Issue with server's rapidly growing file size
Season 2 of my SMP server has been going on for just a month now, but it's file size has already grown up to 19GB and doesn't seem to be slowing down. The server members have explored quite a lot of chunks, but I think it was like that already in s1 and it took 2 years for it's world size to reach 30GB. The main difference between the two season is the version 1.19.3 -> 1.21.1 and the modpack I believe.
Is this normal? Should I be worried? If this is a problem, what can I do to figure out how to fix it?
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Oh almost forgot, here's the current modpack: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZAOmzQHcDBOAiDPEB3yve5tp_7Wu7AfQ?usp=drive_link
And here's what it used to be
this is normal for modded packs
i’ve had worlds in the 200gb range after pregen
for a month that’s good size
it’s going steadily
Well that's not good then, my host has a limit of 96GB storage space
who’s ur host
Wepwawet
let’s also think logically
If the users were to continue exploring you’d hit that limit within 3-4 months
but most of the things players do is stay in the same place
what’s ur specs and how much do you pay for it
hm pretty good host ngl
you can try making a ticket with them and ask to pay for more storage need be
36€
only 100gb roughly and you pay that much?
kinda stinks
But that wouldn't really be sustainable. I want to download the world file at the end to give to folks and my PC doesn't have free 200gb
there is a point where you have to choose your time or a world that people can forget about within a few weeks
you can’t always satisfy everyone
you can get mods / plugins that trim unused chunks but those can be unstable and risky
wot
Aw man
I optimize my worlds in MCA Selector and put them back in
for this price you could buy your own metal and have significantly more for your money, you don't however get access to high availability and scalability as a host
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No real ddos protection, worse hardware, just more of it but else good
At this price point you'll never get like for like but if you physically need more hardware within the same price range sometimes you have to take what you can get
Are there any mods I could use to decrease the world size?
Like unloading certain far chunks
chunky/mcaselector
can delete chunks that have only been inhabited by a player for a x amount of time