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setting up game server

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Korialstrasza

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how well would a counter-strike game server perform on this.

quad 4x p3 550mhz xeons
3 18gb 10,000rpm hds
2gb ecc registered pc133sdram
100mbps OC connection

I actually want to run 2 cs servers, as well as host about 15 websites at about a total of 15,000 hits a month.

Would the cs servers use too much of the cpus so that I dont have enough for webhosting? or will I have enough power with this comp? What % of the server's resources do you think would be commited to the 2 cs servers?

thanks!
 
it all depends on the content of the websites. if they are mostly text with random pictures here and there it should be fine. ive never hosted a cs server, but i assume it would take up than half your resources.
 
The CS server would be fairly demanding, but again I think it depends on mostly the content of the site. If you're hosting music, large pictures, etc, yes you will be bogged down. If you're hosting text, small pics, etc. You should be fine/
 
figure that your sites are not going to use much of your processer you cound tell the computer to only let the sites use one of the 4 processers it might be a hight demand but it should work dont forget that you can tell what processes the processers do. if you leave 2 processers for os and the web sites. that shoud be good.

that means you have 550 for one counter strike game and 550 for another that shoud be pritty good the ram might want to be a little higher.
also rember that with the os only using like 25% of one processer and the websites using 25% of the second you could actualy have more strain on that processer for counter striek if you need. think about memory it is used up quickly and important. each processer likes to use their own memory bank so you might want to up that to 512 per processer instead of 256. operating systems and games like to eat it for snacks:p
 
^ Ummm im not so sure you can assign certain processes to specific processors...
 
Originally posted by cdrgns

think about memory it is used up quickly and important. each processer likes to use their own memory bank so you might want to up that to 512 per processer instead of 256. operating systems and games like to eat it for snacks:p
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He's got 512megs (2gigs / 4) already. :)
 
the computer is over kill but over kill is good 2 or 4 gigs are important but every thing he has should work fine. when you hit ctrl alt delete it comes up with the processes and whitch processer it is using you can assine each process to the processer. you should be fine dont worrie.
 
Originally posted by cdrgns
the computer is over kill but over kill is good 2 or 4 gigs are important but every thing he has should work fine. when you hit ctrl alt delete it comes up with the processes and whitch processer it is using you can assine each process to the processer. you should be fine dont worrie.
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I sure hope he isn't planning on running windows on that computer! What a waste! Running anything with a gui for a server is a waste. Webserving really doesn't take much processing power at all with static content. When you start getting into active content that the server has to parse and interpret then cpu usage increases. Your server should be able to handle that. I don't know what the demands of a cs server are, but I imagine that computer would be able to handle it. You really shouldn't have to manually assign processes to processors. If you use a decent multiprocessor operating system then it should handle that for you.
 
no windoz :) it's redhat all the way for me.

hmm, what would you guys say to a dual p4 xeon 1.7ghz with 2gb ecc 2100 ram?

(which would be better, dual xeon 1.7ghz or dual athlon xp 2100+?)


Thanks again!
 
Originally posted by Korialstrasza
no windoz :) it's redhat all the way for me.

hmm, what would you guys say to a dual p4 xeon 1.7ghz with 2gb ecc 2100 ram?

(which would be better, dual xeon 1.7ghz or dual athlon xp 2100+?)


Thanks again!
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Last month i built 4 servers for work. 3 Dual AMD 2400+ boxes with a gig of ram each, and 1 dual 2.66ghz Xeon system, also with 1gb of ram (for now :p).

I dont have any numbers, but when compileing the xeon really pulled ahead as compared to the AMD boxes.

What you have to really look at is what you need and what you are willing to pay for it. for what I was doign, i needed the extra bandwith on the pci bus on one of the boxes, so I had to go with the more expensive xeon setup. A diffrent dual box I built (of identical setup to the last 3) had been hosting many websites, one of which is getting over 75K hits a day.
 
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