Honestly, it is very cheap now to buy an old used dual core / 2gb of memory for ~$120 and then send it off to a data center and will save you alot of hassle. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:04:12 -0700 > Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware > > It may not be much of a cpu by today's standards, but it runs a fully loaded > OP4 server and a fully loaded L4D server at 30% cpu. You know, if it ain't > broke, don't fix it. I"ll go back to W2K before I'll spend money upgrading > the box. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryce Quilley" <[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Win2k versus 2003 versus 2008 on older hardware > > > > Installing Win2k8 will make things worse. You need a minimum of 2GB ram > > for > > it to function. > > Upgrade your CPU man, a Sempron is the cheapest piece of crap and was > > NEVER > > intended for server operation. At a bare minimum a P4 2.8 with 1GB ram > > will > > run Win2k3 perfectly. Win2k8 will need dual core with 2GB ram. > > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Kyle Sanderson > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> The general consensus with Server 2008 is it's more... gobbled up than > >> 2003. > >> However if you find it works better for you on older hardware (I would be > >> shocked if it did), please let us know! > >> > >> Kyle. > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Ook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Adding more ram isn't likely to help - it doesn't use what it has > >> > as-is. > >> > > >> > I tried Linux for a while, but hlds used 30% cpu sitting there empty - > >> and > >> > it went downhill from there. This old cpu isn't up to running the linux > >> > hlds > >> > binaries - the general consensus is that valve never bothered to > >> > optimize > >> > them for linux hence they gobble excessive cpu. And yeah, I'm leaning > >> > towards putting Win2k back on the box. I have a copy of server 2008 > >> > that > >> I > >> > think I'll install just so I can say I did, and to tell everyone how > >> lousy > >> > it is wiht this older box LOL. Or maybe it will surprise me and > >> > actually > >> > work good? > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Kyle Sanderson" <[email protected]> > >> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:53 PM > >> > 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 > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
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