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It should be noted that these suggestion presume default settings in server.conf - i.e., a Draw Distance no higher than 10, and is also based on a new world; the bigger the world gets, especially if there`s advanced redstone Redstone Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Availability Survival Drops Redstone (1) Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article is 
circuitry at work, the requirements - especially the RAM, or in the case of lots of redstone or mobs (in e.g. grinders), the CPUA processor is the logic circuitry - increase significantly (to the point where a major world with several camps, redstone machinery, grinders, etcetera can easily more than double the requirements).
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- 1 player ~ 50-100 MBMegaByte of Ram - on it`s own, but in practicality, it will always pull more, if it`s e.g. in different chunks, moving through chunks very quickly (e.g. on a boat or via rail); the player object as such won`t use/drain more RAM, but it will effectively lead to significantly more RAMRandom access memory being used by the server if it`s doing anything besides standing perfectly still somewhere.
Win NT/2K/XP
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-2 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and better | 1 GB | 2 GBGigaByte empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) | 3 Mbit/s | 2 Mbit/s | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection. The server will miss ticks with this hardware-configuration.) |
| Acceptable | 3-5 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 3 GB | 10 GB empty space | 6 Mbit/s | 3 Mbit/s | |
| Recommended | 5-7 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs at 3.4GHz or higher | 5 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Good | 7-9 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better | 6 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbit/s | 7 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 9+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs at 3.6GHz or higher | 8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Win Vista/7/8/10
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-3 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 2 GB | 10 GB empty space | 6 Mbit/s | 3 Mbit/s | |
| Recommended | 3-5 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 3 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Good | 5-7 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better | 6 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbit/s | 7 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 8+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs at 3.6GHz or higher | 8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Win Server 2000/2003
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-2 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and better | 1 GB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) | 3 Mbit/s | 2 Mbit/s | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection. The server will miss ticks with this hardware-configuration.) |
| Recommended | 2-4 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 3 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 4+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better | 6 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Win Server 2008/2012/2016
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-2 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 2 GB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) | 3 Mbit/s | 2 Mbit/s | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.) |
| Recommended | 2-5 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better | 4 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 6+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs at 3.6GHZ or higher | 8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Unix (Linux, BSD, Mac OSX)
- These requirements apply to the Native Java for Unix, and not windows emulation using Wine or Mono.
GUI
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-2 | Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+ or PowerPC 750 1000MHz/G4 1GHz and better | 512 MB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) | 3 Mbit/s | 2 Mbit/s | (Minecraft Servers can barely run, but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection. The server will miss ticks with this hardware-configuration.) |
| Acceptable | 2-3 | Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2600+ or G4/Frescale 7xxx 1.8GHz and better | 3 GB | 8 GB empty space | 6 Mbit/s | 3 Mbit/s | |
| Recommended | 3-5 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0GHz and better | 5 GB | 16 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Good | 5-7 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0GHz and better | 6 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbit/s | 7 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 7+ | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs at 3.6GHz or higher IBM 970 2.0GHz and better | 6 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Console
- Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
| Requirements | Players | CPU | RAM | HDD | WAN Up | WAN Down | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 1-3 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon-Based CPUs and better | 512 MB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) | 3 Mbit/s | 2 Mbit/s | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection. The server will miss ticks with this hardware-configuration.) |
| Acceptable | 3-5 | Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2600+ and better | 1 GB | 8 GB empty space | 6 Mbit/s | 3 Mbit/s | |
| Recommended | 5-8 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better | 3 GB | 16 GB empty space | 8 Mbit/s | 4 Mbit/s | |
| Good | 8-12 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs at 3.0GHz or higher | 5 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbit/s | 7 Mbit/s | |
| Optimal | 12+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better | 6 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbit/s | 15 Mbit/s | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
