I beleive right now on my game server i'm symlinking the bin and hl2 folder. I also went into tf2 and symlinked out maps, so all the servers can share that. Also did sounds, materials and some of the other folders in there. I'm not running a massive amount of tf2 boxes right now, but it is working for what I am.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 9, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Midnight <mido...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually you would have a use for symlink because you can't host > multiple games out of one folder install unless they are all owned by > the same user. Which for GSP's is not the case. You can't give FTP > access to the folder to more than one user. > > -Mid > > Andrew Armstrong wrote: >> You don't actually need to use any of this - You can run multiple >> servers >> out of the same install already. >> >> The only real gotcha is that addons are auto-loaded when each >> server starts, >> so you need to explicitly unload them if you want them disabled, >> which >> doesn't always work. >> >> - Andrew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Midnight >> Sent: Monday, 9 March 2009 4:51 PM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers >> >> Yes but they are more limited. I think it doesn't support it on >> folders >> the way you might expect, ie. it is more like an alias and not a >> symlink >> like you might think about it in linux. >> >> Ook wrote: >> >>> Does XP/2003/2000 have symlink equivalents? Never actually tried >>> it under >>> Winbloze. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Midnight" <mido...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" >>> <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Vista has much better symlink support. I haven't tried it for game >>>> servers myself. Would be nice if TCAdmin will support this in >>>> version >>>> 2.0. >>>> >>>> Ook wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Good point. I once ran an OP4 server from a network share. The >>>>> server >>>>> >> was >> >>>>> an >>>>> old PIII/800 box with an old 5400rpm 20GB Maxtor. It ran fine. >>>>> At least >>>>> there was no noticable lag due to file i/o. I assumed that file >>>>> i/o >>>>> >> would >> >>>>> not be steller running it across the network like that. I watched >>>>> bandwidth, >>>>> and it never really used that much. >>>>> >>>>> A better reason to symlink some of your directories might to be >>>>> if you >>>>> have >>>>> multiple servers using same map set and you don't want multiple >>>>> copies >>>>> >> of >> >>>>> your maps and resources. It would be nice if we could do this with >>>>> Windows. >>>>> Hmm...anyone old enough to remember the old DOS append command? >>>>> And all >>>>> the >>>>> trouble it caused? Yeah,yeah - not quite the same as using a >>>>> symbolic >>>>> link. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Ian Watts" <iwatt...@hotmail.com> >>>>> To: "'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'" >>>>> <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:55 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] symlink multiple servers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I won't point out the finer detail of this being a Win32 server >>>>>> mailing >>>>>> list... oops.. :P Google "windows junctions" to get info on >>>>>> how to use >>>>>> junction points. >>>>>> >>>>>> You have found where you would need to link the shared content. >>>>>> >> Because >> >>>>>> you >>>>>> would want cfg and addons separated (yes, I suppose you could >>>>>> pass an >>>>>> exec >>>>>> for custom autoexec.. but come on..), it means you would want, >>>>>> then, to >>>>>> link >>>>>> the other folders at that level (materials, models, maps.. etc). >>>>>> >>>>>> However, compared to many other things to look at, I don't >>>>>> believe you >>>>>> would >>>>>> gain all too much. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>>>>> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ook >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:55 PM >>>>>> >>>>>> Having multiple servers accessing the same files would actually >>>>>> be >>>>>> faster. >>>>>> The files will be in the cache, reducing reads to the hard >>>>>> drive. The >>>>>> disk >>>>>> i/o block scheduler may or may not be faster depending on what >>>>>> else is >>>>>> being >>>>>> >>>>>> read. If more then one process tries to read the same sector >>>>>> such that >>>>>> both >>>>>> requests go into the same head scan, then it will come out >>>>>> faster, but >>>>>> that >>>>>> probably isn't too likely. I would count on the cache to increase >>>>>> performance, but not the i/o scheduler. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Arg!" <chillic...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:29 PM >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> im a bit of a linux noob, but wouldnt there be some potential >>>>>>> latency >>>>>>> involved with multiple server accessing the same files? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i wonder if this would work with windows junction points as >>>>>>> well :P >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:09 AM, f0rkz <h...@f0rkznet.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You could share the source shared content as a single symlink >>>>>>>> point. >>>>>>>> Getting any deeper into sharing content may get tricky, but its >>>>>>>> possible. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For instance, you set up something like /home/serverfiles/hl2 >>>>>>>> You could then symlink that in your server's directory.. >>>>>>>> /home/myuser/mygameserver/ >>>>>>>> ln -s /home/serverfiles/hl2 /home/myuser/mygameserver/hl2 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Further than that may get messy... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Chris Oryschak wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Currently i'm running multiple TF2 servers each from their own >>>>>>>>> installation directory and have heard of people symlink'ing >>>>>>>>> all the >>>>>>>>> additional servers to one installation folder. This would >>>>>>>>> probably >>>>>>>>> clean up data along with making server updates much easier >>>>>>>>> across >>>>>>>>> all servers in one shot. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anyone here setup the additional servers via symlink? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If so how did you go about doing it so that /addons and /cfg >>>>>>>>> folders >>>>>>>>> arn't shared? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm curious to hear everyones opinion on this. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
