Problem Older PC as server?

[Cira]

I have an older Acer, that I thought would be perfect to run as a server for Mindcrack.
Only 2 people play on the server, my son and I. We don't use Mystcraft or Portalgun.

We are experiencing allot of "jumping" (Where I don't see my son actually move but then a few minutes later he jumps to his proper position) and terrain not updating, or even loading at all. There are a few dozen other little things that make me question the overall performance of the machine as well.

Here is the Dxdiag of the machine I wanted to use:

Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: AcerPower FH
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 783MB used, 5867MB available

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Chip type: GeForce 9800 GT
Display Memory: 1904 MB
Dedicated Memory: 497 MB
Shared Memory: 1407 MB

Now I had debated on putting Linux on the machine, and using it as a file share for my son and I as well. But I wasn't sure if that would help, also I have no idea how to run a Minecraft server from Linux.

And I only mention it as I am willing to go to that level to fix and smooth out the performance so he and I can play.

So I guess after all that, my basic questions are:

are the specs listed above okay for a Mindcrack server?
Would I be get a better performance out of the whole thing by changing or adding anything to the above?
Would a Linux OS (Most likely Mint or Ubuntu) handle this better?

 

[Manuel (:]

Hey man I am sharing the same problem you and your son are experiencing, if by any chance you can tell me what FTB pack you are running and what version that would be great

 

[Cira]

Mindcrack 8.1.1
I have been researching this most of the day, and I think a large portion of the issue is that when this system was updated instead of Win7 64, win7 32 was put onto it. Which is limiting the amount of memory Java can use.

I dont' have a copy of Win7 64 anywhere, so it is looking more and more likely that I will install Linux on the PC.

 

[Manuel (:]

Mindcrack 8.1.1
I have been researching this most of the day, and I think a large portion of the issue is that when this system was updated instead of Win7 64, win7 32 was put onto it. Which is limiting the amount of memory Java can use.

I dont' have a copy of Win7 64 anywhere, so it is looking more and more likely that I will install Linux on the PC.

I personally don't think it is the windows version, because we are having the same problem but with a 64 Bit... So I think it is just a odd lag. We are using the FTB Ultimate pack so it's not your version.. But we can't figure out what it is... Hopefuly a Admin can help us shortly.

 

[Bangjangles]

I'm having the same issue but I've had the same issue between three different computers of varying degrees. All were windows 64 bit PC's and all had fully updated (64x) java versions. I don't have a problem with anyone connecting but everyone appears to be jumping around and "Lagging" although that wouldn't really be the right word for it since there isn't really a noticeable input delay. It's just as noticeable on monsters and they'll sorta skip steps towards me. All of my research is coming up with nothing, does anyone have any info?

*EDIT* Using Direwolf pack

 

[Manuel (:]

I'm having the same issue but I've had the same issue between three different computers of varying degrees. All were windows 64 bit PC's and all had fully updated (64x) java versions. I don't have a problem with anyone connecting but everyone appears to be jumping around and "Lagging" although that wouldn't really be the right word for it since there isn't really a noticeable input delay. It's just as noticeable on monsters and they'll sorta skip steps towards me. All of my research is coming up with nothing, does anyone have any info?

*EDIT* Using Direwolf pack

Nope no support or any sort of "solution" upto date atm, me and a group of friends did some checking on the server with our friends dad, That is very familiar with servers and we couldn't find a fix, and are still currently looking into it, if we find anything or a fix, we'll be sure to let everyone know Best of luck

 

[Bangjangles]

So I tried hosting different servers using the tekkit modpacks and didn't have any issues like these. So it must have something to do with the launcher?

 

[Cira]

So I tried hosting different servers using the tekkit modpacks and didn't have any issues like these. So it must have something to do with the launcher?

Not really sure, I keep thinking maybe too much has been added to the server, but not really sure. I had thought that mystcraft was the worse memory hog there was, but I guess not