Server & Hosting Guides
Practical guides to the questions you hit while setting up and running servers: choosing the right plan, fixing performance problems, setting up game servers and hosting websites and bots.
Game Servers
11 min readHow to Choose a Game Server Host: What Actually MattersWhat to check before you rent a game server: CPU speed over core count, right-sized RAM, NVMe storage, server location, DDoS protection, backups and real support.Read the guide11 min readHow to Make a Minecraft Server: Complete Setup GuideChoose the right server software, accept the EULA, configure server.properties, set up permissions and backups, and get friends connected on Java and Bedrock.Read the guide12 min readHow Much RAM Does a Minecraft Server Need?A RAM table by player count and server type, plus garbage collection, Aikar's flags, view distance, pre-generation, modpack sizes and when the CPU is the real limit.Read the guide11 min readHow to Fix Minecraft Server Lag: TPS, MSPT and spark ExplainedWork out whether it's server, network or client lag, profile it with spark, then fix entities, farms, redstone, chunk generation and plugins with the right Paper settings.Read the guide13 min readHow to Set Up a FiveM Server: Step-by-Step txAdmin GuideThe complete FiveM server setup path: license key, txAdmin recipes, server.cfg, OneSync, choosing a framework, MariaDB, streaming assets, ACE permissions and performance.Read the guide12 min readHow to Host a Rust Server and Manage Wipes: Complete GuideEverything a Rust server owner needs: identity folders, startup parameters, Oxide vs Carbon, RCON tools, forced, map and blueprint wipes, and RAM guidance by map size and player count.Read the guide11 min readHow to Set Up a CS2 Dedicated Server: Step-by-Step GuideFrom SteamCMD and GSLT to the game mode table, workshop collections, Metamod and CounterStrikeSharp plugins, and practice, retake and surf setups: a complete CS2 server guide.Read the guide
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Basics
10 min readPing, Latency and Tick Rate Explained (and Why Server Location Matters)A plain-language guide to ping, jitter, packet loss and tick rate: what each number means, what good looks like, and how to test the route to a game server.Read the guide9 min readWhat Is DDoS Protection and Why Do Game Servers Need It?DDoS attacks explained for server owners: why game servers get targeted, how UDP floods and application attacks differ, how protection works and how to spot an attack.Read the guide
