[cod] Building server

[Kenny Southpark]

Newegg has had a sweet price on the Xeon E5410 for under $300... nice cpu!!
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2+50001157+40000343+1050706986+1302825342+1051122421+105101299+1051022424+1051333658&name=12MB
 
Up to you on weather or not you want to go with 1 or 2 of them.... load up on memory as well...
 
 
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:21:13 +0100> From: dvankesteren at telfort.nl> To: cod at icculus.org> Subject: Re: [cod] Building server> > Those machine specs should be just fine.. probably for 8 or more servers > too, if you wanted :)> Don't know for sure if the game bins support multi-cpu natively, since I > only have a single-cpu box up, but the OS itself should balance the > usage out just fine.> > Donald Stephens wrote:> >> > Hello All,> >> > I’m going to be building a new server to replace a box that is running > > three instances of the COD4 Linux server. The current box is a 2.6Ghz > > P4 with 2Gb of RAM. It plays fine most of the time with two of the > > servers almost always maxed out at 32 players each and one sits idle > > for TWL matches. I want to go with a quad core Xeon but I’m not sure > > how fast I need to go with it. I plan on running as many servers on > > one box as possible. If I can get 6 servers running on a single box > > with no lag that would be great. Can any one tell me if the cod4 Linux > > server supports multiple CPUs?> >> > Also what would you recommend in the way of CPU frequency and RAM. I > > was thinking somewhere around quad 2.4ghz with 4Gb of RAM.> >> > What are your suggestions?> >> > **Don Stephens**> >> > Notice: This transmission is for the sole use of the intended > > recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential and/or > > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this > > transmission and any attachments and notify the sender by return email > > immediately. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution > > is prohibited.> > > ---> To unsubscribe, send a blank email to cod-unsubscribe at icculus.org> Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?38> > 
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