How many players should I allow on?

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    MasterTaco7

    Hi, I'm planning on running a 24/7 Minecraft server from my oldish (Mid 2010) Macbook. I have 4 GB of ram and currently expect to have 8-12 plugins. Some people may be using the laptop for internet purposes occasionally, but I've informed them to leave it open and not to touch any files. Anyways, how many players do you recommend I allow on at a time? I don't expect it to be a huge server, but I don't want to fill it with too many people at one time. Any suggestions?
     
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    MrSparkzz

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    It depends on how good your bandwidth is. If it's not good, I'd suggest a low amount of players. If everything's good then I'd say around 10. If your bandwidth, upload and download speeds are exceptionally good. You could support up to 20 maybe even more players.
     
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    Awesome_Speirs

    I'd say 20 at the very most though because otherwise the server will start lagging to he'll because of ur ram
     
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    XD 3VIL M0NKEY

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    RAM is not as important as the CPU.
    What CPU is in your Mac?
     
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    MrSparkzz

    XD 3VIL M0NKEY
    Actually the RAM is pretty important. If you have say, 1 or 2 GBs of RAM and lots of Players and Plugins, then you'll have problems. Especially with the plugins which are poorly coded.
     
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    Bobcat00

    Two questions:

    1. Will the computer be connected via wireless?

    2. What is your Internet upload speed? (Test at http://www.speedtest.net )
     
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    FaniX

    I use Macintosh for my server. How many player do you recommend?
     
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    Garris0n

    RAM can be important, however it gets to the point where you have more ram than is needed because your CPU can't keep up anyway.
     
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    XD 3VIL M0NKEY

    You can run 100 players (Vanilla) on 512mb RAM.
    But I see your point.
     
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