ahh beat me to it. Linux DOES run paravirtualized under ESXi (both 3.5 and 4.0). I ran multiple CS, CSS, TF2 and L4D servers under ESXi 3.5 on a PowerEdge 2950 (dual quad core 2.0GHz Xeons & 16GB of ram) with NO issues, other then a crap Hawaii internet connection :P I don't have any numbers to back it up either, but I played the hell out of all those games on there with clanmates and family members for over a year ... no complaints. On the other hand, I wasn't trying to run 1000hz kernels or anything super-high performance wise (the CSS server did run 18 bots on one side in a seperate VM, alongside 3 L4D servers and a TF2 server in another VM - I had to seperate the bot server, but then who normally runs 18 bots? :P)
My $0.02 ... too. -mauirixxx -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Eijkhoudt Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:25 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] srcds virtualized Valtteri Kiviniemi wrote: > We are running multiple TF2 servers with Xen 3.4.1 paravirtualized. > In my opinion Xen is the best solution for gameserver virtualization > because it is the fastest. ESXi virtuals are not paravirtualized so they > have slower disk i/o and network performance. They also use more resources. We're running 4 SRCDS instances off a paravirtualized 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 kernel on VMware ESX 3.5 -- works fine. You might need to upgrade to a recent kernel to get VMI working properly though! You can also assign CPU cores, just like under Xen. Just my $0.02 ;-) _______________________________________________ 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
