Question about server size

[Acap41]

Why is Tekkit Lite recommended for small servers only?

[plowmanplow]

A couple issues:

TekkitLite (and any server with tons of mods):

• can be enormously resource intensive if a lot of people are doing a lot if things in different places at the same time.
  
• has many challenges with griefing without either banning huge amounts of many mods or severely limiting who has access to what (it is possible to crash/hang servers using some stuff in legitimate ways, not to mention the myriad ways people can bypass a lot of protections)
  

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but you get the idea. Many of these problems can be worked around by throwing lots of system resources at it and by some considerable effort on the part of owners to control access to items and features that can mess things up.

[Acap41]

Hmmm... But what makes Tekkit Classic safer for use on larger servers? Just the fact that it has less mods?

[plowmanplow]

Tekkit Classic is much older and has a more mature support/experience base.