[mohaa] Server "hangs"

[Josh Berry]

Do you have the ability to get on the box and run the "top" command? If
so then just sit there monitoring top until you see the problem and look
for any other processes that are suddenly eating the CPU.

You can get this problem from load of things, php going crazy would be
one, a or punkbuster updating on the server (for other games) if not
configured correctly.

TBH, without knowing what the other virtual server are doing you are
going to have a hard job of working out what the problem is. One thing
you could do is test in the wee hours of the morning when less people
are likely to be using it and see if the problem is any better - will at
least tell you whether it is related to other processes.

josh


On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 17:00, NateDog wrote:
> 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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