The Ultimate Game Server. Period.

BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">OMGOMGOMG</div> Alright, I had heard about these "Quad Xeon" processors before and I just thought how awesome it would be to have one. Not for NS, becasue this servers potential would be wasted on a low-end game such as this (Please dont kill me, NS is a great game).
Here are the specs for this beast:

Four Intel Boxed Xeon MP CPUs w/ 3-level cache

Super Micro 8042 platform
Integrated L2 and L3 cache
Built-in IO: 1 NIC, 2 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2 and 2 USB ports
32gb PC2100 DDR SDRAM, Registered ECC, 16 DIMMs

Adaptec 2200S U320 RAID controller, 64mb cache, 2 channels
Seagate 146gb Cheetah ST3146807 Ultra320 SCSI drive, 10K RPM
2nd HD: Seagate 73gb Cheetah 15K.3 ST373453 U320 SCSI drive, 15K RPM
3rd HD: Seagate 73gb Cheetah 15K.3 ST373453 U320 SCSI drive, 15K RPM
4th HD: Seagate 73gb Cheetah 15K.3 ST373453 U320 SCSI drive, 15K RPM
24X ATAPI CD-ROM drive

ATI Rage XL PCI graphics card w/ 8mb

1.44mb floppy drive


SoundBlaster Live! 5.1


Built-in 100BaseTX network card
Netgear GA621 fiber gigabit ethernet card, 64bit PCI






SuSE Linux Openexchnage Server 4.1
MS Windows XP Professional installed for multi-boot, w/ CD/docs
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Skidzor+Aug 8 2004, 10:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Aug 8 2004, 10:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    32gb PC2100 <b>DDR SDRAM</b>, Registered ECC, 16 DIMMs

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    I dunno about you guys but to me that looks like it's contradicting itself (or maybe I'm just an idiot <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).

    32Gb seems a bit overkill though. How much would this server cost?
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  • funbagsfunbags Join Date: 2003-06-08 Member: 17099Members
    its not contradictory. RAM is basically developed in builds


    first came ram

    then came sdram

    then came ddr sdram

    now we have secksi dual channel ddr sdram
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    32 gigs of RAM. Good lord...overkill, anybody?
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs.... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    You could store a mighty music collection in that ammount of RAM. Or games! Still...imagine all the crap you could run with 32 gigs.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs.... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wouldn't mind having that much. I'd just somehow rig it to load the entire windows2000 install to RAM lol

    Serously, though... with at much ram.. is there any utilities to partition RAM into a pseudo hard drive? That would make games and stuff load super fast.
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-404NotFound+Aug 8 2004, 05:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 8 2004, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs....  <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wouldn't mind having that much. I'd just somehow rig it to load the entire windows2000 install to RAM lol

    Serously, though... with at much ram.. is there any utilities to partition RAM into a pseudo hard drive? That would make games and stuff load super fast. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wouldn't it essentially do that anyways? dump all the data and transfer nearly instantly?
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-404NotFound+Aug 8 2004, 05:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 8 2004, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs....  <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wouldn't mind having that much. I'd just somehow rig it to load the entire windows2000 install to RAM lol

    Serously, though... with at much ram.. is there any utilities to partition RAM into a pseudo hard drive? That would make games and stuff load super fast. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ramdrive (ramdrv).
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  • ShockehShockeh If a packet drops on the web and nobody&#39;s near to see it... Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Now, if you could find a game that will use that RAM......
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    LOL. You can own one of these babies for the low, low price of $34,514. O_O
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    screw a car i wanna get one o' dems
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  • EpidemicEpidemic Dark Force Gorge Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17781Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ATI Rage XL PCI graphics card w/ 8mb<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Eh what`? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Epidemic+Aug 8 2004, 06:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Epidemic @ Aug 8 2004, 06:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ATI Rage XL PCI graphics card w/ 8mb<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Eh what`? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    you don't buy servers for their awesome graphics, yo.
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  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    Why would you need a 5.1 soundcard for a server?
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    You could run a server for like... every game ever. At the same time.
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  • Dorian_GrayDorian_Gray Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26581Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-404NotFound+Aug 8 2004, 10:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 8 2004, 10:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs....  <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wouldn't mind having that much. I'd just somehow rig it to load the entire windows2000 install to RAM lol

    Serously, though... with at much ram.. is there any utilities to partition RAM into a pseudo hard drive? That would make games and stuff load super fast. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ramdisk anybody <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    32GB isn't overkill for a 3DSMax (I managed to have it need 26 GB with one modifier), but for a game server? Yoikes. But its only PC2100, when it COULD be PC3700. Hard disk space is a little low too. I have more space than that on my desktop...

    And WTH is with the sound card? You could be using that PCI slot for something like an extra RAID card to add even more hard drives, or some other overkill device <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-TenSix+Aug 8 2004, 06:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TenSix @ Aug 8 2004, 06:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why would you need a 5.1 soundcard for a server? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Silence. Seriously, theres a company called SW Technology based out of Richardson, Texas that lets you customize your own Quad Xeon server.

    <a href='http://www.swt.com' target='_blank'>http://www.swt.com</a>
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  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dorian Gray+Aug 8 2004, 06:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dorian Gray @ Aug 8 2004, 06:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-404NotFound+Aug 8 2004, 10:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (404NotFound @ Aug 8 2004, 10:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Aug 8 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> mmm 32 gigs of ram thats more then some HDDs....  <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I wouldn't mind having that much. I'd just somehow rig it to load the entire windows2000 install to RAM lol

    Serously, though... with at much ram.. is there any utilities to partition RAM into a pseudo hard drive? That would make games and stuff load super fast. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ramdisk anybody <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    32GB isn't overkill for a 3DSMax (I managed to have it need 26 GB with one modifier), but for a game server? Yoikes. But its only PC2100, when it COULD be PC3700. Hard disk space is a little low too. I have more space than that on my desktop...

    And WTH is with the sound card? You could be using that PCI slot for something like an extra RAID card to add even more hard drives, or some other overkill device <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i don't think they make 2gb sticks of pc3700.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    I can't even find 2GB sticks of 2100 O_O
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    Um . . . if the OS/CPU is using a 32-bit architecture, can it even utilize that much RAM?
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    Custom made mobo is the only thing I can think of..

    2 more GB of RAM than my HD.. BAAAH
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I dunno about you guys but to me that looks like it's contradicting itself<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Other than the tongue twisting, what's contradictory about "Dual Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory"?
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  • DefianceDefiance Join Date: 2003-12-01 Member: 23847Members
    Oh my dear lord... that is insane.

    I wish I had 32 Gig's of ram :o
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  • JavertJavert Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15954Members
    If you're looking to host an MMORPG...then you're set to go. <!--emo&::lerk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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