Is 4 GB of RAM enough for a Minecraft server?

It is enough for up to 20 players on a vanilla or lightly modded server. If you run a modpack or raise view distance above 10, starting at 8 GB is safer.

My TPS is dropping — should I buy more vCPUs?

Usually not. Since the tick loop runs on one core, adding cores does not directly raise TPS. First consider a processor family with a higher clock, reducing view distance, and limiting entity counts.

Can Bedrock and Java run on the same server?

Yes, with Geyser/Floodgate a single server can accept both clients. That adds a proxy layer, so budget another 1-2 GB of RAM.

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Minecraft Java Edition runs its main tick loop on a single thread, so most TPS drops come from core speed rather than core count. Optimised server software such as Paper or Purpur clearly improves chunk loading and entity handling, but it does not remove the tick loop's single-core dependency.

Recommended plan by player count

These values map one to one onto the VDS plan steps in our catalogue. Intermediate values can also be selected in the configurator.

Players	RAM	vCPU	Storage	Ryzen 7950X	Intel i9-10980XE	Note
1-20	4 GB	2	80 GB	₺1.190,00 / mo	₺910,00 / mo	Vanilla or lightly modded survival server.
20-60	8 GB	4	160 GB	₺2.500,00 / mo	₺1.970,00 / mo	Paper with 20-40 plugins, a single world, moderate view distance.
60-150	16 GB	8	320 GBmax 250 GB on this product	₺4.630,00 / mo	₺3.600,00 / mo	Multiple servers behind BungeeCord/Velocity, or a heavy modpack.

The amounts in the table are the monthly net price of each processor option and match the calculation in the configurator. The value option uses DDR4 memory, the performance option DDR5. Billing period (3, 6, 12, 24, 36 months) and extra resources are calculated in the configurator. Some recommended values exceed this product's maximum, so the price is calculated from the configuration clamped to that limit; for higher resources, review the dedicated servers.

Prices exclude VAT (20%).

How to choose the hardware

Three things drive RAM: view distance, the number of loaded chunks, and your plugin or mod list. A vanilla 20-player server runs comfortably on 4 GB, while a 60-player network with plugins wants 8-16 GB. Modded servers (Forge/Fabric) can double that. World files grow as chunks are generated, so storage speed is felt directly during world generation.

Which processor family?

Most game servers run on a single thread, so per-core performance matters more than core count.

Ryzen 7950X

Because the tick loop is single-threaded, the family with the highest IPC keeps TPS most stable; our pick for modpacks and higher player counts.

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Intel i9-10980XE

Enough single-core performance for vanilla and plugin-based survival servers at a lower cost.

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Setup steps

1Install with an Ubuntu 22.04 template and add OpenJDK 21 (for 1.20.5+).
2Download the Paper or Purpur jar and set -Xms/-Xmx to about 75% of your plan's RAM.
3Open TCP port 25565, or UDP 19132 for Bedrock.
4Enable the snapshot option from the panel for automatic backups, and keep an application-level backup of the world as well.

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Configure your server

Pick the plan that matches your player count, choose the operating system and start provisioning within minutes.

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