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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would recommend the added ram, Also I would
figure out what thseo zombied services are and kill them<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You can do a ps –aux to see whats
running<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Donald Stephens
[mailto:donald.stephens@activant.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 31, 2009
11:07 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Call of Duty server admin
list.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cod] Server specs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Good morning everyone,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I have a question regarding my server
specs. I currently run a Quad core Xeon with 4 GB of ram and CentOS5. I
run 8 COD4 servers and 2 COD5 servers along with Python and mysql for the b3 admin
bot and stats database along with postgresql for the SCINTERFACE admin panel.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Am I reading this output wrong or does it
look like the CPU is doing very little work and I’m just a little low on
RAM? I was thinking of adding an additional 4GB of RAM for a total of 8.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is what top looks like a couple
minutes apart. What other tools can I use to determine of there are any
performance gain potential?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is all cores<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>top - 08:05:12 up 14 days, 20:11, 1
user, load average: 1.03, 1.15, 1.27<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Tasks: 187 total, 9 running,
168 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Cpu(s): 5.7%us, 0.4%sy,
0.0%ni, 93.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Mem: 3631820k total,
3505428k used, 126392k free, 5076k buffers<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Swap: 2031608k total,
168124k used, 1863484k free, 514304k cached<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is per core.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>top - 08:01:21 up 14 days, 20:07, 1
user, load average: 1.45, 1.32, 1.35<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Tasks: 187 total, 5 running,
172 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Cpu0 : 0.3%us,
0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.3%id, 0.0%wa, 0.3%hi, 0.0%si,
0.0%st<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Cpu1 : 1.7%us,
0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
0.0%st<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Cpu2 : 12.8%us, 0.0%sy,
0.0%ni, 86.8%id, 0.3%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Cpu3 : 11.1%us, 0.7%sy,
0.0%ni, 87.9%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Mem: 3631820k total,
3504776k used, 127044k free, 5104k buffers<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Swap: 2031608k total,
168124k used, 1863484k free, 515432k cached<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-Don</span></font><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></p>
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