Hi Paul, The resource that I've found most helpful in determining lag spikes or other latency issues is MRTG (http://www.mrtg.org). It's an open-source SNMP monitoring system written in Perl, so it's extremely compatible and portable. I have mine graphing bandwidth in/out, CPU usage, RAM usage, ping time to gateway, ping time to an internet host, number of open TCP/IP connections, and much more. It should be pretty obvious where your problem lies once you get MRTG configured and check out the graphs. If you want to see a demo of it, go to http://stats3.trimsg.com/ (Something I put up a while back primarily to show people MRTG). Enjoy!
-Tristan Netspill.Net Admin Cell - (707) 303-6575 Toll Free - (866) 371-0235 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chillicane Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 16:24 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: [hlds_linux] Resources for diagnosing lag spikes Hi all, I dont know too much about the netcode side of SRCDS but i know that theres more to lag than ping alone. Some of my regular players (24 slot TF2 server, metamod, sourcemod) have been complaining about lag spikes only recently, as in since 2-3updates ago. While its quite possible this can be attributed to sourcemod of one if its plugins, does anyone know of any documents/resources online that might help me diagnose the actual cause? Possibly with some explanation on how i can tell if the lag spikes are occuring without having to rely on what my players tell me (since their view is going to be subjective anyway) Thanks in advance, Paul (Arg!) -- -------- Chillidog Systems - Re-inventing the wheel for the sake of all humanity! -------- _______________________________________________ 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
