Internet Connection Speed for a Busy Minecraft Server?

Discussion in 'Bukkit Help' started by stevevbrewer, Feb 3, 2012.

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    stevevbrewer

    Would a home cable broadband connection of 20Mb be good enough to run a Minecraft server that constantly has between 10 and 30 out of 72 players online (and growing, its only our first month)?

    I'm looking at buying a server but just need to know if my broadband will cope with hosting a server...

    Basically I just need to know how many players you can host on a 30Mb home broadband... It apparently has upload speeds of around 3Mb.

    And if this won't host many players then do people really have to pay £750 a month for a business connection?

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    chilldy

    Do an actual speed test to see what your connection is as ISP's never have what they advertise. If you do have 20mb that should be good for about 15 - 25 people.

    Ah upload is what you want to look at not download speeds. 3mb will not hold very much maybe 3 - 8.

    Also if you buy from a host upload typically offered is 100mbit upload to 1000mbit and is fairly cheap.

    For example I buy straight from the datacenter and it's an extra $5 for a 1000mbit upload. See my sig if you are interested.

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    Simanova

    You could use Craftproxy to reduce consumed bandwith up to 80%.
    With this plugin you should be able to hold 25-30 player.
     
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    zipfe

    You may want to mention that this also requires all players to download and run an executable.
     
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    Simanova

    Its not required. A player can also connect without this, causing more server network load of course. But i generally agree your statement.
     
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    Vittek

    I run a server with 40 people, on a 10mb connection. No problems.
     
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    Milkywayz

    40 people on at once or 40 members in general? I heard somewhere that 1 player connected equals .5 mb of internet speed. I definitely don't think so, though. I have 22.5mbps upload speed and i had around 40 on my server at most, but it capped because i host and play on my computer (iMac). So i just ordered a new computer to run my server which will only leave internet speed as our only limiting factor. :p
     
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    Adam818

    Where can you get 22.5mbs upload speed from? Every ISP I know can only give you about 5-10 mbs max.
     
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    Fuzzwolf

    Fiber Optics has some amazing packages, especially now with Quantum. I have 30x30 bandwidth and run a 60 player server just fine, but of course it varies depending on your area (I live very close to Dallas which is very popular for rackspace servers)
     
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