ARK is one of the most resource-hungry games to host. A £49/mo Xeon dedicated server gives your ARK server the RAM, CPU, and NVMe speed it actually needs - with DDoS protection included.
The Problem
These are the issues that consistently come up when ARK Server Hosts, Tribe Leaders, and ARK Community Operators try to scale on the wrong infrastructure.
ARK servers on shared hosting run out of RAM during large tribe raids and world saves - causing server crashes, rollbacks, and tamed dino loss that destroys hours of player progress. 32GB dedicated RAM eliminates this entirely.
CPU steal on VPS causes tick rate drops below 30 - players experience rubber-banding, delayed hit registration, and desync during PvP. Dedicated Xeon cores at 4.1GHz deliver consistent tick rates without contention from other tenants.
ARK world saves are massive (1–5GB+) and write-intensive. Spinning disk and slow VPS storage causes 10–30 second save freezes where the entire server locks up. NVMe SSD completes saves in under 2 seconds with no perceptible lag.
How We Help
ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended are notorious for their server resource demands. A typical ARK server with 20–40 players, tamed dinos, and built structures consumes 10–16GB of RAM and requires strong single-threaded CPU performance for stable tick rates. Large maps like The Island, Ragnarok, or Fjordur with high dino counts push RAM usage even higher. Modded ARK servers running Structures Plus, Dino Storage, or other popular mods add further overhead. Cheap shared game hosting and VPS plans simply cannot provide the sustained RAM, CPU, and disk I/O that ARK demands - leading to save corruption, rubber-banding, dino loss from lag, and crashes during world saves. A dedicated server from Glitch Servers gives your ARK community the bare-metal hardware it needs: Xeon 4.1GHz single-thread performance, 32GB RAM, NVMe SSD storage for fast world saves, and always-on DDoS protection - all from £49/mo.
The Glitch Servers Xeon E3-1240 v6 dedicated server at £49/mo is purpose-built for hosting ARK. 4 cores at 4.1GHz turbo provide the single-threaded performance ARK's Unreal Engine 4 demands. 32GB DDR4 RAM comfortably runs a single large ARK server or two smaller instances (e.g., The Island + a cluster map). 500GB NVMe SSD handles ARK's massive world saves without the freeze-lag that plagues HDD and SATA SSD hosting. Always-on DDoS protection via Corero SmartWall keeps your server online during attacks - a constant threat for popular ARK servers. Full root access means you install SteamCMD, ARK Server Manager, or your own scripts with no restrictions. IPMI/iDRAC out-of-band management lets you reboot the hardware remotely even if the OS hangs during a bad ARK update. UK datacentre delivers sub-10ms ping for UK players with optimised routing for EU players via LINX and LONAP peering.
What You Get
The features that matter most for your workload, included as standard.
ARK servers with 20–40 players, mods, and large bases typically need 12–16GB RAM. 32GB gives you headroom for peak usage, mods like S+, and room to run a second map instance or a Discord bot alongside your ARK server.
ARK's Unreal Engine 4 server is predominantly single-threaded. The Xeon E3-1240 v6 at 4.1GHz turbo delivers the clock speed ARK needs for stable 30Hz tick rate - the difference between smooth gameplay and constant rubber-banding.
ARK world saves can be 1–5GB and occur every 15–30 minutes. On spinning disk, saves cause a multi-second server freeze. 500GB NVMe SSD writes save data at 3,000+ MB/s - world saves complete in under 2 seconds with no perceptible lag for players.
Popular ARK servers are regularly DDoS'd by rival tribes and griefers. Corero SmartWall inline mitigation absorbs volumetric and protocol attacks at the network edge - your ARK server stays online while the attack is scrubbed.
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Host ARK on Dedicated Hardware - From £49/mo
Xeon 4.1GHz · 32GB RAM · NVMe SSD · DDoS Protected · Sub-10ms UK · IPMI Access
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