On 10/7/05, Aaron L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry I forgot to change the subject...
Please, don't use reply to make a new subject anyway, it breaks thread tracking systems that use message reply-id's. Look in the mail header for more information. If you are making a new thread, make a new thread (a new mail) to do it. .. more response below... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron L. > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [hlds] DoDs mp_autokick 1 is dropping players after just 50secs > idle > > Hey all. I've ran multiple servers with multiple game servers for years now, > I've always either used win2000 or XP on all my p4 machines. > I've recently purchased four 3.0 dual xeon servers 2MB cache and am going > back and fourth on what OS to use. > > Any suggestions? I'm going between XP and 2003 Server. Well XP SP2 (and you should be running SP2) has limitations in the networking engine that will cause issues on a high player box. The introduction of a mid-connection socket limitation means that, particularly if you serve alot of 56k clients, your clients may suffer connection delays on new connection. This is however the only real factor. Most of the code underneath is identical between the two OSs, especially those parts that you'd be using for this application. One other factor may be multiprocessor and ram limitations, however I don't imagine you are putting that much power in a box at present. With this in mind however, you might find it is better business to go with 2003 licenses pre-emptively. > I mainly run valve dedicated servers. But also do other multiplayer games, > I'm also hosting BF2. I just wanted to see if 2003 Server would maximize the > amount of game servers on one box? I have plenty of resources on my network > for bw so that's not an issue. Each machine has 3GB of ram. With 10k RPM > drives. > Please if you have any experience with this subject or have any benchmarks > with your xeon machines using different OSs I would be greatly appreciative. > > How many game servers are current owners of dual xeon 3.0s currently > running? > Thank guys for all the great feedback that goes through this list. > > Aaron > Nodramaclan.com > DarkRecon Game Servers > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
