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The Minecraft server community has many misconceptions floating around about using MySQL or other databases with plugins, some of which cause servers to perform significantly worse.

There has been a fair amount of talk about how upcoming versions of Java will improve Minecraft. What's coming and how will it change things?

Quite often we get support requests from users where their server host is at fault. Find out common problems with server hosts, and how to solve them.

Running a Minecraft Server can be a daunting task. In this article you'll find answers to questions, guides for various systems, and advice on server administration.

Server admins often ask what is the best version of Minecraft for their server to run. This article goes over everything you should consider when choosing.

Paper and Spigot are the two leading platforms for Minecraft servers. Which is better? This article goes over the main benefits of using both platforms

As of today, Minecraft has had multiplayer for a decade. We have created a comprehensive history of the multiplayer community.

There is a lot of controversy around large plugins being worse than multiple small plugins, but is it true?

Minecraft server admins face unexplainable behaviour which they can't track down. Throughout this article, I'll outline some of the best ways to make it easy.

A common tool for finding lag on Minecraft servers moment is Timings. But there is more than meets the eye when it comes to Timings report, and they're not always able to tell you what is causing lag.

The reload command in Bukkit is fundamentally broken and flawed, here's why, and what you should be doing instead.