> virtualize out all the services You're going to incur more then a double hit from this. The workloads are vastly different as well.
Kyle. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Ryan Stecker <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info! > >>Is there value in running one giant box, rather than getting a second >> machine? > > For now it's just an option we're throwing around, if dual 2650v2 turn out > to be doable. The goal would be to virtualize out all the services we run > (web, db, srcds, etc). The other alternative is splitting across 2 machines > with 1620/50v2s. > > Everything I'm reading and hearing about is pushing me away from 2620s for > sure, but perhaps the 2650v2 has just enough horsepower to run srcds? > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Yun Huang Yong <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> We run on a variety of VPS including one where the underlying host is an >> E5-2620. >> >> Compared to our other hosts that run 3.4Ghz CPUs we do see higher sv FPS >> variance but it's not really gameplay affecting (players don't complain). >> >> (I believe the 3.4Ghz cores are E3-12xx v3 but I can't be certain due to >> the virtualisation.) >> >> I'd guesstimate that each active 24p server chews up about 70% of one of >> those E5-2620 cores but peaking as high as 100%, whereas the same server >> would average around 30% on a 3.4Ghz core. >> >> We're on Linux BTW. >> >> Is there value in running one giant box, rather than getting a second >> machine? >> >> One of the reasons I chose to use VPS is for the redundancy -- we use 3 >> VPS across 3 different hosts. It's a given that every host will have issues >> at various times (hello DDoS) so spreading across networks helps to keep >> most of our servers online when one is having problems. We've never been >> directly DDoSed but I regularly see network blips of 1-5 minutes on every >> gaming network. Bad neighbours. >> >> >> On 23/09/2014 12:47 PM, Ryan Stecker wrote: >>> >>> Hey all, just sending this message into the wide HLDS abyss to see if >>> anyone has any experiences hosting srcds (Mostly TF2, but it can really >>> be >>> any game/mod that runs on that engine version) on single/dual E5-2650 v2s >>> or other similarly low clocked (around the 2.5GHz range) processors and >>> what kind of capacity they're getting (how many instances, slots, etc). >>> >>> Currently we've been hosting on a E3-1270 v2, and the high single core >>> clock speeds have been more than enough to host 11 tf2 instances in the >>> 28 >>> player slot range, but we're now planning on moving hosts and looking to >>> expand to a box with dual 2650 v2s. My concern is that while the 2650 may >>> have more cores, the lower clock speeds could translate into a struggle >>> to >>> meet the 15ms frame time that 66 tick servers require. >>> >>> Anyone happen to be running on 2650s or similar and can share their >>> thoughts? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
