[mohaa] server performance

[Eduardo E. Silva]

Things I have noticed on my MOHAA server:

1.- Context Switches skyrocket 2-4 times during peak times.
2.- 30%-40% is spend on NICE (not sys, usr)

Issue number two I solved by re-niceing mohha to -20,  the first one I have no
idea...

Ed Silva
Silvex Consulting Inc.
(714) 504-6870 Cell

Salsich, Luke said:
> hey all,
>
> The recent posts about server performance have gotten me thinking about a
> couple of things (wow): I have several Linux machines that I rent from a
> server farm - they are PIV 2.0 with 512 MB of ram and 10mbit connections
> (limited to 400 gigs of transfer per month - each instance is currently only
> using about 180 gigs). I currently run only one game on each server because
> I am a performance freak! With a 24 player game, we average around 60-90
> ping. Each server instance takes up only about 125 MB of ram (fluctuates a
> bit, but this is the average). I haven't spent much time tracking the CPU
> usage on the Moh:aa servers, though.......
>
> Anyone run a similar server (in terms of hardware) with more than one game
> running at a time???? I am thinking of running two games on each server this
> weekend as a test - the usual 24 player game and an 18 player TDM game as
> well to see how the machine performs. Any thoughts on this in general??!??
>
> Happy Friday!
>
> -Luke