First Server help please

[TemperedHelix]

Hello, guys I am making my first server and really could some advice and or tips and if anyone would like to add me on discord and maybe help guide me it would be really appreciated. Thanks guys

 

[manikyath]

well what do you need your server to do?

[gtx1060=value]

i recommend buying a refurbed one from server monkey .com

[Belzebuth]

4 minutes ago, ChaoticFlare22 said:

Hello, guys I am making my first server and really could some advice and or tips and if anyone would like to add me on discord and maybe help guide me it would be really appreciated. Thanks guys

 

Whats are your need, your budget, limitation ? Prebuilt, custom ?

[TemperedHelix]

Plex mainly but also FTP and at times host a Minecraft server. 

[TemperedHelix]

I have built one already but it has an i3 2120 8gb ram and 6 1TB WD blacks.

[Schubaltz]

7 minutes ago, ChaoticFlare22 said:

Plex mainly but also FTP and at times host a Minecraft server. 

Explaining how a Minecraft server works/is setup will take a very long time. There are a multitude of tutorials on YouTube, however

[TemperedHelix]

 i more so need help picking a server program and or how to setup raid.

[Belzebuth]

3 minutes ago, ChaoticFlare22 said:

I have built one already but it has an i3 2120 8gb ram and 6 1TB WD blacks.

Don't really understand what you need us for ?

I3 + 8gb can be low for some minecraft server, mine use a up to 10gb and 4 Xeon core of my VPS

[ssfdre38]

first get more ram for your server if your going to Minecraft and Plex also not an i3 go with i5 and linux server os is good to use over windows

[Belzebuth]

2 minutes ago, ChaoticFlare22 said:

 i more so need help picking a server program and or how to setup raid.

Unraid if you want a different OS for Minecraft and nas. You can use  MineOS

and OMV for the nas.

Or Ubuntu, and run the Server version of minecraft on it, and FileZilla server on it.

[TemperedHelix]

1 minute ago, Belzebuth said:

Unraid if you want a different OS for Minecraft and nas. You can use  MineOS

and OMV for the nas.

Or Ubuntu, and run the Server version of minecraft on it, and FileZilla server on it.

 

Is windows a limiting factor for any of these tasks?

[ssfdre38]

FileZilla server is windows only so you would use proftpd for ubuntu

 

Windows server or desktop os will take up resources that you can use towards plex and minecraft

[Belzebuth]

7 minutes ago, ssfdre38 said:

FileZilla server is windows only so you would use proftpd for ubuntu

 

Sorry, don't use FileZilla, was the first thing in my mind. My bad.

 

8 minutes ago, ssfdre38 said:

Windows server or desktop os will take up resources that you can use towards plex and minecraft

Totally agree, for the OP setup wich is very low end, Ubuntu can be the better and easiest solution.

[ssfdre38]

for linux if i just want to try and use a little resource as possible i would do debian or arch linux with no gui

[Belzebuth]

4 minutes ago, ssfdre38 said:

for linux if i just want to try and use a little resource as possible i would do debian or arch linux with no gui

If OP need help for setting up a Minecraft server, it's gonna be hard for him to install Arch

[ssfdre38]

yea so debian would be better then he can use this following command to install everything for minecraft

 

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrad -y && sudo apt install open-jdk-jdk8 proftpd

 

that will get java and ftpd set up