Can you send me the NFO's Gentoo image? 2015-12-13 22:09 GMT+01:00 Nomaan Ahmad <[email protected]>:
> You are not wearing your tin fold hat correctly, I can hear your thoughts. > > On 13 December 2015 at 20:37, Bryan Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have a few GNU/Linux dedicated servers, as far as stability and low >> variance, the best results I've had running a CS:GO srcds server was using >> NFO's Gentoo image. Gentoo is a little harder to work around in but as far >> as running game servers, it's given me the best results with high >> flexibility, and Sony's PlaystationNow team seems to agree: >> https://www.gaikai.com >> >> Someone with more knowledge may be able to step in and confirm which >> distribution Valve uses to host their official dedicated servers (last I >> heard it was Ubuntu, source: some guy on the internet), but surprisingly as >> far as the mainline GNU/Linux distros go, I've had the best experience with >> CentOS 7.1, it's out of the box performance is very close to NFO's Gentoo >> image, though this last failboat CS:GO update has some variance spikes from >> time to time now on it. Admittedly, players don't seem to notice, so it may >> not be a big issue. >> >> I don't use Windows because I prefer using modern operating systems that >> aren't stuck in the mid 1980's and aren't run by a eugenicist who's only >> skill is buying, re-branding and copyrighting the works of others and wants >> to kill your grandma, source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03MZG9vK0W8 >> >> tl;dr >> >> Seriously though, if you want to run a rock solid server, I would focus >> on making sure the box has the latest and fastest Xeon CPU you can find and >> the best bandwidth you can find. After that, I'd recommend trying the >> different distros available and make your selection based on which one >> gives you the best results. Personally, I recommend CentOS 7+, Ubuntu LTS >> or NFO's Gentoo. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Michael Loveless < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It depends on what type of server(s) you are going to run. If you are >>> going to run 10-16 slot comp/deathmatch servers then most linux builds or >>> Windows should work fine. If you are planning on running servers with a >>> high number of slots and more resource usage (due to plugins, etc)...you >>> will probably want to go with Windows (server 2008 or 2012 will work fine) >>> due to SRCDS' ability to use more than 1 thread for some of it's tasks. >>> >>> As an example, NFO servers (one of the largest server providers in North >>> America) uses Windows OS now for their single hosted game servers and all >>> of their managed VDS' and Dedicated Servers. There isn't anything wrong >>> with using Linux, Windows just provides a slightly better infrastructure >>> for larger and more resource intensive SRCDS applications. >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Kristóf Deli <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I want to run CSGO servers with low variance but I don't really wsnna >>>> mess with any optimization I heard Ubuntu has optimalization in it. >>>> What do you recommend? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Csgo_servers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Csgo_servers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Csgo_servers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >
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