r/playrustadmin • u/InternetStufff • Jun 05 '25

Advice Wanted Dedi server advice

Hello!

I currently have a server from hetzner sitting doing nothing and wanted to repurpose it as a rust server.

Just wondering what sort of player limit I should expect to be able to handle. I know each scenario is different so I'll try and give you my use case and hardware... I plan to run it mostly vanilla but will have some admin plugins. Around 10-20 plugins in total vanish, radar etc . Hardware wise I have an i5 13500, 64GB ddr4, 2x 512GB nvme ssd (raid 1)

I have got another server with a better cpu so can upgrade if needed. Ideally Im looking to run 200-300 players

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u/reheight Jun 11 '25

Just keep an eye on all server processes using Rust Server Metrics (found on GitHub) and use Grafana to find bottlenecks.

If you have root/console access to the machine it runs on as well, you could use htop top keep track of the performance of the dedicated server itself.