My overall point is that a RAMdisk is not necessary to fix his slow map load problem, and will require a phenominal amount of work and tweaking just to get it right. Very low ROI.
StanTheMan TheHardwareFreak www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin J. Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OT] RE: RAMdisk to improve map change > performance?? Ithink > not > > > > well, you dont need to put the WHOLE thing on a ram disk you > know. I'm not > sure how/if its possible in windowsX, but in linux you can > use symbolic > links to to put only certain speed dependant stuff on a > ramdisk to speed up > your server. > > dont ask me how though, I havent ever tried that in linux, > just know people > do it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Kirchner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 9:35 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] RE: RAMdisk to improve map change > performance?? Ithink not > > > | > | On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > | > | > This might be worth the money for a niche small dedicated app that > doesn't > | > generate much data, but for HLDS files? My CS dir is > 384MB alone! Any > idea > | > what size RAMdisk you'd need to put all the HLDS files in > it? Would you > | > store your log files there as well? If not, you've got > some surgery to > | > perform on your HLDS config, in order to write out to > your physical disk > ban > | > file and logs in REALTIME. If your server goes down (the > machine, not > | > HLDS), bye bye ban file, logs, etc. > | > > | > Suffice it to say, trying to use a RAMdisk to host the > files for an HLDS > | > server is a crappy idea. > | > | Well.. trying to use THAT ramdisk might not fly, but I > think Quantum makes > | something called an SSD (Solid State Drives or such) which > is exactly as > | it sounds. A hardrive made up of memory chips. Ungodly performance > | compared to your normal spinning disk type media. Of > course, they are > | expensive as hell! :) Oh and they werent very big. I > think last I saw > | they were around 1GB max, but it's been awhile. Cant > imagine what a RAID > | set-up with these puppies would be like. I think the limitations of > | current drive controllers would be the bottleneck. > | > | What you need for the PC is something like the Amiga's RAD > device. It was > | a RAM drive that was recoverable after a reboot (usually). > One of the > | many neat tricks the Amiga was able to pull of back in the 80's. > | > | But other than the intial map loading, there isnt a whole > lot of disk I/O > | on an hlds server is there (assuming your arent swapping)? > | > | > | -- > | Ken Kirchner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Assistant System Administrator : Tel (318)222-2638 > | ShreveNet, Inc. : Fax (318)213-2650 > | > | ShreveNet - Your Premium Internet Service Provider! > | > | > >
