On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Brian "Duck" Holmes wrote:
> > > We had a similar problem with random choke and lag spikes. Turned out > > to be due to having a large number of files in > > path.to.srcds/cstrike/downloads (mostly custom sprays) the servers was > > essentially hiccupping when parsing this directory prior to saving a > new > > spray. > > > > I now have a script that deletes the contents of this directory every > > night and restarts the server. > > > > May not be your problem but worth checking on. > > >>Would you mind providing us an insight into that script? And don't one > >>provoke more traffic by deleting those files on a daily basis, because > >>every player uploads his spray every day again? > > >>Regards > > >>Christoph > > Here's the part of the script that deletes the files: > #!/bin/sh > # > # > echo css1= > ls -1 /gaming/css1/cstrike/downloads |wc -l > rm -rf /gaming/css1/cstrike/downloads/* > > The first line counts the number of files before deleting them mostly > for my own information. The script is run as a cron job so it reports > the output in an email to me. > > I have 8 server instances running so it repeats for the others. Then it > calls my restart script to restart the associated server. > > Yes it probably does require more bandwidth per day than it used to but > the increase hasn't been significant enough to show up as an increase in > my bandwidth utilization reports. On the other hand the lag spikes we > were seeing have disappeared completely after initially deleting the > over 1 million files that had built up in the year before I discovered > the problem. sv_allowupload 0 spray logos is a pain. this way admins dont have to worry about nazisymbols or porn images. Never had any complains about it being disabled. /Bjorn _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
