thanks for the advice. now to figure out how to do that..................
From: Mahmoud Foda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Hyperthreading and DoD:Source Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:50:34 -0400 [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Ohh wow guys. I think i know why HT works better on my servers? Compile your linux kernals on your servers. Dont use the kernal that comes with your distro. I tried some expirements and HLDS doesn't run good at all on a standard kernal running HT. If i you compile it you get just better results. On 10/10/05, Ian mu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > I think this is why its good to get to the bottom of where the problem is, > genuinely happy that the problem has gone, just that its evident some > people > don't have the problem and some do. Some have been helped by setting > affinity on servers (we do on a couple of larger ones). I guess personally > I'm just a fan of if you pay for something (like ht) in a cpu, you should > be > able to make the best of it, and its worth getting to the bottom of either > making the most of it, or fully understanding why you can't if others can. > One thing that does seem to make a difference is kernel version (I think), > certainly some older ones report cpu usage very differently, and wondering > if the scheduler acts differently on it. No expert in that field, just > something I've wondered as 2 linux servers we have we treat very > differently > to the others, so might be interesting for people to quote what linux dist > and kernel version they run just to see if there's anything in that or > not. > > > On 10/10/05, Mahmoud Foda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > wow. Dude we have HT on our server. It performs better then it off. I > dont > > know why i'm different. But HT has helped a lot. I can't imagine going > > less. > > 3.2GHz P4 w/ HT. 1 26slot DOD server. 1 18 Slot dod server. 1 20 slot > dod > > server. 1 16 slot HLDM server. 1 16slot CS:S. 1 26slot DOD:S server. > > We normally have about 80 slots full. NO LAG!!! Server CPU Usage is 80% > > constant. Servers have either Mani or AMX. With lots of plugins. I dont > > know > > why i'm different. And i dont know why people say HT off is better. When > i > > turn HT off, i see lag everywhere. Its unbarible to play. But with HT on > > its > > like smooth and a dream. > > > > On 10/8/05, Nic Strix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > HT turned off and now dod:s runs on 32 with minimum to no lag! Thanks > > all. > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >To: [email protected], > [email protected] > > > >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Hyperthreading and DoD:Source > > > >Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:33:58 -0400 > > > > > > > >This topic has nothing to do with what are your thoughts on HT... > > > >Besides, do those benchmarks happen to include game servers? valves > > > engine? > > > > > > > >Try and generate the same problem. Load a >26 slot server similar to > > > >the original posters configuration. I can generate similar results on > > > >a couple of non production machines, disabling HT does fix the > > > >problem (it's been verified by others on this list before.) > > > > > > > >/ges > > > > > > > >At 02:05 PM 10/6/2005, Ian mu wrote: > > > >>-- > > > >>[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > > >>For those who think HT is the problem, can they explain why > benchmarks > > > >>show > > > >>most none-multithreaded apps run faster (albeit only slightly) ? > Don't > > > >>really want to turn this into a ht argument, but I'd like to see > some > > > >>supporting evidence of the various criticisms of ht we see so often. > > > >> As an example...from here (has single threaded benchmarks with ht > > > >>enabled) > > > >> > http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/cpu/article.php/3261_1500631__1 > > > >>Quote: > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > >please visit: > > > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
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