You shouldn't have any issues having 6 servers on one physical box/OS. When talking about installing the OS on one HD and then running all of the game servers on another I mean actual HDs. So you need to have 2 hard drives in the system for the best performance. Not 1 HD with 2 partitions.
I personally like OpenSuse, Ubuntu, and CentOS. Everyone will have different kinds of input on this, but those are my favorite for servers. BTW about virtual servers, I have noticed when I would do something on another VM it would cause weird things to happen on the game servers. But having it as a virtual OS had its upsides, like managing it. Zach Tate -----Original Message----- From: MAGUS [mailto:magus...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:17 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Better Windows Server for HLDS? humm.. allright.. and dont exists any problem if i run all servers (6 in total) in one OS phsyical? *"I would say use Intel over AMD. If you run 4 Gig of RAM you should be fine, and make sure you run your OS and game servers on different hard drives."* about HD, i will install OS in one HD and all servers in other HD? and when you say HD, you say partition or really other HD? about linux, wich dist. you recommend? obs: sorry about all questions.. and thanks for help! - rody 2009/4/21 Rick Payton <r...@mai-hawaii.com> > There's quite a few of us here who host game servers in a virtual > environment with nary a problem. If I'm not mistaken, trashedgamers is a > completely virtual environment, with about 5 32 slot tf2 servers. You're > up Karl :) > > I run my game servers under both ESX and ESXi (my stateside VM's are in > ESX, my local VM's are ESXi). It performs so well that my extra small > community has no idea they're virtualized. :P > > -mauirixxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Zach Tate > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:53 AM > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds] Better Windows Server for HLDS? > > I have tried the VM solution and it didn't really work all that great. > I was using VMWare ESX server as well, and you just have to much > overhead to justify it. I would think you could easily get away with a > 3Ghz dual core processor (xeon) or a cheaper quad core (xeon). I would > say use Intel over AMD. If you run 4 Gig of RAM you should be fine, and > make sure you run your OS and game servers on different hard drives. As > > far as bandwidth I was say if you were to fill those servers up most of > the time you should think about 6-7Megbit at least. That way you don't > have bandwidth issues. > > -----Original Message----- > From: MAGUS [mailto:magus...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:32 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Better Windows Server for HLDS? > > Hi.. thanks.. i think windows is better to use. > > i've currenty one machine, with one physical OS running HLDS/cstrike/32 > slots.. > and other machine, with one physical OS running other 3 HLDS with: > 16/14/12 > slots. > > what is better: > 1: i run all HLDS in one phsyical OS? > 2: virtualize two (or more) virtual OS and run the HLDS separately? > > wich a problem that i run all HLDS in one physical OS? > > last question (hehe): > consider that i've get one DC for running this servers (list down), wich > configuration that i would need for run all servers, with no problems? > (processor/memory/bandwidth) > - sv1: cstrike/30 slots; > - sv2: cstrike/16 slots; > - sv3: cstrike/14 slots; > - sv4: cstrike/12 slots; > - sv5: CSS/20 slots; > - sv6: TF2/16 slots; > > - > rody > > 2009/4/21 Zach Tate <z...@tomballtech.com> > > > I would first try to just get each server to run on one physical box, > > that will cut down on power, and space in a data center. (That is if > I > > understood how you have your current setup as, one box per game > server). > > You can run more than one game server on a physical server. It just > > depends on how powerful your system is to determine just how many game > > servers can run. > > > > As far as Linux vs. Windows, it just depends on how good you are in > > Linux or Windows. I would personally go with which ever you are able > to > > get around in like Alec said. I find windows to be easier, but Linux > to > > be more fun and interesting. Just make sure you know how to fix Linux > > is something does go wrong. > > > > Good luck, > > Zach Tate > > z...@tomballtech.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: MAGUS [mailto:magus...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:19 AM > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Subject: [hlds] Better Windows Server for HLDS? > > > > hi ppl, > > i'm new here, so.. hello! > > > > anyway, i've a few questions about HLDS, starting with this: wich a > > better > > OS (or windows version) for run HLDS? > > well, this is my use case: > > - server one: hlds hl1, cstrike, 30 slots > > - server two: hlds hl1, cstrike (zumbie plague mod), 20 slots > > - server trhee: hlds hl1, cstrike (death match mod), 14 slots > > - server four: hlds hl1, cstrike, 12 slots > > > > currently, i run HLDS in Linux (1 machine for server one / 1 machine > for > > server two, three and four) > > > > but i've a plans for virtualize one DC for run all servers (four that > i > > list > > above) (and up more 2 servers: one CS:S / one TF2) > > > > whichs tips your have for me? > > > > ps: sorry.. i know that my english is BAAD. > > > > -- > > rody > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > -- > Rodolfo 'MARRA' Soares > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Rodolfo 'MARRA' Soares _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
