In terms of operating system, you can choose between Microsoft (Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016) and Linux applications (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, OpenSUSE). The server software “SteamCMD”, with which you can also use other dedicated servers like a CS:GO Server, is technically also available for macOS, but problems often occur during installation on Apple’s iOS system.
Your operating system will also use resources on your server. For a Windows Server 2016, for example, Microsoft has stated the following minimum requirements:
1.4 GHz processor (64-bit)
- 512 MB or 2 GB of RAM (without or with graphical user interface, respectively)
- 32 GB hard drive space
For the installation of the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, developer Canonical recommends the following minimum values (version 20.04):
- 2 GHz processor (64-bit)
- 4 GB RAM
- 25 GB hard disk space
The significantly slimmer Ubuntu Server Edition (without graphical user interface) alternatively already runs with a 1 GHz processor (64-bit), 1 GB RAM and 2.5 GB hard disk space.