If you don't have enough RAM, the programs end up in virtual memory (HDD) and the CPU works it's ass paging it back and forth. I wouldn't even try to running WIN2003 or 2008 server on an old tired desktop board like that. Server OS's really work great on server hardware. Save your pennies: Intel starting server board $240, 2x2GB =total of 4GB ECC RAM $80, Xeon X3220 $180, (2)250GB HDD $100, PS $60 use an old case and DVD and you have a mirrored server that will work just fine. I fact I have a test box running SBS2008 with 103 processes running a 2-5% CPU use.
Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle Sanderson Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:54 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware Why would adding more ram decrease the CPU usage on SRCDS? If I were you Ook I would go back to Win2000 as Microsoft only gets sloppier with their new releases of Windows. (Or try Linux, although from my experiences SRCDS tends to use more CPU and Ram on it.) Kyle. On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Mike O'Laughlen <[email protected]>wrote: > Add more RAM. > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Ook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have an older box, AMD Sempron 2400+, 1GB ram, that I use for to run an > > OP4 server (hlds.exe) and a L4D server (srcds.exe). With Win2000 and both > > servers full, cpu is about 30%. > > > > I upgraded it from Win2000 to server 2003, and when I did I noticed a > > significant increase in cpu consumption. On the Winserver 2003 box, it > used > > 80-90% cpu. My first guess was that the cpu scheduler in server 2003 has > > more overhead and the context switches were using up all the extra cpu. > My > > second guess was that I really didn't have a clue why. On both > > installations > > I stopped all services I didn't think needed to be running. > > > > I have a copy of Server 2008, but I'm thinking this box may be too old to > > run that. Also performance under 2003 wasn't that great, I'm not sure it > > would be any better under 2008. > > > > Anyone have experience running server 2003/2008 on older hardware re. > > performance? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
