What does a 1000-slot SA-MP server need?

The game server itself is light; 8 GB of RAM and four vCPUs suffice. The real load is script complexity and MySQL queries, so database optimisation matters more than hardware.

Is SA-MP still supported?

You manage the server software while we provide the infrastructure. SA-MP, open.mp or MTA:SA can all be installed as long as the 32-bit library requirements are met.

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SA-MP and MTA Server Hosting

SA-MP and MTA:SA servers are very light compared with modern titles; a 100-slot roleplay server runs on 2 GB of RAM. The deciding factors are latency and uptime rather than raw resources, and for a Turkish audience a domestic location is the biggest variable.

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	Intel i9-10980XE	Xeon E5-2699v4	Note
1-100	2 GB	1	40 GB	₺380,00 / mo	₺270,00 / mo	A new roleplay or freeroam server.
100-500	4 GB	2	80 GB	₺910,00 / mo	₺670,00 / mo	Active roleplay with MySQL on the same machine.
500-1000	8 GB	4	160 GB	₺1.970,00 / mo	₺1.470,00 / mo	A large community with heavy script and database load.

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.

Prices exclude VAT (20%).

How to choose the hardware

Pawn (SA-MP) and Lua (MTA) script execution is single-threaded, so core speed matters more than core count. When the database runs on the same machine, NVMe storage clearly lowers query latency. On large roleplay servers the real load comes from script complexity and database queries.

Which processor family?

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

Intel i9-10980XE

With single-threaded script execution, a high clock translates directly into tick time.

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Xeon E5-2699v4

If you host several server instances, this keeps the cost per instance lowest.

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Setup steps

1Install with a Debian 12 or Ubuntu 22.04 template; SA-MP needs 32-bit libraries (lib32z1).
2Open UDP 7777 for SA-MP, or UDP 22003 and TCP 22005 for MTA.
3Install MySQL/MariaDB and import your gamemode database.
4Verify the query port is reachable so the server appears in the public list.

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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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