cooledwhipI'm considering a new minecraft server host considering my old one got hacked and all my server stuff got erased. I saw their tech specs and was wondering if they would be good? Here they are. They run on E3's and have DDR3 ram. They are on a 800mb/s dl connection + 500mb/s upload. I don't really know what this means but help would be nice!
Disclaimer: I do not claim to be a computer wizard but I know some stuff about them that will help you understand it better.
Here's some insight to this:
Minecraft server hosts usually use many different computers in a network (with a 1 server to 1 computer ratio) with good specs designed around hosting and connected to a very good internet connection.
Shared connection means that all the servers from that host are running off that internet. The average person with decent internet has 20mb/s download and 5mb/s upload. You can test your internet connection at speedtest.net
So if your host has 500mb/s up and 800mb/s down, then that means if there are 50 servers running off that internet connection then the connection per server would be 16mb/s down and 10mb/s up. That connection is good for >15 players on at a time (in my opinion). To put it in perspective, FiOS charges $299.99/month for 500mb/s up and 100mb/s down. Where the server is located also affects connection. Ping is the latency between you and the server. USUALLY the closer you are to the server, the better ping you have. Lower ping = better connection. Some things you might recognize with ping are for example, 4 bar, 3 bar, 2 bar, and 1 bar ping. I believe it goes <100ms = 4 bars, 100-200=3bars 201-300= 2 bars and >500ms ping is 1 bar. Again I don't think thats correct to be completely honest :3
An E3 processor usually is 3Ghz to 3.4Ghz stock speed. I'm assuming the hosting company does not overclock. E3 processors are also quad core processors. USUALLY the more cores the faster the processor because each core is working at the same time. An E3 processor should be fine for your server.
DDR3 ram is the fastest ram speed right now. However CL (CAS Latency) and Mhz are factors with ram speed also. CAS Latency, from what I've understood, 1 CAS Latency is about ~500mhz speed differencial. AGAIN, don't quote me on that. Obviously the higher the Mhz the faster the ram, however you wont see too much of a difference from 1600mhz CL10 RAM than 2400mhz CL10 RAM.
Summary:
Processor is good.
RAM is good.
Internet speed is debatable - (the lower amount of servers they have the better connection) depending on how many servers they are hosting the connection could be great or bad (from what I've understood with internet connection and servers).
Hope I helped and sorry if I got any of the information wrong, I consider myself an amateur techy xD
