Dedicated minecraft server

[waterjug]

I am thinking about buying this old server on ebay I found for $60, and I was wondering if I could turn it into a dedicated minecraft server, with a custom ip and all. How would I do that? Any other thoughts? besides that minecraft is for dumb 8 year olds?

[Electronics Wizardy]

What server?

 

Noramlly id just rent a vps from someone like aws, its normally cheaper and it doesn't hurt your pwoerbill.

 

 

[YedZed]

I think you'd just install Linux or Windows, and run the free Minecraft Server application. I'm not sure about custom IP, but there are some great youtube videos on that.

[waterjug]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What server?

 

Noramlly id just rent a vps from someone like aws, its normally cheaper and it doesn't hurt your pwoerbill.

 

 

here is the server http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-CS24-SC-1U-Cluster-Cloud-Server-2x-2-50GHz-QC-5420-16GB-Ram-NO-HDD-/232176971369?hash=item360ed36e69:g:fxYAAOSwnHZYVHOF

[Enderman]

Those servers are extremely old and will run a MC server worse than your laptop.

Don't waste your money. Run the server on your PC or buy a proper server that isn't a decade old.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

here is the server http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-CS24-SC-1U-Cluster-Cloud-Server-2x-2-50GHz-QC-5420-16GB-Ram-NO-HDD-/232176971369?hash=item360ed36e69:g:fxYAAOSwnHZYVHOF

ohhh i have 2 of those laying around i got for free.

 

Not woth it there extremly loud and make a lot of heat. Rent a vps when you need the server, cheaper and faster.

[waterjug]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Those servers are extremely old and will run a MC server worse than your laptop.

Don't waste your money. Run the server on your PC or buy a proper server that isn't a decade old.

what if I buy an oldish pc and upgrade it a bit more... would that work? I mean I want the server to be up (almost) 24/7. My budget is under $100 if anyone can find anything else

[Himommies]

I don't know personnaly but I think that renting a server will be cheaper becaus eog that enormous power bill your gonna get

[Enderman]

7 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

what if I buy an oldish pc and upgrade it a bit more... would that work? I mean I want the server to be up (almost) 24/7. My budget is under $100 if anyone can find anything else

Do you not already have a PC?

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

8 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

what if I buy an oldish pc and upgrade it a bit more... would that work? I mean I want the server to be up (almost) 24/7. My budget is under $100 if anyone can find anything else

Yes it will run a minecraft server though it wont support many people also it doesnt come with a hard drive so you'll have to buy one separately 

[waterjug]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

Do you not already have a PC?

well am I supposed to run minecraft in the background on my main rig all the time?

[waterjug]

2 minutes ago, Alaradia said:

Yes it will run a minecraft server though it wont support many people also it doesnt come with a hard drive so you'll have to buy one separately 

i got an extra HDD laying around

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, wii8cookies said:

well am I supposed to run minecraft in the background on my main rig all the time?

It will run better than on a crappy $100 computer, so why not?

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

i got an extra HDD laying around

you don't need storage fo rthis.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you don't need storage fo rthis.

where do you put the os and the server if it doesnt have a hardrive or storage?

[waterjug]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you don't need storage fo rthis.

no i mean the server comes with no HDD is what I was saying that I had an extra one

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

where do you put the os and the server if it doesnt have a hardrive or storage?

extra hdd on your desktop,

 

But for a server, just cause i can. you can network boot the sucker.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, wii8cookies said:

no i mean the server comes with no HDD is what I was saying

don't buy that thing.

 

buy this

https://aws.amazon.com/

 

Much more secure(no one knows your ip) faster, free for a year, and then noramlly cheaper after than.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

extra hdd on your desktop,

 

But for a server, just cause i can. you can network boot the sucker.

so now your adding latency ontop of a slow machine to host a server... good to know

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

don't buy that thing.

 

buy this

https://aws.amazon.com/

 

Much more secure(no one knows your ip) faster, free for a year, and then noramlly cheaper after than.

you misspelled rent you should've put "rent this"

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

so now your adding latency ontop of a slow machine to host a server... good to know

note really. Most of all the files are on ram anyways, and the network drive can be faster than a internal hdd.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

3 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

no i mean the server comes with no HDD is what I was saying that I had an extra one

though a warning to optimally run it your going to have to use a headless linux install so it will take some learning if you don't already know about it

[waterjug]

I was also just considering a generic mc server hoster like this one  https://mcprohosting.com I just thought It would be fun to host it myself.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

note really. Most of all the files are on ram anyways, and the network drive can be faster than a internal hdd.

right but does this sever support network booting?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

right but does this sever support network booting?

almost any system in the last 15 years supports pxe boot.

 

I have that system it doesn.