I run all of my servers on ESXi 4 currently. Absolutely no issues. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Cameron Munroe <[email protected]>wrote:
> All of my servers run on XenServer with no issue, however they have a CPU > cost to run, so make less VMs with more game servers on that vm. You also > need to make sure that this hardware is dedicated to you if you are running > a event as generally I have found 1 core = 1 game server. BTW make sure you > run this as 64bit and you will get a bonus in performance. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [hlds] Experience with Virtualization > Date: 2012-04-25 09:49 > From: Ken Bateman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < > [email protected]> > > On 4/25/2012 12:31 PM, Charles Mabbott wrote: > >> In a general sense, the issue you will see with Virtualization is if the >> hardware itself gets busy, you're VM will not get CPU cycles it needs. >> (%ACTIVE is the VMware term) If you can guarantee the hardware won't get >> that busy, you should be alright, but if there is a chance, it mgiht or you >> don't have direct control over the actual hardware, you could run into >> issues down the road. >> >> My experience with a TF2 server running on a Xen VPS ( > http://www.linode.com/ ) has been that I/O was the limiting factor. I > got much choppier performance when I had replays and SourceTV demos enabled. > > Also, you can dramatically reduce the memory footprint of multiple servers > running on the same box if you make smart use of symlinks or directory > junctions. > > -Ken > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> > > -- > -- Cameron Munroe > > http://www.cameronmunroe.com/ > http://www.munroenet.com/ > http://www.gaming-servers.net/ > > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >
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