Game server hosting for FiveM, Minecraft and 18 more popular games

Xen is a type-1 hypervisor: it runs directly on the hardware instead of on top of another operating system. The Xen Project is a Linux Foundation project, and XCP-ng grew out of Citrix XenServer, with Vates supporting its development.

Each VPS boots its own operating system, so you get root on Linux or Administrator on Windows Server. Install the game server, Java, .NET, a database or any library the game needs, and run whichever server version your community wants.

Kernel-level software works too: run the game server and bots in separate Docker containers, set up a VPN for your admin team, or write firewall rules that open only the ports the game uses.

Some game server software ships only for Windows, while some is meant to run on Linux. Check the game's server guide, then pick the system when you order; the order page shows each system's minimum specs. Windows Server generally needs more RAM and disk than Linux. You can switch later by reinstalling, which erases everything on the disk.

A 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable processor (Cascade Lake). Per Intel's specifications, each chip has 24 cores and 48 threads, a 2.20 GHz base clock, up to 4.00 GHz turbo and 35.75 MB of cache.

Many game servers simulate most of the world on one main thread, so per-core speed often matters more than core count. When that thread cannot keep up, players feel lag even while other vCPUs sit idle. 4.00 GHz is the chip's maximum; the clock you actually get varies with host load.

A plan's vCPU is a virtual CPU that the hypervisor schedules onto the host's cores, so it does not always equal one physical core. If a game lists recommended specs in cores, leave some headroom and check real CPU use in the portal once the server is running.

Per Intel, this processor supports DDR4-2667 memory across up to six channels. The RAM in your plan is the memory your virtual machine can use. Games with large worlds, many mods or many players online at once usually run out of RAM before anything else.

U.2 is the 2.5-inch server form factor for NVMe drives, which connect over PCIe. Games that read and write many small files, such as loading new map areas, saving the world or writing an RP server's database, benefit from NVMe storage. Each plan's disk size is in the price list.

An unmodded game with a handful of players can usually start on a small plan. Open the server, check CPU and RAM use in the portal while everyone is online, keep the plan if there is room to spare, and upgrade if it keeps filling up.

RAM is usually the first limit: every mod and plugin keeps data in memory, and a widely explored world adds more. Pick a plan with more RAM than you plan to give the server process, because the operating system needs its share too.

The number of resources, scripts and the database matter as much as the player count. If the database runs on the same machine as the game, leave CPU and RAM for it as well; as the server grows you can move the database to a second VPS.

Games such as Rust, ARK or Palworld use more as the map, the number of structures and the player count grow. Start from the developer's recommended specs for a dedicated server and pick a plan with RAM to spare above that.

If the server does most of its work on one main thread, extra vCPUs help the work around it, such as world saves, compressing backups or running several servers on one machine, more than the main thread itself. Check usage in the portal to see whether CPU or RAM is the bottleneck before you choose how to upgrade.

You can upgrade to a larger plan from the portal and pay only the difference for the days left in the billing cycle. If you are unsure and the plan offers daily or weekly billing, try it with real players for a short period first. If no plan fits, choose the custom option on the rent page and set vCPU, RAM and disk yourself.

Set your own specs

Start, stop or reboot the server from the portal when it hangs or after a game update, and force the power off when the system is too stuck to shut down normally.

Reach the server screen even when SSH does not work, to fix a firewall rule or read the boot messages.

If a firewall mistake cuts the server off from the internet, reset its network settings from the portal. Access is briefly interrupted while it runs.

Take a snapshot before adding mods or plugins or updating the game, and roll the server back to it if something breaks. There is a free slot; snapshots beyond it are charged once when created, and snapshots are deleted along with the VPS.

Watch live CPU, memory, disk and network use, refreshed every few seconds, to see when your player count starts to outgrow the plan.

Upgrade to a larger plan from the service page. Before you confirm, you see what you pay today and the next renewal price.

Reset the root password, reinstall the operating system to start from scratch, and turn on auto-renewal so the balance is charged on the renewal date.

Network- and transport-layer attacks (L3/L4), such as floods aimed at the game port, and application-layer attacks (L7) on your community website or API are filtered before they reach your machine. Attack traffic from abroad is filtered before it enters Thailand.

Every plan includes unlimited bandwidth within Thailand and one IPv4 address. For a separate IP per server, a dedicated network port or extra international bandwidth, see the add-ons above.

It is the same machine at the same price, ordered from the same VPS rent page. What you get on top is the team suggesting specs, region and side systems for the game you tell us about. If you want the machine for something other than games, it works like any VPS.

See the VPS page

Web hosting is managed through Plesk and built for websites, but it has no root access for running a game server process that has to stay up all the time. Use hosting for your community site, server rules or forum, and keep the game itself on a VPS.

You get a whole physical machine with the specs listed in the catalog, plus IPMI. It suits a community big enough to need a full machine, or running many game servers together. Dedicated servers are ordered through sales, and a managed option is available with scope and price agreed with sales.

See dedicated servers