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Hello, I’m just a random user here (no name). Just here to share and kinda yap about my setup, but everything here is real, not made up.
Back in 2020, I made my first Minecraft server. Nothing big, just a small group of players hanging out. I ran it like that until around 2022, when I realized hosting was getting insanely expensive.
That’s when I decided… screw it, I’ll build my own machine and host it myself.
At first it was just a single PC—CPU, RAM, motherboard, SSD, PSU, cooling, normal case. But I always ended up going for top-tier hardware for some reason. I’m not rich, I don’t even fully understand why I do it. Maybe OCD, maybe obsession. I just always had to make it “proper.” And yeah, I always stick with AIO cooling.
Fast forward to now… I somehow scaled this into a full setup that can handle roughly around 1,000 to 20,000 concurrent players depending on load. I won’t be specific here, but yeah—it still feels insane saying it out loud.
I ended up with around 20 machines total.
Each machine:
These run:
Specs:
2× Velocity proxy servers:
Each:
I have 5 lines total:
My router is also a PC:
Power draw:
I never planned for it to turn into something this big. It just slowly evolved from “hosting a Minecraft server” into basically a small private datacenter.
Sometimes I still look at it and think… yeah, this is kind of insane lol
Pics if think this is made up by AI:
My Diagram Network: https://ibb.co/M5fzWkWw
My Grafana Dashboard: https://ibb.co/wZxsCFvk (This one show CPU and Total RAM)
Note: This post was structured and rewritten using AI based on the information I provided, to make it clearer and easier to read while keeping the original meaning intact. English is not my main language, so AI was used to help improve clarity.
and I also know the emdash is AI, im not that stupid.
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Back in 2020, I made my first Minecraft server. Nothing big, just a small group of players hanging out. I ran it like that until around 2022, when I realized hosting was getting insanely expensive.
That’s when I decided… screw it, I’ll build my own machine and host it myself.
At first it was just a single PC—CPU, RAM, motherboard, SSD, PSU, cooling, normal case. But I always ended up going for top-tier hardware for some reason. I’m not rich, I don’t even fully understand why I do it. Maybe OCD, maybe obsession. I just always had to make it “proper.” And yeah, I always stick with AIO cooling.
Where it ended up
Fast forward to now… I somehow scaled this into a full setup that can handle roughly around 1,000 to 20,000 concurrent players depending on load. I won’t be specific here, but yeah—it still feels insane saying it out loud.
I ended up with around 20 machines total.
Main compute (Minecraft servers)
- 7× AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
- 13× AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Each machine:
- 96GB DDR5 RAM (4800MHz, sometimes up to 5200MHz but I keep it stable)
- Storage per node:
- 2× 8TB NVMe (U.3)
- 10× 2TB NVMe
- 18× 128GB NVMe
- 1× 1TB NVMe
These run:
- Folia servers
- Hubs / Lobbys / Spawns
- SMP
- Skyblock
- basically everything in the network
- other gamemode
Database layer
- DragonflyDB (Redis alternative, extremely fast in my setup)
- Redis
- MySQL / MariaDB
Specs:
- Dual Xeon Platinum 8171M
- 384GB DDR4 2666MHz
- ~6.4TB NVMe storage
Proxy layer
2× Velocity proxy servers:
Each:
- Dual Xeon E5-2696 v4
- 128GB DDR4 2400MHz
- 240GB + 480GB SSD
Networking / Internet
I have 5 lines total:
- 2× 1Gbps lines (ISP A and ISP B)
- 1× ISP C line (can do 5–10Gbps, but I only run 1Gbps on it because cost is insane)
Router
My router is also a PC:
- Current: Intel E-2174G, 8GB RAM
- Previously: i7-12700K, 32GB RAM (I honestly might switch back)
Power & cooling
- 2× air conditioners (~18,000 BTU / 2HP each)
- Used to run UPS + diesel generator backup
- Now switched to:
- 100kWh lithium battery system
- inverter setup
Power draw:
- Servers: ~2kW–5kW depending on load
- Cooling: ~2kW–4kW depending on heat
Final thoughts
I never planned for it to turn into something this big. It just slowly evolved from “hosting a Minecraft server” into basically a small private datacenter.
Sometimes I still look at it and think… yeah, this is kind of insane lol
Pics if think this is made up by AI:
My Diagram Network: https://ibb.co/M5fzWkWw
My Grafana Dashboard: https://ibb.co/wZxsCFvk (This one show CPU and Total RAM)
Note: This post was structured and rewritten using AI based on the information I provided, to make it clearer and easier to read while keeping the original meaning intact. English is not my main language, so AI was used to help improve clarity.
and I also know the emdash is AI, im not that stupid.
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