In my experience tf2 servers like to jump core every few minutes. If you don't let them do that, you get a small amount of lag every few minutes instead. I'm not sure what's going on with the Linux process scheduler there, but that's my experience. YMMV
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hlds_linux- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Zuko > Sent: 05 March 2009 12:00 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] TF2 CPU Usage on Q9300 > > I have same situation (24 players CPU usage about 80-95% Xeon 2.5GHz > (and > fps drop for 1-2sec from ~980 to ~60)) > > 2009/3/5 DontWannaName! <[email protected]> > > > I would say that those numbers sound about right, more or less. 90 > max. > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:59 AM, The Universes > <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Is it normal for a 32 man TF2 (Badwater) server to take up 80-90% > of the > > > CPU on Q9300 (Quad 2.5ghz) when the server is full and theres a lot > of > > > action going on? > > > > > > I recompiled my kernel according to the Fragaholics wiki guide. > > > Kernel 2.6.28.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 4 17:36:14 PST 2009 x86_64 > x86_64 > > > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > > > CPU scaling is disabled, irqbalance is disabled, server is not > running > > > unnecessary services nor web servers, databases, or anything else. > I > > > have 4 32man servers running on there, but only 1 is full and the > other > > > 3 have a total of 10 or less players combined. > > > > > > FPS max is set to 501 and sv_maxrate/cmdrate is 67. Did not change > tick > > > or systick via startup options. > > > > > > I used taskset to lock the process to single core > > > # taskset -p 3634 > > > pid 3634's current affinity mask: 4 > > > # taskset -p 3331 > > > pid 3331's current affinity mask: 1 > > > # taskset -p 3105 > > > pid 3105's current affinity mask: 2 > > > # taskset -p 3243 > > > pid 3243's current affinity mask: 8 > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong here, or do you guys have any > suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks for any help/advice you can provide. > > > > > > - Dan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Żuko > _______________________________________________ > 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
