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    Server for Minecraft

    Which would you recommend? Thinking between Xeon e3-1270V3, or the new E5-1650V2. Both the same clockspeed, with the 1650V2 having 6 cores vs. the 1270's 4 cores.

    Minecraft can only run on one core per each server, so we need high clockspeed. The reason we're thinking of the 1650v2 is because we may need more than 32 GB RAM. We already have a server with 16 GB RAM that almost uses all of the RAM. The CPU is constantly at about 25% or so, which of course isn't bad, but the memory is what we're worried about.

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    If the cost is the same, go for the 1650 simply because you can upgrade it with more RAM down the road.
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    I'm actually using both to host Minecraft servers right now, except one of them is a 1270v2.

    Both use SSDs and both are handling the servers very well. However the 1650v2 can get laggy at times as it is currently hosting about 110 GB of servers. During peak hours I notice that it isn't handling the load at an ideal performance level (probably I/O and not CPU). The 1270v2 has rock solid performance at all times and never lags.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post
    I'm actually using both to host Minecraft servers right now, except one of them is a 1270v2.

    Both use SSDs and both are handling the servers very well. However the 1650v2 can get laggy at times as it is currently hosting about 110 GB of servers (probably I/O and not CPU). During peak hours I notice that it isn't handling the load at an ideal performance level. The 1270v2 has rock solid performance at all times and never lags.
    Why do you think this is? Are they both under similar load?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LH Brandon View Post
    Why do you think this is? Are they both under similar load?
    I think it is because of hundreds of players loading chunks all at the same time.

    It really sinks performance. It is probably because it is using only 2 SSD in RAID 1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post
    I think it is because of hundreds of players loading chunks all at the same time.

    It really sinks performance. It is probably because it is using only 2 SSD in RAID 1.
    What sie SSDs do you use? We're thinking of either 240 or 480 GB, 4 disks either in RAID 5 or 10.

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    For E5-1650v2 we use 2 480 GB SSD in RAID 1

    For E3-1270v2 we use 2 120 GB SSD in RAID 1

    RAID 5 or 10 might help handle the big player surges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post
    RAID 5 or 10 might help handle the big player surges.
    Which do you think would be faster?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LH Brandon View Post
    Which do you think would be faster?
    I would go with RAID-10
    You can see the levels from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

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