Windows or Linux

[1MP4C7]

Hello guys, i have a simple question

What you guys will suggest me to use for hosting FiveM server Windows Server or Linux?
I always used Windows Server but i had one problem and that was with the 64 slots.
When i start my server with 64 slots (OneSync) and let’s say when the server have 50 players and the server is starting to lag for no reason i got a lot of hitch warnings & etc. The CPU is ok and the Ram usage is fine but when i ask my friends witch OS they are using for their servers they all said to me Linux and they can handle 64 slots without problem. I’m confused

[TheIndra]

Windows is better for running it because it has the ability to make traces and create dumps, if you are having hitches you should take look at following topics

[How-to] Use the profiler command to identify problematic scripts

Introduction In a recent update to FiveM, we have a very easy and in game tool which we can use to identify the exact lines of code and threads causing issues within your server! This can be used both server side, to help find hitch warnings, or client side to improve FPS. This guide will not explain how to fix these issues, simply how to identify where they are so you can tweak and research to fix them Prerequisites To ensure profiler works, make sure your client is up to date, and you are …

Speeding up your Server 101 (Windows)

Speeding up your Server 101 (Windows) Setup Tools used in this 101 UIforETW, we will use this profiler to generate a trace of the for the server. mysql-async 3.0.7 or newer. Running with the set mysql_slow_query_warning 50 line in the server.cfg HeidiSQL, because it is visually well-designed for us to improve database structures. Links randomasciis’s etw package This should install the Windows Performance and Assessment Toolkit. HeidiSQL, just to visually represent your database. Findi…

[kolt_s]

In your case, it may depend on the server’s resources (CPU, RAM etc.) so you should detail those things as they are important. It’s important to note that Windows will consume more of these resources as it’s a large OS with many services running + any applications you may have installed. Linux is very lightweight and therefore does not take up as much resources Windows does (it’s why Linux is commonly used or virtualized in server setups). Also it depends on the host. The most common is ZAP for FiveM hosting (either through their game server or VPS) and in my experience, it’s not good but you get what you pay for.

As mentioned, you can do more with Windows are far as diagnosing resources which I never needed to do for large FiveM servers because you can easily solve the problem by identifying the most recent resource you installed.