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Guide
Performance mods for a modded server
The categories of server-side performance mods worth knowing for modded Minecraft, and why they do not lift the single-thread ceiling.
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Comparison
Paper vs Purpur for a Minecraft server
Purpur is Paper with a far bigger settings file. What it adds, where performance really comes from on a dedicated box, and which to pick.
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Guide
Optimising a modded Minecraft server
Why modpacks cost so much more per tick, and the practical steps that bring a modded Minecraft server under control, from pregen to caps and heap sizing.
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Guide
How to set up a modpack server
How to set up a Minecraft modpack server in order, matching the pack, loader and version, allocating memory, and keeping client and server mods in sync.
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Guide
Moderation and staff tooling for a growing SMP
The tooling for moderating a growing Minecraft server, from least-privilege staff ranks and vanish to inspection, punishments and a proper audit trail.
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Guide
Fixing a modded Minecraft server that won't start or keeps crashing
How to read the logs and fix a modded Minecraft server that will not start, from version mismatches and missing dependencies to a single broken mod.
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Buying Guide
Minecraft server requirements: what specs you actually need
A plain reference for Minecraft server requirements, what single-thread CPU, RAM and storage each decide, with rough guidance by player count and type.
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Guide
Hosting a Minecraft server for a creator community launch
How to survive a creator launch spike on a Minecraft server: why the host matters most on day one, plus a pre-launch checklist.
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Guide
Backups and recovery you can trust
What to back up on a Minecraft server, how often, where to keep it, host snapshots versus plugin backups, and why you must test a restore.
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Guide
A practical checklist for fixing Minecraft server lag
A step by step Minecraft lag checklist that sorts low TPS from high ping, then walks the fixes in the order that finds the most improvement first.
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Guide
LuckPerms from zero: permissions, groups and prefixes
How to set up LuckPerms from a blank install to working groups, prefixes and per-world rules, plus the gotchas that trip new server owners up.
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Comparison
A live web map for your server: BlueMap vs Dynmap
How BlueMap and Dynmap differ, what a live web map costs your server, how setup looks at a high level, and when a map is actually worth running.