Only two sourced figures exist: 500 MB for a small world (Terraria wiki) and at least 768 MB (Pelican egg README). What drives memory — world size first, players second — what nobody has measured, and how we size 2, 3 and 4 GB plans.
Keen’s numbers are 4.4 GB idle, 100 MB per player and no more than 6 GB, which is why 4 GB does not exist. What the figures cover, Keen’s CPU and disk guidance, what none of it tells you, and how to choose 6, 8 or 12 GB.
Jagex’s rule is 2 GB plus 1 GB per player, which puts a full six-player server at 8 GB. What the formula covers, what it leaves out, and the measurements we will publish once we have them.
A Valheim server’s memory tracks your world, not your player count. What the 1.0 server really uses, measured, and a sizing table for 4GB, 6GB and 8GB.
B42 lag comes in three flavours with three different fixes. Tell GC stutter from simulation load from one player’s bad Wi-Fi, then apply the right one — including the animal-population dial B41 admins don’t know about.
Build 42 moved the floor: ~6GB before a single mod loads. The sizing table by group size and mod count, the JVM -Xmx 75% rule, and how to recognise GC stutter before you buy the wrong upgrade.
How AI traffic works on an Assetto Corsa server, why it needs an AI spline, and the real CPU and RAM cost — plus why your traffic might not be showing up.
Palworld “lag” is really three different problems — the server memory leak, CPU-bound Pal simulation, your network, and PC-side shader stutter no host can fix. Here’s the honest split and the real fix for each in 1.0.
Honest server sizing for Assetto Corsa. Freeroam and racing have very different CPU, RAM and disk profiles — here is what each actually needs, with a sizing table.
Palworld’s server memory leak survived the 1.0 update. The symptoms, the two mitigations that genuinely work — scheduled restarts and the invader setting — and what doesn’t.
Pocketpair recommends 16GB for a Palworld dedicated server — but the right answer depends on player count, world age, and the memory leak. Real guidance for 1.0 servers.
Practical tips that most guides skip — from MaxCars maths and map performance to community building and mod curation.