I don't have any experience with Beetlesmod, but I know for fact that 
SourceMod will run perfectly fine in a shared installation. However I 
can't guarantee that any plugins won't have issues. It's best just to do 
a little R&D to find out what works for you.

[email protected] wrote:
> We run two mods beetles and SM.  Can you do this with both mods?  I never 
> considerd having multiple configs but only using one set of game files.   It 
> would certainly reduce the headaches!
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Arnold <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:51:45 
> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list<[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile
>
> Yeah that makes sense from a GSP perspective, or specifically, one that 
> rents or hires boxes to customers. However for those that don't need 
> ultra-customisation usually running all out of the one installation is 
> fine. SM can be enabled/disabled on a per-cfg basis, for example. And 
> yeah, not having to update a million servers individually is kind of a 
> plus too (although that being said, theres nothing that SSH and RSYNC 
> can't fix :P
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>   
>> The main technical issue with doing that is you have to shutdown all servers
>> when an update comes out.  On the other hand, it also means you only have
>> one thing to update...
>>
>> Sourcemod's website insists you only run one instance from the one place,
>> but you can copy the files and use sm_basepath on the commend-line to point
>> each instance at a separate directory
>>
>> The other main reason people run them separately is for sandboxing of
>> different users on a shared host.  And we run them from separate installs
>> just to make the configs easier
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hlds-
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Arnold
>>> Sent: 23 November 2009 14:07
>>> To: [email protected]; Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile
>>>
>>> I run 2 or 3 instances of TF2 srcds on any occasion from the same
>>> installation. The only reason I can see for needing to run a seperate
>>> installation for each instance is when you are dealing with a mod that
>>> makes extensive changes to the files or the way in which the
>>> installation runs.
>>>
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Just a general question regarding this....  Is this common practice
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> to run more than one server from one install?  I have an instance for
>>> every server.
>>>     
>>>       
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: "Charles Mabbott" <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:39:15
>>>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> list'<[email protected]>
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile
>>>>
>>>> Run SRCDS as a specific user account (not System which is default and
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> not a
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> recommendation anyways) and deny rights to that particular user to
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> any
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> file/directory you don't want the process to read or change.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Arnold
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:34 AM
>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile
>>>>
>>>> chmod 444? Unless of course you are actually using Windows for it, in
>>>> which case I have no idea (security in Windows? That's unpossible!).
>>>>
>>>> Nick Turner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> srcds recreates the file with the default config
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Arnold
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:08 PM
>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 Arena Configs - mapcyclefile
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove/rename config_arena.cfg? If it's empty you don't need it
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> anyway.
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> Nick Turner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> How does one run multiple Arena servers from a single install
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>> directory?
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>>> When I comment out the mapcyclefile entry in config_arena.cfg the
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>> server
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> loads arena_mapcycle.txt no matter what.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>>> I have mapcyclefile specified on the command line, and in the
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>> custom
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> server config I'm specifying (on the command line) but the server
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> executes
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> config_arena.cfg after map load and - even if that file is completely
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> empty
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> - changes the mapcyclefile to the arena one.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>>> If I specify a mapcyclefile inside config_arena.cfg then that one
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>> is
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> loaded correctly, but this means I can only have 1 arena maplist per
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> SRCDS
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> install directory.
>>>>
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