how much ram will be needed?

[ozm8 1]

Hello im gonna get a modded forge server on a vps using centos 7. Problem is i don't have much experience with running a modded server. I have ran lots of normal spigot minecraft servers using linux but just wondering how much ram would my sserver need for a modded server?

[Insane96MCP 2]

Depends on the modpack / amount of mods

[ozm8 1]

4 hours ago, Insane96MCP said:

Depends on the modpack / amount of mods

Somehow I knew that would be the answer  well about 4 mods im gonna use a dinosaurs mod with some other mods that add like gadgets and stuff but also with sponge forge with plugins

[AntiRix 1]

It depends on the intensity of the mods. You could have 10 mods which are really light which require less RAM than one intensive mod. I'd say allocate 512MB, and increase it if the server's struggling. Allow it a bit of buffer above what it absolutely requires and it'll be fine.

[MoeBoy76 20]

3 hours ago, AntiRix said:

I'd say allocate 512MB, and increase it if the server's struggling.

A Vanilla server running on 512MB will struggle, i generally start with 1GB, adding mods my advice is to start at 3GB, usually 8GB is the max needed otherwise you will lose performance from GC and likely have a poor configuration (eg too many entities)

[Corey 3]

8 gigs is throwing away money unless you're running an insane server... you can easily run sevtech on 3 (as I do), and it has over 200 mods

[Cadiboo 275]

Vanilla: 1gb

Modded 2gb+