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could a 3,1 mac pro be used to run a minecraft server?

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so, this is more asking if this idea would work on any sort of small to medium scale. i have a 3,1 mac pro tower, with 8 cores, and currently 16GB of ram, all other part are base for rite now. if i want to set this up as a minecraft server for when some of my nephews come over (about 3-6 of them), and have them connect to it with laptops running the minecraft client, would that work at all?

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It will work just fine. I do recommend to run a Linux distribution like Debian. But keep in mind that Minecraft is a single theaded application. Though the 8 Cores will be able to have an effect if you would run for example multiple instances of Minecraft servers or if certain plugins call upon their own thread. (Good developers usually do this, because the Minecraft server being a single threaded application is a known issue). Take a look on http://canihostaminecraftserver.com/ to see how much players you can host. Do keep in mind it is by all means not accurate. It's a estimate on your bandwidth and Ram. Without calculating in plugins or map growth.

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ok, thanks for the replies, and the extra info.

main/gaming system: intel core i7 5930K, 16GB Gskill ddr4, asus X99 deluxe, 2 titan X's in SLI, corsair AX860 PSU, noctua NH-d15, samsung 512 PRO SSD, 2+3 seagate HDD's, blu-ray ODD, corsair graphite 780t.   game capture system: AMD FX 8350 BE, 16GB ram (left over parts from torn down system), asus ROG crosshair V formula-z, GTX 770 SC, avermedia live gamer HG capture card, elgato HD60 s external usb3 capture device, OCZ 700w, cryorig M9a, kingston 250GB SSD(left over part from torn down system), seagate 1TB internat HDD, seagate backup plus 5TB USB 3 extrenal drive, corsair carbide 200R.    

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