Advice on used server for Minecraft

[Orboe]

Hello everyone! My wife, kid sister, and five of my friends have been playing Minecraft together and I have been paying for a server from a website. My wife wants to get rid of the server since we pay 25 a month for it but we are trying to find a cheaper option. There are a lot of old server equiptment on Ebay but I am not sure which one I should get. We play with a very large amount of mods so I was looking at 16 or 32gb ram setups. Here is the one I was looking at: 

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant-DL380-G6-Server-2U-2x-2-93GHz-Quad-Core-Xeon-24gb-DDR3-DVD-ROM-/132041061836?nav=SEARCH

 

Not entirely sure if that has everyone I need. Any advice would be nice. 

[21rkosta]

working with industrial stuff and server rack cases isnt to fun, but its not a bad deal, also if you weren't aware a minecraft server can be run on any PC, does not need to be run on "server equipment", if you have an old pc lying around somewhere you could just add some ram to it, also if you are to buy that i would reccomend a 40$ 250gb ssd to run the minecraft server on, will make the server a lot smoother

[liquidmagma]

7 minutes ago, Orboe said:

Hello everyone! My wife, kid sister, and five of my friends have been playing Minecraft together and I have been paying for a server from a website. My wife wants to get rid of the server since we pay 25 a month for it but we are trying to find a cheaper option. There are a lot of old server equiptment on Ebay but I am not sure which one I should get. We play with a very large amount of mods so I was looking at 16 or 32gb ram setups. Here is the one I was looking at: 

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant-DL380-G6-Server-2U-2x-2-93GHz-Quad-Core-Xeon-24gb-DDR3-DVD-ROM-/132041061836?nav=SEARCH

 

Not entirely sure if that has everyone I need. Any advice would be nice. 

if you have a hard drive then you basically have everything.

[Enderman]

Don't overpay for something that says "server" in the title.

All you need is a PC with a good quad core CPU (preferably intel) and 16GB of ram.

[Orboe]

Thank you for the replies. This item is only 99 dollars. I do have a 120gb ssd I could use. So if I get this server and put a server distribution of Linux on it, I should have everything right? 

[liquidmagma]

9 minutes ago, Orboe said:

Thank you for the replies. This item is only 99 dollars. I do have a 120gb ssd I could use. So if I get this server and put a server distribution of Linux on it, I should have everything right? 

yea you shoud. unless it has'nt got sata connectors. ask the seller what connectors are they.

[Orboe]

3 minutes ago, liquidmagma said:

yea you shoud. unless it has'nt got sata connectors. ask the seller what connectors are they.

Okay. Thank you.

[Lurick]

I would recommend a Dell R610 over that HP monster. The ProLiant series is pretty loud last I remember.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R610-Server-Dual-Xeon-E5502-DC-1-86GHz-12GB-RPS-/192051598945?hash=item2cb72ad661:g:QrEAAOSwZQRYWvoW

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R610-Server-Dual-Xeon-L5630-QC-2-13GHz-24GB-RPS-/192051599059?hash=item2cb72ad6d3:g:W8IAAOSwItFYXFB6

 

I've got a couple R610s and they are pretty damn quiet even under full load.

[Orboe]

2 hours ago, Lurick said:

I would recommend a Dell R610 over that HP monster. The ProLiant series is pretty loud last I remember.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R610-Server-Dual-Xeon-E5502-DC-1-86GHz-12GB-RPS-/192051598945?hash=item2cb72ad661:g:QrEAAOSwZQRYWvoW

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R610-Server-Dual-Xeon-L5630-QC-2-13GHz-24GB-RPS-/192051599059?hash=item2cb72ad6d3:g:W8IAAOSwItFYXFB6

 

I've got a couple R610s and they are pretty damn quiet even under full load.

Thank you for the reply. I am looking at the second one you posted. Does it have everything I need to run it? I have an SSD I can use. 

[Pixel5]

one more thing to note is your own internet connection, if so many people are playing from it and many of these are outside of your local network you want to make sure you have got enough upload to handle it.

[Lurick]

33 minutes ago, Orboe said:

Thank you for the reply. I am looking at the second one you posted. Does it have everything I need to run it? I have an SSD I can use. 

Almost, you'll need to pick up a couple drive caddies for the hard drive and then you'll be all set. They are like $10 so pretty cheap.

[Orboe]

39 minutes ago, Pixel5 said:

one more thing to note is your own internet connection, if so many people are playing from it and many of these are outside of your local network you want to make sure you have got enough upload to handle it.

I have 150 down and 20 up. Is that enough?

[Orboe]

29 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Almost, you'll need to pick up a couple drive caddies for the hard drive and then you'll be all set. They are like $10 so pretty cheap.

Thank you for your help.

[Lurick]

9 minutes ago, Orboe said:

I have 150 down and 20 up. Is that enough?

Yah, with 24GB of RAM and a connection of 150/20 you can host about 40 to 50 people comfortably.

[Pixel5]

1 hour ago, Orboe said:

I have 150 down and 20 up. Is that enough?

yep should be no issue, RAM and some CPU power is all you need than.

[BWLServers]

I originally built my server for Minecraft. Now I host my websites, and Teamspeak on it as well.

For a server that can hold 10 players or so at the very minimum without any problems, a Core 2 Duo with 4GB and an SSD will do just nicely IMHO.

You don't need a "server", nor will you be happy with one. They're loud, large, heavy, and power hungry.

[ZachBrownfield]

1 hour ago, BWLServers said:

I originally built my server for Minecraft. Now I host my websites, and Teamspeak on it as well.

For a server that can hold 10 players or so at the very minimum without any problems, a Core 2 Duo with 4GB and an SSD will do just nicely IMHO.

You don't need a "server", nor will you be happy with one. They're loud, large, heavy, and power hungry.

 

Yeah an old gaming PC will suffice unless you need to play with a large number of people. 

[Lurick]

9 hours ago, BWLServers said:

I originally built my server for Minecraft. Now I host my websites, and Teamspeak on it as well.

For a server that can hold 10 players or so at the very minimum without any problems, a Core 2 Duo with 4GB and an SSD will do just nicely IMHO.

You don't need a "server", nor will you be happy with one. They're loud, large, heavy, and power hungry.

While I agree that most servers are loud and power hungry, somehow Dell hit the nail on the head with their R610 and R710 line. They are damn near silent after booting up and only draw maybe 200Watts under moderate to heavy load. Plus they are dirt cheap since a lot of places are swapping them out for the newer stuff so it's almost better to go with one of those than buying all new parts.

[redbaron28]

Get the dl380 g6 or newer. Best server you'll ever buy aka I have 5 of them. :3