Regedit, HKEYLOCALMACHINE>SYSTEM>CURRENTCONTROLSET>CONTROL>SessionManager>MemoryM anagement
LargeSystemCache Key, this will load your windows kernel into ram increasing overall performance and stability 1=enabled 0=disabled DisablePagingExecutive Key, this will enforce windows to use memory instead of pagefile when memory is available, I find that this causes lag spikes on my Half-Life servers and so I turned it off. Mayb be different on your machines tho. I would advice checking if the first Key I mentioned is set to 1 which it probably is, if the second key is set to 1 also try setting it to 0 and look if that helps your lag issue. There is also a Key u could add to the Priority Control the full regedit path is in my last email. Add a new Dword value to it, and name it IRQ8Priority and set it to 1. This is a much debated tweak tho, not everybody concurs that it actually improves something, but it is believed to boost the windows realtimeclock that takes care of all timings that applications use. So it may benefit gameservers. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jon Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] Server Tweaking Thanks for the input. I'm sure I'm on 100mbit, I've taken some speedtests between 2 machines I have at different locations and I've transmitted at ~60mbps. I'm not running fast http download on this machine either. I don't have IIS installed, however I will look at the speedguide.net tweaks to see if I can find any that will help. I don't know if this is significant, but I checked out to see how large the page file was, and I saw it was set at 2x the amount of RAM I have (4 gig page file). Maybe windows is using my Page File when it should be using RAM, thus causing a slowdown? -Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of critterbuster > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlds] Re: hlds digest, Vol 1 #2818 - 14 msgs > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Salsgiver Internet Services Webmail > Save up to 50% on a new dial-up account. > Find out more at http://services.salsgiver.com > > > > Message: 8 > > From: "jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:19:44 -0500 > > Subject: [hlds] Server tweaking > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I'm seeing an issue on my servers. > > > > I'm running a Dual 2.8ghz xeon w/ HT. 2 gigs of ram. 100mbit to > > backbone connection. win2k3 > > > > Every time I get above a certain number of players (around > 70) I get > > sever lag problems on the server. As I notice this I'll > connect to the > > machine and watch the task-manager. CPU usage is no higher > than 60%. I > > run the HLDS processes on "above average" priority. > > > > I'd like to know if there's any windows tweaking I could do > to get the > > pings in the servers lower. > > > > > Jon: > > ive seen similar problems on both win2k and 2k3 server...in > win2k for some reason it is internaly designed to limit each > connection to 1.5mb symetrical...and 2k3 server does > similar...check to see if you have the IIS installed and if > it is set to 1.5mb....if it is open it up...also are you on a > true 100mb line or just on a 10mb line on a 100mb > switch?...most co-loactes are on 100mb backbone but each unit > is alocated a 10mb line...if this is the case you may be > hitting peaks on the 10mb limit...also are you running the > fast map download from http on the same unit?... > > > we have had some issues when a 56k user is d/l maps form the > server of some lag and momentary high pings. > > as far as tweaks...try speedguide.net for tweaks...MOST of > the xp tweaks will work on 2k3 server...also ive heard of > some issues on 2k3 standard server having bandwidth limits > built in similar to those of 2k pro...except in 2k3 it has to > deal with the built in firewall. > > you may want to see if you can get a hold of 2k3 enterprise > server...that version does not have the internal limits of > the lesser versions. > > hope this may have helped or at least pointed you in the > right direction > > Critter > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
