Dedicated server hardware recommendations

Hi all,

I'm new here and this my first post

So I'd like to get my own dedicated server and set it up at home to be used for games only but I have no idea what kind of specs that is needed when it comes to servers and the distribution of system resources such as CPU, RAM etc. Storage is self explained obviously.
I'm looking to host like a Minecraft server, 7 days to die server, Rust server etc but in general, if possible to say, how many game servers can you run on a single machine?
What is a good server Intel Xeon CPU these days that is not overkilling my needs to run a few game servers on the machine? Is 64 GB of RAM enough to start with?
What is best for my needs when it comes to the server type like a tower or a rack?

I'm just trying to get an estimated cost to set this all up and i'm a bit overwhelmed what is enough and not so my apologies if I don't provide much information so if you need any more details in order to assist, let me know and I'd be happy to be more specific in the topic .
Internet speed is not an issue as I have 1 Gbit up and down.

Thanks in advance!

I rented a dedicated server about 6 months ago and at the beginning it wasn't really any issues.
Heres the downtime report https://i.imgur.com/mE5V2eJ.png

At the beginning i encountered few downtimes but that was due their network being compromised and it can happend sometimes and the owner promise they will upgrade their infrastructure to fix this issue.
After few months after, my server lost power and rebooted. The owner replied back that they will fix this issue but the same issue occured again however their provided reason at that time was because their UPS malfunctioned.
Few more downtimes after that incident, they said, fire department told them to shutdown their power, while their electricity provider had an occuring issues beyond their help. Excuses keep piling on and its almost as if they dont even have UPS.

Last year october and november my server started to randomely reboot with seemlingly no explanation. I hired sysadmin and they couldnt find an issue. They suggested this could be a hardware issue. Due to the hardware parts it would take provider months before the provider can replace all the hardwares so i had to wait.
And waiting i did, and until when the day finally arrived. From all my exchanges with this company, ive only talked with the actual owner. This seems to be really a one man show. Worst is that this owner is incompetent.


So we went through with the server swap, changing ssd to the new server hardware. However issue occured with the new hardware enviroment not recognizing my ssd partitions. Sysadmin couldnt do much in rescue mode as they cant gain the error logs which dracut provided in the failure mode.
The issue is that the dracut log is generated in a volatile disk path so ifwe rebooted the logs would be gone.

The owner had significant issues where the server didnt recognize the flash drives so we couldnt export the logs.
This was a 24 hours conversation exchange. We litterally end up googling. Even the owner was googling and asking if a centos forum post could be the solution.

I asked if they can setup a KVM so my sysadmin can access the dracut logs.
24 hours after, the owner still has problem setting up kvm.
That was my last patience with this provider. I told him to change back to the old server hardware and the server was online again. I ordered a new server from a different provider(reliablehostingservices.net) and did rsync and terminated my server with dedioutlet.

The sheer amount of incompetence is just baffling. Owner googling for solution, trying to ask his "developer" on how to fix kvm setup to no avail.

Hi there,

I'm currently struggling with creating a VPS on a Dedicated server.

I've purchased quite a high spec Dedicated server which is running Windows 2019 with Hyper-V installed and I'm looking at installing Ubuntu 16.04 and running it as a VPS off of the Dedicated server so I can allow my friends to make use of the server. I've purchased a failover IP address and I've attached it to the main Dedicated server but I'm a bit confused on how I am suppose to tell Hyper-V to use the additional IP only in that one VM box.

Please feel free to burn me for my stupidity but I could really do with some advice - thank you in advance.

Kind regards,
Jack R

This current admin company is driving me insane! They are literally making my server worse...

I have lost so much money in production time of not being able to develop websites!

This sever is for basic business sites.

So I am moving this server from dedicated self-managed (with 3rd party admin) and now need a fully managed server.

This is just to host multiple websites. so we very rarely have issues on the server.

I need cpanel/whm

I am used to having multiple processors with multiple cores, but they are quite old, so maybe the more powerful processors can beat it?

It's an old server but has been a workhorse for development with no real issues.

i'd like the equivalent or better. Ideally under $200 month ($150 would be great!)

-- is this even possible?

who do you recommend? Any black friday/cyber Monday specials?



--------current server specs---
Intel 2x L5630
Dedicated Server
Operating System: cPanel/WHM (CentOS 7 x64)
Bandwidth: 20TB on 1Gbps Port
Service Title: Intel 2x L5630
Service Options: Service Plan: Intel 2x Xeon L5630 Westmere 4-Core Dell Node
Operating System: Linux- CentOS 64-bit with cPanel/WHM 64-bit
Hard Drive 1: 500GB HDD
Hard Drive 2: None (+$0.00)
Hard Drive 3: None (+$0.00)
Hard Drive 4: None (+$0.00)
Hard Drive 5: None (+$0.00)
Hard Drive 6: None (+$0.00)
Raid Card- LSI 9260-8i 6G w/ 512MB Cache: Included / No Raid (+$0.00)
Power Supply: Dual Power (+$0.00)
RAM: 24GB (+$0.00)
Bandwidth: 20.0TB on 1Gbps Port (+$0.00)
IPv4 Addresses: 5 Usable (/29) (+$0.00)

Hi,

if i have 8 SATA3 SSD, for shared hosting,
i want to run cloudlinux and cpanel on it.

compare hardware raid card with mdadm raid10,
do you recommend which one ?

i make searching,

1. some people say raid card will be quicker,
but cpu are quick now,does it really have the difference ?

2. some people say raid card has battery and mdadm only server power,
when server's power fail,
mdadm's raid data may break,is it real ?

The common complaint about budget providers is usually bad support, which is quite understandable (they have to cut all expenses).

You can check the server quality on the first day, but I believe two problems are critical: hardware failure and network outage. You can always restore a website from the remote backup, but you do not know if you should wait for the server or give up and change the DNS pointing somewhere else.

There are a few well-known budget providers, but there are many small providers (usually one-man army) which offer decent servers. I am an avid supporter of small businesses in general.

1. How do you find such small providers?
2. How do you check/trust them?

Hello

I would need a server/whole data migration from my previous provider


Currently it is running:
VPS - Windows server 2012 r2 (my own license)


i want everything migrated, and up & running without any issue to the new server, can anyone recommend me any good provider that offer this server FOC


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thanks

Hi,
I am looking for a storage dedicated server in USA or Canada with the below minimum specs:

Disks: 4 x 10 TB Enterprise HDD
RAM: 16 GB
CPU: 4 cores

Budget: up to $100/month or $1000/year

Thank you in advance for your recommendations.

TLRD Version

1. Offer very attractive deal in Webhostingtalk
2. Offer to sign with Monthly + No Setup Fee
3. Once Payment Done. Tell You no Stock
4. Option = You have to pay 1 year in advance. (because no stock, they need to buy hardware) Or Refund
5. Ask to change to available spec, still refuse. Request buyer Pay 1 year in advance.
6. Request refund. >24hours, no more reply.
7. Still posting new threads to promote this "UNAVAILABLE" Package in Dedicated Server Offer section (After tell me there is no stock)

i cannot post link, 1st 5 post....
Follow This thread ID : ?t=1846296
Company : Server Trading

Communication
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Good morning,
I'm sorry, but we do not have spare dedics with such configuration.
We can get such a server if you pay for a year.

If you want refund, please write to support@server.trading or create ticket in support panel.
If you want to pay for a year, please write there too.

Witold Filipczyk,
server.trading ( 1 Days ago )

-- > Request to change to other spec from me. ( 2cpu, 4gb ram, large storage, anything )

Sorry we don't have it. We can order one (one of 3 types), but if you buy dedic for a year.
Other way is not remunerative for us. Sorry.

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Change to anything also REQUEST ME TO PAY 1 year upfront


This happened 24 hours ago, and i found they still ADVERTISE THIS PROMO fews hours ago in Webhostingtalk, Dedicated server offer section
Thread link ID : ?t=1846296 ( i cannot post link . new user )


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Conclusion
1. They might Refund me. They might Not.
2. If they dont have the hardware, Why still push the Offer ?
3. In their website, Still allowed for monthly payment for ( Unavailable package )
4. Once you pay, You are trapped.

Hello,

I wish to rent a new server which can be used 7 to 8 years, if I rent a EPYC 7502P server, will its other hardware newer than E-2176G server's ?

Thanks a lot.