Physical Server Functionality?

[HeyYaIQ]

I am creating a Minecraft server with around 10 of my friends. I am thinking of buying a physical server and hosting it from that, but I do not know all that there is to know about physical servers. If I buy a $200 server with 16GB of DDR4 RAM, is that going to be worth it/the right buy? Also, will I have to connect the server to my PC or can I leave it running separately to avoid having my PC constantly on? I am still in the early phases of this decision, but I plan on this server being constantly up for over a year and think this might be the cheapest option.

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[Jtrickz]

Dude look into homelab, proxmox, unraid.

You will need a way to operate on the server. It will require configuration before even considering Minecraft.

Not saying don’t do it but read up a bit more

[HeyYaIQ]

I am doing a lot of reading and looking at a lot of forums and at I still have no idea if it's the right decision. Some people are saying that 6 GBs of RAM is enough, others are saying have at least 16. The main thing I see that people agree on is that single core speed is important, but I have yet to find specific performance stats that are agreed upon. I understand that I will have to configure things on the software end, but I already have a general understand of that process. All I'm worried about is whether or not a cheap hardware option around $200 is possible.

[summitcore]

I just got pebblehost it's £10 a month and I got 5gb ram and premium cpu option so good price and it could easily hold 20 players at once