[cod] 1.41d ... server CPU load fixes.

[Peter Schwartz]

Oh yer, thats COD:UO, and its only the Server, nothing much else uses any 
system resources. Standard COD, a full 16 player server, and the usage was 
25%. I know UO is resource hungry, but not that much.

If we were to upgrade, we would run at least 2 UO servers and 1 normal COD. 
We basically have a few option, Xeon Dual processors, Athlon64 (3400+), or 
just a p4 3.2. Obviously the dual xeons are expensive, but will they make 
the game run that much better?

Cheers
Pete
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke" <luke at techfreak.org>
To: <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [cod] 1.41d ... server CPU load fixes.


> That seems high, Peter. Is it just the game process using that much
> CPU for 12 players - or is that the total CPU usage, including other
> applications.
>
> I would estimate that for your rig you might see 15-20% CPU usage
> for 12 players..... maybe less.
>
> Luke
>
> Peter Schwartz said:
>> Good Work on the Patch. Thanks guys.
>>
>> Just on another note, currently my server is a p42.6 with 1 Gb of
>> RAM, on
>> the server with about 12 ppl, the CPU usage is at 40-65% usage. We
>> are
>> currently going to upgrade, but would a duel xeon machane make a
>> difference,
>> and will it use both processors?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Elmo
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Luke" <luke at techfreak.org>
>> To: <cod at icculus.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [cod] 1.41d ... server CPU load fixes.
>>
>>
>>> Ryan,
>>>
>>> Amazing turn around time on that. Thanks so much for going above
>>> and
>>> beyond. Since this isnt really a 'linux' issue you could've just
>>> said 'take it up with Gray Matter'.
>>>
>>> I loaded the new binaries and they do appear to reduce the CPU
>>> load
>>> quite a bit - at least on an empty server (hey it is only 8am!).
>>> My
>>> dual-xeon went from a 5% cpu usage on an empty 30 person server to
>>> 0-2% usage. Looks promising!
>>>
>>> Luke
>>>
>>> Ryan C. Gordon said:
>>>>
>>>> Here's a build that should fix the CPU loads on empty servers.
>>>>
>>>>    http://0day.icculus.org/cod/coduo-lnxded-1.41d.tar.bz2
>>>>
>>>> Please note that the CPU usage is going to go back up to the
>>>> 1.41c
>>>> range
>>>> if every vehicle on the map is moving. Mostly the fix decides if
>>>> it's
>>>> worth recalculating a vehicle for a given frame, which means on
>>>> empty
>>>> servers you don't churn the CPU, and on servers where a vehicle
>>>> isn't
>>>> being used, it doesn't take processing time.
>>>>
>>>> Granted, I'm sure vehicles get widely used, so plan accordingly.
>>>> We're
>>>> looking into further optimizations, but this fix is a good win
>>>> overall,
>>>> and really good for the turnaround time.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't do this work; the patch came from Ryan (not me) at Gray
>>>> Matter,
>>>> who turned this out with a quickness. Everyone please send
>>>> flowers
>>>> and
>>>> candy to him.
>>>>
>>>> --ryan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
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