I have seen it have both positive and negative effects. It depends on the hardware and kernel configuration being used, along with additional software running on the machine. The best way to find out if it will help is by trying it.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Jesse Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > > I disagree and assert that not only is there no benefit to setting process > affinity, it can be harmful, since setting affinity on a Linux kernel > process does not provide exclusivity to that resource. > > The scheduler in modern Linux kernels (anything past 2.6.32, I think) does > a pretty good job. > > If the author can cite a benefit that I am not aware of, I may be inclined > to change my opinion, but from what I know today, setting affinity not only > has no benefit to srcds server performance, it could even theoretically be > harmful to performance. > > > > > Steven Miano wrote: > >> Be sure that you are setting your srcds to a specific core and not to all >> cores (0-3 or 0-7 if you are on a mult-core machine). >> > > -- > # Jesse Molina > # Mail = [email protected] > # Page = [email protected] > # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 > # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
