Required/recommended server specs?

TyphonTyphon Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1899Members
in NS2 General Discussion
Might be able to snag a spare system to run a dedicated server, but I doubt it will have more than 2 gigs of ram. I see people citing memory usage of just the server process using 1.5-2 gigs. Should I even bother or will it likely be unplayable despite the recent server improvements?
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  • PaiSandPaiSand Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33487Members
    edited November 2010
    They are working on fixing it. Once this memory leak get fixed you can set up the server.
    Probably will be wise to ask other server owners about.
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    testing out dedicated server...anyone know what the web admin commands are?
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  • PaiSandPaiSand Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33487Members
    Yes.

    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/index.php/Dedicated_Server" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/inde...edicated_Server</a>

    At the end you have the info
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  • SnougarSnougar Join Date: 2007-12-31 Member: 63301Members
    The NS2 server isn't really all that resource hungry, other than the memory leaks.

    I'd say any dualcore, 3-4GB of ram. At least until the leaks are fixed.

    Servers for me run at about 15-20% cpu usage. 400-1900mb ram (until the crash happens :P).
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  • TyphonTyphon Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 1899Members
    Alright I guess I'll set it up and wait for the leak to be fixed and at that point 2 gigs might be sufficient.
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1807008:date=Nov 19 2010, 04:14 PM:name=PaiSand)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PaiSand @ Nov 19 2010, 04:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1807008"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes.

    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/index.php/Dedicated_Server" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/inde...edicated_Server</a>

    At the end you have the info<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    that's the command line options to load web admin, i want the actual admin commands once you're in the web interface. it's just a blank screen with an input box and whenever you type in something it says processing <x>. i'd like to know what commands i can put in for <x> to make it return something.
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  • PaiSandPaiSand Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33487Members
    Doing a simple read (Dedicated_Server_usage.txt file in NS2 main folder)

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Notes on Web Administration Interface:
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    The dedicated server has an optional web administration interface which can be customized via script.
    When active, web request data is sent to the server, processed by script as key/value pairs, and the
    generated return value (such as a web page) is sent back to the browser for display.

    The interface currently supports basic GET and POST requests (application/x-www-form-urlencoded), though does
    not parse out other encodings such as (multipart/form-data for file uploads.)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    There is no other info about. So I assume that via script you can parse the same commands you can via command line. As still is a work in progress there is not much you can do with it.

    Lets say that you want to change the amount of allowed players, the name of the server and/or another parameter. I don't have a server where to test it, but try it and let us know.
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