Building a server

[johneyiron]

I am thinking about building a game server that will double as my storage server, are there any recommendations about what hardware and how to set it up?

[johneyiron]

Minecraft, Civ V, and any variant of the two.

[johneyiron]

thanks, but i was trying for something more dedicated, perhaps using xeons. what would you recommend in that side of things

[tt2468]

2 hours ago, johneyiron said:

thanks, but i was trying for something more dedicated, perhaps using xeons. what would you recommend in that side of things

Xeons are really not necessary. Minecraft is not very demanding on cpu, so a xeon is unneded. I'm not sure what you mean by "dedicated," though.

[johneyiron]

it may not be necessary, but i would like to have the capacity for many different types of servers.

[maxtch]

If you plan to allow a significant amount of players to join your Minecraft server, it will eat through your CPU and RAM very quickly. You may want to get a dual E5-2670 or dual E5-2680 system with 128GB of RAM if you plan to accept 30-50 players on your server.

[maxtch]

On June 30, 2016 at 1:09 AM, johneyiron said:

it may not be necessary, but i would like to have the capacity for many different types of servers.

Get adequate amount of CPU cores and RAM, and virtualize the rig. Game servers may not be compatible with each other and virtualization is the best way of isolating them. However doing so eats CPU and RAM.

[glitchmaster0001]

On 6/29/2016 at 7:40 AM, johneyiron said:

Minecraft, Civ V, and any variant of the two.

do a used Xeon build with two e5640s $30, dual socket 1366 board $120 24gb ecc ram $35 2 1u cpu coolers $20 and 1u supermicro case with fans and PSU $40 total is $245 for everything except for the HDDs 

[johneyiron]

5 hours ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

do a used Xeon build with two e5640s $30, dual socket 1366 board $120 24gb ecc ram $35 2 1u cpu coolers $20 and 1u supermicro case with fans and PSU $40 total is $245 for everything except for the HDDs 

have to say after watching linus struggle with a 1U case, im not sure i want to, but maybe in a 2U or 3U

thanks for all the suggestions, would love to hear more.

 

[glitchmaster0001]

7 hours ago, johneyiron said:

have to say after watching linus struggle with a 1U case, im not sure i want to, but maybe in a 2U or 3U

thanks for all the suggestions, would love to hear more.

 

wait what video was it? i think you ment linus with a 4u because those are just heavy as fuck. the 1u i was going to recommend is a supermicro one and its designed to fit that motherboard i mention above. which is also a supermicro board. 1u servers arn't that bad, just louder than a 2u and 3u. 

[johneyiron]

19 hours ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

wait what video was it? i think you ment linus with a 4u because those are just heavy as fuck. the 1u i was going to recommend is a supermicro one and its designed to fit that motherboard i mention above. which is also a supermicro board. 1u servers arn't that bad, just louder than a 2u and 3u. 

no, when building the pfsense router, he struggled endlessly with the 1U case, i may end up using the suggested parts, but sticking them in a 2U or 3 U case

 

[glitchmaster0001]

1 hour ago, johneyiron said:

no, when building the pfsense router, he struggled endlessly with the 1U case, i may end up using the suggested parts, but sticking them in a 2U or 3 U case

 

i took a look into the video and it seemed he struggled with mostly the motherboard size since he is using an normal ITX board in a 1u and using a non standard PSU in there as well. as long as you are using standard server parts i doubt you'd run into any major issues that require physical modifications done to the chassis or other componets. maybe at most is buying an adapter for something for a video or network card. i used to work part time at supermicro in san jose, ca when i was in high school. i mostly built 1u 2u 3u and sometimes 4u servers there and honestly it wasn't that difficult at all. maybe when i was new on the job it was. it might have been difficult if i used non supermicro parts but all the parts i recommended you were designed to be fitted and be compatible with the supermicro 1u chassis. but literally watching linus brick 2 boards was just cringe to me. if he had used a standard atx server board and a standard PSU he wouldn't had ran into so many issues. my guess to why he bricked the board are that his ghetto mount backplate shorted something out on the board.