Thanks. I'll set everything up to run replays with ramdisk and see how far it goes.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:16 PM, The Wave <[email protected]> wrote: > Should qualify that last statement. Every hour I clean out replays more than > 24 hours old. I don't wipe them all out at once. > -Andrew > > On 7/17/2014 3:10 PM, The Wave wrote: >> >> Sorry I'm at work so I can't answer with more precision. I'm afraid there >> is quite a bit of data duplication between the folders as I recall. I never >> did try to do much about that since my server has space to spare. I do clean >> out the replays every 24 hours in the morning. And again I don't recall how >> much space gets eaten up by 24hours of playing, but I know my ramdisk is >> 500M and I never had an issue. Hope this helps somewhat. >> On 7/17/2014 11:50 AM, Valentin G. wrote: >>> >>> With the local fileserver method, how much data is duplicated between >>> the servers replay directory and the webservers replay directory, can >>> you do anything about that? I've never paid attention to the file >>> sizes, do you have a rough idea how much space the files take up for a >>> day of 24 players on the server? Do you clean up every day or more >>> frequent? >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:48 PM, The Wave <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On my host (a linode) I had trouble with replay lag spikes for some time >>>> due >>>> to slow file system IO. I ended up mounting the replay folder to a >>>> ramdisk, >>>> and then cleaning it out frequently. Not an ideal solution, but it did >>>> solve >>>> the lagging. Might at least be worth a test to see if the spikes >>>> disappear. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/17/2014 10:32 AM, Erik-jan Riemers wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just make sure you dont have 500k files in the folders, and http is the >>>>> best for now too. I had ftp in use but if it didn't work it would stall >>>>> the >>>>> servers and sometimes hang too. With http i never had that issue. I >>>>> think >>>>> there are also option on how quickly it writes it or how big the >>>>> buffers >>>>> are you can use.. its on the tf2 replay wiki. Dont know if that will >>>>> help. >>>>> I've got multiple servers running on the same box with all replay and >>>>> they >>>>> seem to do ok.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2014-07-17 17:23 GMT+02:00 Valentin G. <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> We have had replays enabled for over two years now, but only recently >>>>>> we have been experiencing massive lag spikes on our servers. When >>>>>> replays are disabled the spikes disappear, and a VProf told me that >>>>>> file access is the culprit. We already got our aging hard drive >>>>>> replaced but the issues remain the same. Has anything changed recently >>>>>> that I need to be aware of? The server is currently configured to use >>>>>> a local HTTP to distribute the files. Any tips or tricks on how to >>>>>> resolve this, or is this on Valve to fix? >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>>> please visit: >>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from your mom's iPad >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from your mom's iPad >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> -- >> Sent from your mom's iPad > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
