[mohaa] Server "hangs"

[NateDog]

Well that sux.  Guess I'll just have to live with it then.  I'm getting this
server for $41/month and I can use webmin and I have full root access since
it's a virtual server and I like that part.  Oh well.  Thanks for all your
help!

--
Nathan Peters

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Adams" <chris at fragzzhost.com>
To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [mohaa] Server "hangs"


> Not to MOHAA I dont think. Only modifications to the system itself. Really
> you won't be able to get decent servers running on shared hardware :(
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NateDog" <natedog550 at hotmail.com>
> To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [mohaa] Server "hangs"
>
>
> > Haha.  That's ok man no prob.  It is Linux and it's Red Hat Fedora 1.
> I've
> > done trace routes and ping checks and there was an actual network issue
> but
> > my host got it resolved.  Peeps were getting like 200+ pings and I
> verified
> > that was happening with trace routes.  But like I said that was resolved
> but
> > the server "hangs" still happen sparatically.  I just thought maybe
> there's
> > some optimazition settings you can do?
> >
> > --
> > Nathan Peters
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Adams" <chris at fragzzhost.com>
> > To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [mohaa] Server "hangs"
> >
> >
> > > Ooops this is the Icculus list. Silly me. Ignore the which OS question
> :-)
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Adams" <chris at fragzzhost.com>
> > > To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:10 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [mohaa] Server "hangs"
> > >
> > >
> > > > Which operating system? Under Linux on a box which is actively
> modifying
> > > its
> > > > RAM, and the RAM is pretty full, these hangups can occur when Linux
> > tried
> > > to
> > > > cache / uncache files into RAM, which on certain system
configurations
> > > uses
> > > > a lot of CPU, thus hanging the game. OS is important though. Also,
if
> > your
> > > > network is pretty busy and shared, it could easily be some kind of
> choke
> > > > with the network connection (some box downloading/uploading a lot of
> > data
> > > > along the backbone at ridiculous speeds.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "NateDog" <natedog550 at hotmail.com>
> > > > To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:05 PM
> > > > Subject: [mohaa] Server "hangs"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I have two servers hosted at a datacenter on dual xeons with
> > > > hyperthreading
> > > > > and 4 gigs of RAM with ultra scsi hard drives.  I don't own these
> > > > computers
> > > > > of course that's just what the specs are basically.  They're
running
> > on
> > > an
> > > > > OC192 backbone and all that good stuff - so I have tons of
bandwidth
> > and
> > > I
> > > > > don't think the networking is causing this problem.  These servers
> are
> > > > crazy
> > > > > fast but sometimes the servers will "hang" then resume play.  But
> it's
> > > > > really sparatic and it doesn't do it all the time.  And everyone
> will
> > > hang
> > > > > at the same time and you get that green box with the arrow on it
> icon
> > at
> > > > the
> > > > > bottom of the screen.  But then all of a sudden it "un-hangs" and
> > > > continues.
> > > > > Now I realize that there is a billion things that can cause server
> > hangs
> > > > but
> > > > > that's not what I'm asking really.  What I want to know are maybe
> tips
> > /
> > > > > techniques / tricks to optimize the server to lower the chances of
> > > server
> > > > > hangs etc etc.  Is there any cvars and such to use?  These servers
> are
> > > VPS
> > > > > servers using virtuozzo if it matters.  So there are multiple
> servers
> > on
> > > > one
> > > > > host machine.  But mine are the only ones running game servers.
If
> > > anyone
> > > > > could give me some pointers for optimization I'd appreciate it.  I
> > once
> > > > > heard about zone and hung megs but not sure if that would help or
> not.
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Nathan Peters
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