[bf1942] bf1942 max # players question

[Brigham Stevens]

Hello,

Thank you everybody for your responses, I really appreciate it.

This is a machine I'm leasing- it is a colo facility, and was built by the 
provider. I have full root on the box... are there commands that I could use 
that would tell me the HDD ? I believe it is supposed to be 60GB UltraDMA 
7200RPM hard drive.

Also, someone wanted me to check which network card I have... Are there 
commands to do that too?

The CPU itself is spiking when the player count goes above 30.. and TOP does 
not show any spikes in any other processes (Don't know if disk access/network 
access are bundled into the aplication CPU usage or not)

Right now it seems better, 56% cpu at 29 people...
Maybe I should just try 34 people again, maybe the new CPU just needed time to 
settle in...



Here is the cat of /proc/cpuinfo:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 2
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
stepping        : 7
cpu MHz         : 2423.825
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm
bogomips        : 4817.67


Here is a cat of meminfo:

Mem:  1022844928 1005850624 16994304        0 146604032 678240256
Swap: 2097434624   151552 2097283072
MemTotal:       998872 kB
MemFree:         16596 kB
MemShared:           0 kB
Buffers:        143168 kB
Cached:         662340 kB
SwapCached:          4 kB
Active:         537588 kB
Inact_dirty:    354284 kB
Inact_clean:     48256 kB
Inact_target:   188024 kB
HighTotal:       98240 kB
HighFree:          768 kB
LowTotal:       900632 kB
LowFree:         15828 kB
SwapTotal:     2048276 kB
SwapFree:      2048128 kB
Committed_AS:   282176 kB








Quoting InCisT <InCisT at Popsikle.net>:

> Brigham Stevens wrote:
> 
> > greetings fellow linux game admins...
> >
> > My server is:
> >
> > RedHat 7.3
> > 2.4 Ghz P4 cpu
> > 1GB RAM (PC2100 speed)
> > 60 GB hd
> > 5MBPS sustained bandwidth
> > BF1942 1.6 linux dedicated RC2 release
> >
> > It used to have 512MB ram and 1.7Ghz cpu... It could handle exactly 30
> 
> > players and use 85% of CPU or so, with spike up to the 95%+ mark...
> >
> > Since the upgrade, it STILL goes just as high.. I can't get more than
> 
> > 30 people on it.
> > Shouldn't I be able to add more users? I've seen postings which 
> > indicate a machine like mine should be able to handle 64 players....
> 
> > Is the linux version of the dedicated server still havingissues? Is it
> 
> > because i'm using the static version ?
> >
> > Any insights or help wouldbe appreciated!
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> What make/model/speed is the HDD? Are you using the right IDE/SCSI
> drivers?
> 
> InCisT
> 



--brigham