I too have had occasional crashes but rarely, mostly "freezing" lag... Attached is a net graph taken from in game showing a gap when it occurs. This issue has been with us since the last one or two updates and affects everyone on the server, but not always at the same time. Also it does not get felt on every server at the same time it seems. I had this same issue a while back when valve capped or altered the maxrate or whatever it was, like 5 updates back. Almost seems to me like they re-implemented it without saying so.
I ran the server the other day with zero sourcemod, zero plugins, freshly downloaded server instances and still got it. I've tried different rates, etc, Tried with split rate, without, unlimited maxrate, limited, etc... All to no avail... Swapped our ram, had a 19hr down time to check all aspects of the server, reinstalled the OS (windows server2003 R2)... Running 32 man server, on and on and on... Server physically checks out fine and is better than the last server I was running a few weeks back. Swapped machines right when this last update came out. Next step, new chassis, new rack I suppose. The funny thing is though, I have heard of other servers getting this too so it always leads me back to thinking steam dinked with something. CPU usage is way low normally but does jumpo a bit when the lag occurs, so nothing strange there... Pagefile activity shows nothing unusual... I do not see any unusual processes popping up or such on the machine. Ram seems steady as well... Seems to happen more often as the server gets full... Any how... Attached is a link to a jpg for your viewing pleasure... Notice the Redish orange'ish bar at the very bottom... Sometimes it comes right before the lag.. WTF is that? Excuse the Choke "1", normally I run with 0 choke, steady as a rock... Was experimenting with different rates at the time. <http://www.halsplayground.com/Lag1.jpg>LAG PICT HERE !!! Hutch _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
