-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] So is that 3 SRCDS to 1 CPU or 3 SRCDS per physical box? Or something else?
On 9/5/05, James Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. > > There is a balance between the time that it takes to perform a complete > context switch, and the time spent processing the application on a > particular processor. > > More specifically there are bottlenecks to all of these things, and on > most PC hardware today, the issue with running more than three instances > of srcds, is that the FSB becomes the bottleneck, or more specifically > the entire memory I/O around the processor. > > Whilst some may consider running more to be acceptable, we found that > the data processing latencies introduced started to get too high, even > though it doesn't necessarily register full load in this configuration. > > I hope this is clear. > > Whisper wrote: > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > James > > Could you elaborate on what you mean? > > > > On 9/4/05, James Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>All tests we did with that resutled in the bus getting too full first, > >>which increased latency to an unacceptable level. > >> > >>3:1 packing is as dense as I will run. > >> > >>Whisper wrote: > >> > >>>-- > >>>[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > >>>Let me rephrase > >>>Is anybody running multiple SRCDS (4 or more) on Dual CPU boxes with > >>>2GB > >>>of RAM > >>> > >>>On 9/3/05, Clayton Macleod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>you don't need to do anything, srcds itself isn't going to use more > >>>>than 2GB *per process* anyways. *Per process* being the important > >>>>piece of information. > >>>> > >>>>On 9/2/05, Whisper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > >>>>>If you are running SRCDS on a server with >2GB or RAM what > >> > >>boot.inichanges > >> > >>>>>(or any other changes) have you made (if any) to optimise for full > use > >>>> > >>>>of > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>physical RAM above 2GB? > >>>>>What are the options with Windows 2003? > >>>>>What are the options with Windows 2000? > >>>>>Thanks > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Clayton Macleod > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>get ye flask > >>>> > >>>>You cannot get ye flask. > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>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 > >> > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
