Mr. Sumichrast speaks the truth.
Virtualization itself doesn't cause problems, as virtualizing actually
works quite well when done correctly nowadays. However, overcommitted
machines, slow hardware, and poorly configured software setups can cause
issues, just as they can for regular game servers on a shared bare-metal
platform.
In Ryan Morrison's case, the problem appears to be his processor --
Intel 5130s are just very slow. Back in 2006, they were hot stuff, but a
more modern L5640 processor (for instance) will be several times as
fast. Nehalem+ processors also come with newer virtualization technology
that offers much higher performance (EPT).
Ryan, definitely ask your host to upgrade your processor to they best
they have. Hopefully they are running something better than L5420s now,
as those are also pretty slow. Some form of Nehalem+ would be best, and
Sandy Bridge even better.
-John
On 7/3/2011 4:40 PM, Steven J. Sumichrast wrote:
I run three 24 slot tf2 servers on ESXi without any performance issues
whatsoever, and they're full almost around the clock with real clients. In
addition to those I have run killing floor and left4dead(2) servers all
simultaneously.
Proper virtualization with the right hardware runs source engine games just
fine. If you put virtualization on cheap hardware (say where you would normally
run just one source server) then of course it will be a brutal experience.
It sounds like in this particular case the host this node is on has a lower
clock cycle processor or is over burdened. Thats not a virtualization problem.
Steven J. Sumichrast
On Jul 3, 2011, at 6:21 PM, "Steven Hartland"<kill...@multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
Then your either lucky or just running small servers or just haven't noticed
the loss in performance your suffering.
VM's by their very nature are no substitute for real hardware for time critical
applications such as game servers. So if your using them and see any performance
issues, first ditch the vm before looking anywhere else.
Regards
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "James
Puckett"<jamesrichardpuck...@gmail.com>
I run SRCDS on several VM's hosted on my box and experience no lag.
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