Shard Hosting
Hardware
What your Minecraft server runs on, in plain words.
At a glance
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (16 cores, 32 threads) |
| Memory | DDR5 RAM |
| Storage | NVMe SSDs, mirrored (RAID 1) |
| Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands (our node NL1) |
| Network | DDoS filtering on incoming traffic |
| Control panel | Pterodactyl |
Checked on the node itself on 18 October 2026.
Processor
Your server runs on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. Minecraft does most of its work on one main thread, so how fast a single core is matters more than how many cores a machine has. The 9950X is a desktop-class chip with high clock speeds, which suits that well.
What the CPU % means
In the panel and on our plans, CPU is shown as a percentage. 100% is one CPU thread. A plan with 200% can use up to two threads at once, 400% up to four, and so on.
Minecraft's main thread can only ever use about one thread. The extra % on bigger plans is used by everything around it: generating chunks, plugins and mods, saving the world and Java's memory clean-up. If the panel shows your server sitting at your plan's limit for a long time, it's out of CPU and players will notice lag.
| Plan | CPU limit | Up to |
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The node is shared: other customers' servers run on the same machine. Your plan's CPU, RAM and storage are limits set for your server in the panel.
Memory
The node uses DDR5 RAM. Your plan's RAM is what your server can use. Not sure how much you need? Try the RAM calculator.
Storage
Your files live on NVMe SSDs, so worlds load and save quickly. The drives are mirrored (RAID 1): everything is written to two drives, so one drive failing doesn't lose your files.
A mirror is not a backup. If a file is deleted or a world gets corrupted, it's gone on both drives. Use your plan's backup slots, and keep your own copy of anything important.
Location and network
Game servers run in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Our control panel runs separately in Germany. Incoming traffic is filtered to help block DDoS attacks before it reaches your server, but no filtering can stop every attack.
You can test your ping to Amsterdam from your browser, and see whether everything is working right now on our status page.
Questions
Ask in our Discord or email [email protected].