatever specs you need. Usually this will be 16-32GB RAM, maybe an SSD or two, maybe some RAID hard drives, and a dedicated internet connection (100Mbps or 1Gbit usually). This is the expensive option, but great if you have a very large gaming community, or need a thousand slots or so.

It all really depends on your server, and how many people.

Anywhere I can get that with Minecraft support?

Almost any VPS/Dedi full-support Minecraft. Because you have full control, you can install whatever you want. From minecraft servers, dayz servers, counter-strike, ventrillo, FTP, file storage, make your own little dropbox if you want. Hell, run scripts to email yourself random cat facts.

One thing you should know about VPS and Dedicated servers. You are only renting the hardware. You won't get any sort of control panel, or easy install stuff for minecraft server. You're just given hardware, and you decide what to do with it. You will need someone who is familiar with linux to setup and manage your server.

When you buy a VPS, you tell the company what operating system you want on it. You will want a server OS. Most people stick with linux, since Windows servers have licensing fees. CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian are very common. Once the OS is installed, you have to set up everything manually. You have to install Java, then upload the minecraft files, then run the minecraft server with some script.

Same goes for a dedicated server. It's the same thing, except you get the entire physical machine and don't share with other customers.

PM or Email me if you want any additional information or need help setting up a minecraft server on a VPS/Dedi. It's really not a hard process, but if you don't have any linux experience it won't be a walk in the park.

Your title and your post ask two different questions.

No, the read/write speed of the drive will not change and is not affected by the content of the drive. Possibly over time, the drive could degrade, but in ideal conditions the read/write will stay the same.

Yes, having a "bunch of crap" on your hard drive will slow your computer down. This is due to file fragmentation.

Are you on windows?

Sometimes when you install a program or create a data file, the file ends up chopped up into chunks and stored in multiple locations on the disk, far from each other. This is called fragmentation.

The hard drive then takes longer to read that file because the read head has to "visit" multiple spots on the platter. Defragmentation puts those blocks back in sequential order, so your drive head doesn't have to run around the entire platter to read a single file. Most popular OS have built-in defrag utilities that you should run on a regular basis. I run Auslogics (third-party) every other week or so.

Source1 Source2

So in a way, it does slow your computer down, but only temporarily. Until you fix it by running a defrag.

However, I am not sure if every OS has this problem.

If you are on Windows, another thing to look into is cleaning the registry. I use Glary (third-party).


TLDR; YES. But you can fix it.

Good luck with PlaySMP!

If things don't work out, feel free to contact me. I'm willing to help.

Quote from nnw157

Me and my friends would really like a private server to play on; it only needs to support 3-4 people max. I am a student and don't have much money, so I would prefer it too be free. I could pay a small amount for it but nothing monthly.

Add me on skype, (jadon.smith) or email me ([email protected])

I'll get you 512mb, should be enough for 4 people. Bukkit if you need it.

I'll help you out free, if you're interested.

Add me on skype (jadon.smith) or email me [email protected].

Quote from tomass1996

Added you on skype will email too.

Added you on skype, but it appears you're offline now. :wink.gif:

Malwarebytes + Avast.

First you gotta give us more hardware information on your current setup bud :smile.gif:

Meanwhile...

If you can, upgrade to Windows 7. Vista is a sad panda. Find some dude on craigslist to put Windows 7 on your machine for like $30...


Registry errors! They can slow you down (sadface...) If you're on any version of Windows you HAVE registry erros. I guarantee it.
Download: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Do this weekly or monthly.

Hard drive vomit....Okay, when you write stuff to your hard drive, it just throws it on there at random places on the disc. You can do what's called a "Defrag" which will sweep all your data into a section of the disk, which could speed you up a bit!
Download: http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
Do this monthly.

Junk running on startup?! Hold the windows key, and press "R". In the Run box, type "msconfig" go to the "startup" tab and uncheck anything that looks like it's JUNK you don't use anymore (old IM clients, adobe flash updater, etc) because all these things run in the background stealing your RAMS! If you don't recognize something, don't uncheck it, it might be important like drivers for your printer :tongue.gif:

*I'm no professional, some of this might not be 100% accurate, but hell, these methods have kept my computer fast and responsive :smile.gif:

Quote from Shadower1337

Ehh. I could try debian. What do you guys think? Debian with Ubuntu?

It's sounds like you're very indecisive! Here's what you should do:

https://www.virtualbox.org/

I don't know if you're familiar with virtual machines, but in Windows 7 (and xp/vista of course), you can run any linux distro you want in a little window. This is GREAT for trying out each distro you're interested in before committing to installing it.

Like stated before, tri-booting isn't much different than dual booting. It's all managed by the bootloader, which is a screen before any OS's load letting you choose which one to boot into (usually each on their own partition)

I don't understand why you're trying to couple two linux distro's together, instead of just a dual-boot with windows...but I totally suggest Ubuntu! Some might consider it the user-friendly linux, which might sound lame if you want hard-core hacky linux, but any linux distro is as advanced as you want to make it. Another I like is Linux Mint (Debian Edition).