[cod] [coduo] 64-bit linux and cod/coduo servers, cod2

Mark J. DeFilippis defilm at acm.org
Thu Sep 8 07:52:00 EDT 2005


You are thinking you will need a separate server for COD2?
I have heard almost nothing.  The quiet is deafening, I think is
the cliche.

I currently have running on a P3.2Ghz, 1GB, 1 UO ALL weapons, 3 COD ( 1 is 
CoDaM)
on a Dual P4 2.8Ghz, 4GB, NonReg BF2, 3UO, 2COD, 1 UT2004. All running RH 
2.4 w/ 2.6SMP.

Even when the BF2 fills up w/ 32 people (Which Rarely happens, but does get
to 10-12, and one popular UO is busy 24x7 (Omaha Beach), there is no lag
and plenty of CPU left.

I am wondering if I will need another server, not so much for CPU, but memory.
I wouldn't run it on the single Processor, but on the Dual, I suspect memory
may be the issue. When all is up and running and a few servers are busy
at one time, free mem gets as low as 300MB. Of course it is all cached,
and can be freed up as needed, but not something you want to have happen
on the server actively.  When busy, keeping memory pages available for
addl players allocated, etc. is key to keeping it lag free. Of course
there are the brief 70%+ CPU spikes, but for the most part, even when
busy total CPU rarely exceeds 30%.

I was thinking something may go... COD, UO, or are folks thinking COD2
will be so different, (or perhaps another BF2) and I would need another
box?

If I got to add another P4, anyone know where to get single CPU P4's, 
3.2GHz, 1GB
under $100/mo?

Thanks

Mark

At 01:32 AM 9/8/2005, you wrote:
>thanks
>
>On 9/8/05, Brian Dessent <brian at dessent.net> wrote:
> > Geoff Goas wrote:
> >
> > > an AMD 64 3200+. my question is this: are the linux binaries for cod
> > > and coduo compatible with a 64-bit operating system such as Centos 64?
> > > or should i request that a 32-bit OS be installed instead.
> >
> > The linux binaries are 32 bit only, but that should be okay because most
> > every 64 bit linux distro is bi-arch and should be able to run them.
> >
> > Brian
> >

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Mark J. DeFilippis                    defilm at acm.org
                                       defilm at ieee.org


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