Specs

Post by **MA_Hat** » 13 Jul 2005 01:52

WHat's the specs of the server CLingy? Is there other stuff running on it?

MA_Clingy · Post by **MA_Clingy** » 13 Jul 2005 09:05

Eeeek

It's a Dual Pentium 3K I think, but it only appears to have 512mb of memory. Also running on the server are Counterstrike Source which is rarely used and (at the moment) Battlefield 2. This is used most nights. Before BF2 we had America's Army running. America's Army hogged the resources and I think BF2 does as well to a lesser degree. IL2/FB/PF dedicated servers appear to require very few resources (unlike non-dedicated hosting). The primary benefit of the hosted solution for a DS is the massive bandwidth. I know this host has something like 6 fat pipes (155mbit), so the bandwidth is probably limited to the 100mbit network card on the box!

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 13 Jul 2005 10:13

Needs more RAM IMHO, 2k3 server on 512Mb

If theres more bandwidth than network card ability can we not stick another card in there n do some load balancing, maybe find out what servers are using what as far as network resources are concerned and stick them on a certain card?

MA_Clingy · Post by **MA_Clingy** » 13 Jul 2005 12:44

We cant do anything m8. It's a package deal. All I guess we could do is cancel and start again. I'm sure their latest kit has more than 512mb. As to bandwidth, I dont think 100mb is ever going to be a problem TBH.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 13 Jul 2005 13:06

Yeah but if that is balanced over 2 cards then if one game peaks its not going to effect the others....

Post by **MA_Hat** » 13 Jul 2005 13:21

surely they would agree to modifying the package deal. It would be unreasonable for them not to do so.

MA_Clingy · Post by **MA_Clingy** » 13 Jul 2005 21:34

Trig wrote:Yeah but if that is balanced over 2 cards then if one game peaks its not going to effect the others....

Perhaps I'm too obtuse? What I am saying is 20mbit is more than enough and probably way too much, so 100 mbit is well .... hoooooge. 200 mbit will be the same. No one game is ever going to peak on 100 mbit. I mean, our whole 100 user network is 100 mbit and includes power users moving very large graphics files around frequently.

Not sure when renewal is, but I'll mention the 512 issue. Thing is these servers are usually in large data centres with many many racks of servers. To get access to them to do upgrades is not a straightforward operation.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 13 Jul 2005 22:21

Yeah I see what your saying cling but if u have 4 games running on 1 card as opposed to 2 cards running 2 games each...

get what I mean?

MA_Clingy · Post by **MA_Clingy** » 14 Jul 2005 09:25

Aye.....if only we could build and maintain our own and have it hosted.

I guess these companies cut costs by having many standard configured servers jammed into racks. The most expensive part of their costs is going to be sending an engineer into telehouse to fix or alter hardware. On the few occassions I have to restart the server you just pray it is going to come back, because if it doesnt you know it's going to be several days before they will get a guy in there to kick it.