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Honest comparisons, server explainers and hosting guides — written by the team behind 10,000+ servers.

Don't Starve Together server: why you are really running two

Don't Starve Together server: why you are really running two

DST runs surface and caves as separate shards. What that means for server load and how much RAM you need.

25 Jul 2026
Assetto Corsa server hosting: content, sessions and why ping matters

Assetto Corsa server hosting: content, sessions and why ping matters

Why everyone needs identical content, how to build a practice-qualifying-race sequence, and why latency matters more than RAM.

25 Jul 2026
Arma 3 server hosting: why your CPU matters more than your RAM

Arma 3 server hosting: why your CPU matters more than your RAM

Arma is CPU-bound, not memory-bound. What that means for choosing a server, and when to add a headless client.

25 Jul 2026
DayZ server hosting: the loot economy decides everything

DayZ server hosting: the loot economy decides everything

How the Central Economy governs loot, why bases disappear, and what you configure in types.xml.

25 Jul 2026
Palworld server hosting: why you should schedule restarts

Palworld server hosting: why you should schedule restarts

Palworld's memory use climbs over time. Why that happens, how to stay ahead of it, and how much RAM you need.

25 Jul 2026
Valheim server hosting: dedicated server or hosting in-game?

Valheim server hosting: dedicated server or hosting in-game?

Why a dedicated server beats hosting from inside the game, how to keep your world saves safe, and how much RAM you need.

25 Jul 2026
ARK server hosting: why your world keeps getting heavier

ARK server hosting: why your world keeps getting heavier

Why an ARK server gets heavier over time, how clusters work, and why mods mainly cost disk space.

25 Jul 2026
Hytale server hosting: what Early Access means for your server

Hytale server hosting: what Early Access means for your server

Why Hytale is heavier than it looks, what Regions mean for memory use, and how much RAM you need.

25 Jul 2026
Minecraft Bedrock server: playing together on console, phone and PC

Minecraft Bedrock server: playing together on console, phone and PC

Bedrock lets console, mobile and PC share one server. What to know about addons, connecting and RAM.

25 Jul 2026
Minecraft server hosting: plugins or mods, and how much RAM you need

Minecraft server hosting: plugins or mods, and how much RAM you need

The difference between plugins and mods, which server software to pick, and how much RAM each setup needs.

25 Jul 2026
Rust server hosting: wipes, map size and why you need 8 GB

Rust server hosting: wipes, map size and why you need 8 GB

Why Rust needs more memory than other games: map size, entity count and the wipe cycle explained, with concrete RAM guidance.

25 Jul 2026
Hytale: what is new, how it plays and how to play together on a server

Hytale: what is new, how it plays and how to play together on a server

Hytale in Early Access: the Ancient Gateway, Fragments of Orbis, Regions replacing Zones — plus how much RAM your own Hytale server needs.

14 Jan 2026