How much ram should I have for my server?

[DaveSW]

I am currently running the Direwolf20 pack on my server, with a few other mods added as well, like Twilight Forest.
My server keeps crashing, I think it might be because I don't have enough ram on my server. I only have 1 gigabyte.
Do you think that is likely the problem, and if so, how much should I have? If not, do you have any other idea of what it could be?

 

[zwahlm14]

by you only have on gigabyte do you mean on the server computer or that is what is allocated atm. One gig of ram should be enough as long as there isn't more than say 4 people on in different locations all doing their own thing.

 

[DaveSW]

The server I am currently using is a one gigabyte server.

 

[thezeronumber]

1Gb is pretty small. I used to run and play on a Tekkit server using the same system which had 4Gb of Ram and half the time it required a reset after an hour of play if 2 or more people were online at once. We cannot say that the low amount of Ram is causing the crashes but it surely can't be helping the situation.

 

[Sephrik]

That's weird. I pay $10 monthly for a server that has 1gb, and it ran tekkit fine. It's also running the Mindcrack FTB server pack fine as well, even with a few extra mods thrown in.

 

[Sphinx2k]

Hmm out of Ram should not directly force a crash. Playing around with my server ATM. First tested everything with 1GB of ram..it works. I just upgraded to 2GB just to be save.
So i would suggest testing the mods for a bug or a something like this. Or if is a hosted server, try downloading all files an start it local on you pc and test if it works there.

To answer the question how much ram is needed....as much as you can get
No really it depends on the amount of people together on the server (Chunkloaders count also) at different places. Plus how much is going on with pipes and this stuff.