Reference

Documentation

Technical background on running and buying Minecraft server hosting — how performance is measured, what the specifications actually mean, and what separates a competent provider from a reseller.

Benchmarking

Measuring Minecraft Server Performance: TPS, MSPT and Tick Health

TPS alone will not tell you whether a server is healthy. How the tick loop actually works, why MSPT is the metric that matters, how to read a Spark profile, and how to benchmark a host before you commit to it.

Platforms

Minecraft Server Types & Modpacks Guide

Vanilla, Paper, Forge and Fabric compared on performance, plugin and mod support, and resource requirements — plus the modpack ecosystems (FTB, CurseForge, Technic) each one unlocks.

Buying guide

Essential Features for Minecraft Server Hosts

The specifications, control panel capabilities and service commitments that distinguish a serious hosting provider from a thin reseller.

Operations

Server Performance Optimization Guide

JVM arguments, garbage collection tuning, server.properties settings and view-distance trade-offs for keeping a server responsive under load.

Operations

Security Best Practices for Server Hosts

DDoS mitigation, backup and restore strategy, access control and plugin hygiene — the measures that keep a server online and recoverable.

Industry

The Challenges of Minecraft Hosting

Why the Minecraft hosting market is difficult to enter: infrastructure costs, thin margins, support load and customer expectations.

Background

How Minecraft Took Over the World

From a 2009 Java side project to the best-selling game ever made — and how multiplayer created the server hosting industry along the way.