[mohaa] Server Requirements

[Jake Thiessen]

To previous post about P4 2.5 and this one

I've done tests and found that you need about 30 Kbps per client UPLOAD.

DSL lines are 1Mbps down, 128kpbs UP can be as high as 640kbs
Cable lines are 1Mbps down, 256kpbs or 512Kbps UP can be as high as 640kpbs

at that rate a normal DSL connection

128 /30 is about 4 to 5 clients before mohaa will get laggy
@ 640kbps it should handle about 20, if there is no ISP lag (like in Cable)

if you want more than that, you can have a rocket ship and still be laggy,
it doesn't matter.

cpu cycle time from a linux or win32 box is minimal for speed of game.

things you can do to squeeze a faster system;

1. use NICs that do their own IO without processor time (3com, intel,
broadcom) no cheap realteks
2. map loads significantly speed up with SCSI drives
3. memory memory memory

all that is for the dogs, if you don't have BANDWIDTH.

don't spend your money on a super system and processor if you're not going
to have BW.

Jake




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skrobe, Steven [mailto:SSkrobe at randomhouse.com]
> Sent: April 22, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: mohaa at icculus.org
> Cc: shawn kelly
> Subject: [mohaa] Server Requirements
> 
> 
> Along those same lines, I am looking to build a server but I 
> am unsure of the
> hardware requirements. What do you recommend for hosting a 18 
> player MOH:SH
> Linux server? Right now I'm looking at a 1.4 Athelon at 512 
> mb ram. Good
> enough? Also, this is a cable connection. Do you think it 
> will work well?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean O'Leary [mailto:razor at razorhosts.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:52 AM
> To: mohaa at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [mohaa] Spearhead Server lag with > 20 players
> 
> 
> Alrighty. Do you know if Ryan is working on this problem?
> 
> 
> 
> > With 20 players you will need a 2.5 Ghz+ CPU as spearhead is spikes 
> > really badly. If not then you will have to reduce the player limit 
> > until ryan finds the problem in the spearhead server.
> > 
> >     Steve
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sean O'Leary" <razor at razorhosts.com>
> > To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 3:57 PM
> > Subject: [mohaa] Spearhead Server lag with > 20 players
> > 
> > 
> >> Hey guys,
> >> 
> >> I am seeing pretty bad lag in my Spearhead server when more than 20
> >> players hop in. I am running BETA5 of spearheadlinuxded on 
> Redhat 7.3
> >> with  the 2.15 patch of spearhead installed.
> >> 
> >> Are there any settings in the server.cfg that I can tweak with?
> >> 
> >> Is there anything else I should looking at to see why it is laggy 
> >> with a  bunch of people on?
> >> 
> >> How much bandwidth does each spearhead client require?
> >> 
> >> Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Sean O'Leary
> >> Owner, Razorhosts
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sean O'Leary
> Owner, Razorhosts
> 
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