If you have to ask this question you should throw your PC out the window and never attempt make a mir server again ...
seriously ... Just fling it out the window .. the 3Gig Client you will get people to download just isnt worth the bandwidth ... for anyone ...
Who cares what Ben thinks or I think or any other Tom Dick or Harry on this forum?
Innovation dies when every single decision becomes democratic ..
Decide what YOU think would make a good server.
Release YOUR server.
I dont want to play OldSkool ... I've played it. Ben can give you all the advice in the world, and all that advice will just bring you closer to HIS idea of a better mir server.
OldSkool is already out though, so we dont need Bens idea of a mir server again.
IMO the LAST good mir server will come out soon. Then we all have to sit back and watch a little bit of our childhood die