[bf1942] min requirements

[charles "wokka" goldsmith]

I think it takes a beefier box on the linux server because its still
beta and running debug code.  I'm sure that Ryan plans to optimize its
performance after he gets it stable.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jez McKinley [mailto:Jez.McKinley at uk.wdsglobal.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:39 AM
To: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
Subject: RE: [bf1942] min requirements

http://www.blackbagops.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=175

The above link is on the forums already posted to this mailing list and
it
seems to suggest that you need a very beefy box to run linux dedicated
server. I have run a lan party serving 20 players on a Win32 (Win98SE)
box
(P3-550 512Mb RAM) in non-dedicated mode (is it called a 'listen server'
in
BF1942?) with no problems. No-one was actually playing the toon on that
machine and I did not know the server commands at the time so ran as a
non-dedicated server so that it was easier to admin. I am confused as to
why
you seem to need a machine 3 or 4 times quicker than that to run the
same
amount of players in a linux version as a console app. Is this something
that we are likely to see improve as it gets smoothed out in the beta
stages?

Cheers,

--
Jez.

charles 'wokka' goldsmith <mailto:wokka at justfamily.org> scribbled on 02
February 2003 03:59: 

> I run a server on freebsd 4.7 release on a p3 1ghz box (actually
> dual) and 1 gig of ram.  Normal usage with 8 to 10 people run it at
> about 50% processor utilization according to top.  Memory usage is
> steady at 120megs.  Under idle, it runs at 10 to 18% cpu and 105 megs
> or ram. 
> 
> I know this isn't what you were looking for, but perhaps it will give
> you something to work with. 
> 
"Marwan Fayed" <mfayed at cs.bu.edu> <> scribbled on Saturday, February 01,
2003 5:17 PM:

>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am thinking of installing a dedicated server on my freebsd box
>> (under linux emulation, of course). However, it's not the newest
>> machine and so I have to ask what the min requirements on the
>> dedicated server are? 
>> 
>> I have looked everywhere and can't find any info, and surely they
>> are less than the retail min requirements.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> --marwan
>> ps. does "icculus" have any meaning? :-)
>> 
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