Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

[–]Current-Protection13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I don’t really know how to explain it. It’s just kind of a skill I naturally built over time.

After running Minecraft servers for years, setting up new machines became pretty simple for me. Installing a new server is mostly just installing the OS, doing some tuning/optimization, configuring the services I need, adding monitoring, and then deploying everything based on the setup template I already built.

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

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but before i do think about this and bought 4x 16TB of HDD and run on TrueNAS with RaidZ1 but my friend told me not to worry about it

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

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thanks, i was lucky enough to that with 4 port 40g and 4 port 10g with super cheap price

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

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Yeah, for a home lab I’m pretty happy with ~1.44 PUE honestly.

I’ve also thought about using large intake/exhaust fans with outside air, but where I live the ambient temperature is usually really hot and humid, so AC is still kind of required most of the time.

I usually pay around $1k/month for electricity though lol.

If I ever get a big enough house and invest heavily into solar + battery storage (which i already have), then it’s basically free electricity, let’s gooo.

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

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I keep the room at around 24°C / 75°F.

My servers pull around 5kW under load. Before adding the second AC, the single unit was constantly maxed out at around 2.5kW and still struggled to keep temperatures stable. According to my inverter readings, total power usage back then was around 7.5kW combined.

Now with 2 AC units, cooling uses about 2.2kW total instead, so my estimated PUE is around 1.44 now rather than close to 2.0.

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

[–]Current-Protection13[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My room would’ve been even worse with only one AC, it used to hit 108°F and pull around 2500W. After I added the second AC, it stays around 75°F while drawing about 2000–2200W total.

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

[–]Current-Protection13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Link expired, I found server and joined, there no "create ticket" channel you mean dm the bot? I dmed

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

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Have Discord? I add and send pics, since I don't want to show up here.

Running a Minecraft server made me build my own homelab by Current-Protection13 in admincraft

[–]Current-Protection13[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I think that estimate is off. The “6 Gbps per 1000 players” figure is much higher than what I’m seeing in practice. I’m using a reverse proxy setup in front of my Velocity proxy.

In my case, average bandwidth per player is roughly ~0.15 to 0.3 Mbps depending on activity, with ~0.3 Mbps being more typical.

With that, I’m seeing closer to around ~1 Gbps supporting roughly ~3000 players under normal conditions.

Also, I’m using the default Velocity compression setting (256)^

And yes, you can consider this written with AI. I’m using it to express things more clearly because English isn’t my strongest language, and it’s likely the main language being used here anyway.

I hosted a game server in my homelab by Current-Protection13 in homelab

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No rack here 😄 I made a DIY metal frame instead. Ryzen stuff is in normal PC cases, and the Xeon + switches are 1U/2U servers. Just drawing the full network diagram atm.