07-28-2010, 07:46 AM
(07-24-2010, 05:43 PM)BehaartesEtwas Wrote: it will be hard to get so high slot counts running smooth. what kind of CPU is that exactly (Xeons have many generations, very different in speed)? many cores do not help you, for two servers you need only two (srcds cannot use more than one core) or maybe three to make sure the system doesn't take away resources. but they must be fast because of your high slot count. so you should use the newest generation. also your link might be a little small, but I am not sure.
you will probably need some tuning in any case, i.e. kernel tuning and config tuning (maybe reducing the tickrate).
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5530
how many slots I get? using the patch and debian 64bits
8gb of ram is good?
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