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Fizzer · February 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">how much?</div> can anyone give me a rough estimate of how much monthly traffic an NS server generates? (obviously it depends on number of players)

I'm thinking of renting a root server but want to make sure I don't get stung with extra traffic charges.

Also, is a 2GHz Celeron up the job with NS (I heard that ns for linux isn't yet fully optimised, is that correct?) - if not, is the cpu load likely to get better in 1.1?

You may have guessed that I'm going for the budget option here <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

thnx

Zdrone · February 2003

<a href='http://www.h2ocs.com/users/z/NS/index.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.h2ocs.com/users/z/NS/index.htm</a>

Column on the left was a 30 person server, column on the right is 2, 18's. Its an 8 day glance

I will update it later today (its early Jan in the page)

Brutus · February 2003

16 player server full about 22 hours a day. I used like 162GB of BW transfer in 30 days.

voogru · February 2003

for me, 6 to 16GB a day.

Thats ONE server, I have 3

Fizzer · February 2003

how many players is that voogru?

Thanks for the info guys, keep it coming (looks like I'll need to spend some more money on hosting though)

TenSix · February 2003

Voogru Server = 22 Player + 2 Reserved slots

Guspaz · February 2003

12 players use 550-600kbit total (combining up/down). Your monthly transfer depends on how often your server is full, etc.

KingKahuna[KKG]™ · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fizzer @ Feb 25 2003, 12:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> how many players is that voogru?

Thanks for the info guys, keep it coming (looks like I'll need to spend some more money on hosting though)  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
22 slots, 2 reserved x 3 servers = 66 clients. For a more descriptive number, I calculated it once; and can be found in thread below.

<a href='http://forums.voogru.com/showthread.php?threadid=1665' target='_blank'>http://forums.voogru.com/showthread.php?threadid=1665</a>

dexion · February 2003

Could someone tell me the box stats on the 30 person server and (i am assuming) the one running 2 18 person servers (SMP? one processor per hlds thread?) I have an 18 person server now running on an 1800 amd xp+ I want to be able to put up 2 18 person servers. It would be nice to use one box. But may be more cost effective to just build another 1800+ and run 2 seperate boxes..
dex

Zdrone · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dexion @ Feb 26 2003, 01:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Could someone tell me the box stats on the 30 person server and (i am assuming) the one running 2 18 person servers (SMP? one processor per hlds thread?)  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Im wierd. *explanation follows*

I have 2 boxes that I run NS on. The 2, 18 person servers are on one box, and the 30 person (now 24) is on another.

Both boxes are identical (IBM X330):
dual 1.266ghz
1 GB of ram (one might have 1.5)
18 GB SCSI hard drives
W2K Server (I know I know... just cant find the time to learn linux)

The 30 (now 24) person server is bound to a single processor on the box its on. The 2, 18 person servers on other box are not bound to a single processor. I did at one time and the CPU pegged at 100% and stayed there. I *think* the problem was too many new dll's and not necesarily binding the process. I keep telling myself that I will do it again and test but just haven't had the time.

I wanted to post new utilization reports but the bios on my laptop crapped out today... Im stuck on a little mini laptop until I get mine back.
One nice thing, Im getting Denika (an automatic bundled mrtg scripter) tomorow. Once I have it, I will set it up to monitor both bandwidth and cpu utilization. I can start laying out some reports on that when I can.

dexion · February 2003

interesting that would suggest that hlds benefits from smp (contrary to everyone's belief) 1.2 ghz is NOT enough to run 30 (now even 24) in most peoples experience. interesting...I can only get about 18 peeps out of 1450 mhz with admin mod and a few mm plugins....2k 512 megs ram. Bottleneck is REALLY the cpu.

Btw
I run w2k, work with nt and 2k make a damn good living too. Don't knock w2k. People have their opinions about os and the like, but truth is it works well for a long time between reboots. So does linux (not as well yet as ns needs some linux tweaking) but in the long run we all want stable servers and low overhead. Both oses provide that very well.

dex
ps please don't turn this into a ford vs chevy thread now as I really did not have that intent.

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