Template:NotClassicServer
Windows (9x Kernel)
User Grade
Win 95
- Theoretically Minecraft should not be able to run on Windows 95.
- Java 5 (v1.5) is not supported on Win 95 systems.
- 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 | 2-4 | Intel Pentium 2 300 MHz or AMD K5-Based CPUs and better |
256 MB | 1 GB empty space | 1 Mbps | ~0.5 Mbps | |
| Acceptable | 4-8 | Intel Pentium 3 700 MHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs and better |
512 MB | 2 GB empty space | 2 Mbps | 1 Mbps |
Win 98/ME
- 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 | 4-8 | Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs and better |
512 MB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) |
2 Mbps | 1 Mbps | |
| Recommended | 8-20 | Intel Pentium 3 1.2 GHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs and better |
1 GB | 15 GB empty space | 6 Mbps | 3 Mbps |
Windows (NT Kernel)
User Grade
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 | 6-10 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and better |
1 GB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) |
3 Mbps | 2 Mbps | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbps Upload connection.) |
| Acceptable | 10-18 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
2 GB | 10 GB empty space | 6 Mbps | 3 Mbps | |
| Recommended | 18-24 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
2 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Good | 24-45 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
4 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbps | 7 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Win Vista/7/8
- 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 | 6-18 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
2 GB | 10 GB empty space | 6 Mbps | 3 Mbps | |
| Recommended | 18-24 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
3 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Good | 24-45 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
4 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbps | 7 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Server Grade
Win 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 | 6-10 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and better |
1 GB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) |
3 Mbps | 2 Mbps | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbps Upload connection.) |
| Recommended | 10-24 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
2 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
6 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Win 2008
- 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 | 6-10 | 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 Mbps | 2 Mbps | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbps Upload connection.) |
| Recommended | 10-24 | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
3 GB | 18 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs and better |
8 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |
Unix (Linux, BSD, OSX)
- These requirements applies 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 | 6-10 | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+ or PowerPC 750 1000MHz/G4 700MHz and better |
512 MB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) |
3 Mbps | 2 Mbps | (Minecraft Servers can barely run, but still run on a 1Mbps Upload connection.) |
| Acceptable | 10-18 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ or G4/Frescale 7xxx 1.5GHz and better |
1 GB | 8 GB empty space | 6 Mbps | 3 Mbps | |
| Recommended | 18-24 | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+ G4 1.8GHz or IBM 970 and better |
2 GB | 16 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Good | 24-45 | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0GHz and better |
4 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbps | 7 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0GHz and better |
6 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | 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 | 6-10 | Intel Pentium 3 1.2 GHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs and better | 512 MB | 2 GB empty space (5GB if you are doing frequent backups) |
3 Mbps | 2 Mbps | (Minecraft Servers can barely, but still run on a 1Mbps Upload connection.) |
| Acceptable | 10-18 | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and better |
768 MB | 8 GB empty space | 6 Mbps | 3 Mbps | |
| Recommended | 18-24 | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and better |
1.5 GB | 16 GB empty space | 8 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| Good | 24-45 | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and better |
3 GB | 25 GB empty space | 14 Mbps | 7 Mbps | |
| Optimal | 45+ | Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs and better |
5 GB | 35 GB empty space | 30 Mbps | 15 Mbps | A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended. |