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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a problem similar to this when I was setting
up my original MOHAA server (and as it applies to every game I assume it will
for spearhead). The most important thing in any linux server is
memory.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you start using your swap space your server
instantly slows because it has to page to the hard drive in virtual memory - and
this will send pings through the roof and cause lag.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have console access to the server use the
'top' command when the server is full and see how much memory is used. I run a
20 player server which uses ~256M maximum (although it has its problems as the
install of linux is broken). Also, if your server is on for long periods of time
set up a dialy/weekly reboot in cron as i find that memory leaks after a while
and the usage goes up to ~384M after a couple of weeks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the other hand, if memory isn't the problem I
have no idea :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Josh<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=morphiend@fuse.net href="mailto:morphiend@fuse.net">morphiend</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mohaa@icculus.org
href="mailto:mohaa@icculus.org">mohaa@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 10, 2003 3:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mohaa] Requirements</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I'm currently running a
Spearhead server. I was wondering some system requirements for the different
tiers for the game. For example, what would be min for running a 32 player
server, <SPAN class=GramE>etc.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">My server is running,
currently, a p2-400 w/ 256MB of RAM. I was wondering how far it would be
pushing it for max players, etc. It's also on a partial OC-3
(~36Mbit).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">It just seems that under
10 players the play is decent, not GREAT, but decent. But after it breaks
through 10 <SPAN class=GramE>players</SPAN> total, the pings ALL hop over 100
(even myself connecting on the <SPAN
class=SpellE>lan</SPAN>).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Mike<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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