How Much RAM Do You Need for A Minecraft Server

In this video, we go over exactly how much RAM you need for a Minecraft server. From modded servers to Bukkit servers to Paper servers, we cover it all in this video. Thus, no matter what kind of Minecraft server you want to run, you will now know how much RAM you need to add for a Minecraft server. We even talk about Forge and Sponge servers, and we even go over how much RAM you need per player on a Minecraft server!

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About this video: This video is our complete guide on how much RAM you need for a Minecraft server. We cover everything from how much RAM you need for a modded Minecraft server to how much RAM a Bukkit/Spigot server needs. It is all covered in-depth in this video. Thus, let's go ahead and jump into how much RAM to add to a Minecraft server!

Now, how much RAM your server needs is very dependant on the type of server you are running. Specifically, whether you are running a server with plugins or mods. Plugin based servers use significantly less #RAM than modded servers, and they run more efficiently overall. Modded servers are less efficient, and vanilla servers are somewhere in the middle. Yes, servers with plugins can use less RAM as they are more optimized.

Starting off, let's look at vanilla Minecraft servers. Each player on a vanilla Minecraft server with no mods or plugins will use about 100MB of RAM. Some payers will use less server RAM, and others will use more. This amount, however, will make sure you are safe no matter what. With this, for every 10 players on your server, you need about 1GB of RAM when you are running a vanilla Minecraft server.

When adding in plugins and mods, however, this can change drastically. Some plugins will use more RAM than others, but overall, for every 20 plugins you add to your server, you will need to add an additional 1GB of RAM. Using the same amount of RAM for 10 players as mentioned above, a server with 10 players running 20 plugins would need 2GB of RAM. 1GB for players and 1GB for plugins.

What about a modded server though? Well, this is where things can get a bit more complicated. Most mods are not designed to be running on a Minecraft server. Because of this, they can eat RAM for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For a modded server, RAM per player goes up to 150MB per player. You then need to assume about 30MB of RAM per mod also. Thus, a modded Minecraft server running 10 players and 100 mods needs around 4.5GB of RAM. As you can see, modded servers end up needing a lot more RAM than plugin-based servers simply because you will have a lot more mods than plugins.

For example, our SkyBlock server has 58 plugins. If it were mod based, it would have over 200. This is why our network server and all others are based on Bukkit/Spigot and thus run plugins, not mods.

Overall, a general rule of thumb is that for plugin and vanilla Minecraft servers, you need
1GB of RAM for every 10 players and 1GB of RAM for every 20 plugins. When it comes to modded Minecraft servers, you need 1.5GB of RAM for every 10 players and 3GB of RAM for every 100 mods added. If you use these general guidelines, you should never run out of RAM on your Minecraft servers!

And there you have it! That is exactly how much RAM you need for a Minecraft server. From modded Forge servers to Bukkit servers running plugins, you now know the amount of a RAM you need for it! If you have any questions about RAM on a Minecraft server, please let us know in the comment section down below, and if we did help you decide how much RAM your server needs, give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. It really helps us out, and it means a ton to me!

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