how many players can i hold?

[gamemann]

alright well its a 2 core processor, but it is hyperthreaded, i believe 2 threads in each core makes it 4 cores? can i handle that?

[CentralFrag]

You still have two cores regardless of if the processor is HT'd or not.

[lol554]

No, i would definetly recommend you to get a quadcore processor instead, and if possible, at the same clock speed. Then, it wouldn't be a problem. Also, it's an good idea to "reserve" around 4-500 megabytes of ram to each server process because SRCDS is a great memory leaker. :-)

[BehaartesEtwas]

the number of cores does not help you running a single 50 slot server. what you plan to run will only work on the fastest cpu currently available on the market. you have both large servers and quite a number of servers. so you need 4 real cores (not hyperthreaded), because the servers are too large to share a cpu. and you need the fastest speed per core, because each server is so large. even then you will have to do some work to get it lag free!

or maybe you should try something smaller... are you sure you will be able to fill all those slots? would be a pity if you go through all that effort go run those servers but never get them full...

[gamemann]

alright new specs but more servers + players...
Now we got:
1 l4d2 server
1 tf2 server
4 css servers
l4d2 1 server = default tickrate(22 slots)
tf2 server = default tickrate(32 slots)
css jb server = default tickrate(32 slots)
css ze server = 33 tickrate(50 slots)
css wcs surf dm = default tickrate(24 slots)
css gg server = default tickrate (32 slots)

over all slots: 192

new specs:

Code:

internet line: 100 mbps
processor: intel xeon 3.40 ghz 4 cores HT...
ram: 8 gb

Now i was told that hyperthreading means like 2 processors so its like 8 cores... IS that true?

[BehaartesEtwas]

what xeon exactly? all server cpus by intel are called xeon for many years now, and many of them have/had 3.4 GHz. we can only guess how fast that one is...

regarding hyperthreading: the OS will display it as 8 cores, if you have 4 cores with hyperthreading. but performance will be more like 6 or so. each pair of cores will influence each other, so if one core is under full load its HT partner will not be so fast anymore. for game servers that situation is less ideal, so I would recommend that only for hosting many small servers. your servers are quite big (32 slots is big, 50 slots is huge), so hyperthreading will probably be counter-productive. but you can switch it on and off (at least on linux that's possible), so in the end I would recommend trying both options.

nb: for your 50 slot ZE server you will probably need the fastest cpu available on the market. so you xeon better be a newest generation i7-based one, else you will have little chance getting that running smooth. even then it might be difficult because you have so many other servers running.

[gamemann]

(08-27-2011, 06:14 PM)BehaartesEtwas Wrote:  what xeon exactly? all server cpus by intel are called xeon for many years now, and many of them have/had 3.4 GHz. we can only guess how fast that one is...

regarding hyperthreading: the OS will display it as 8 cores, if you have 4 cores with hyperthreading. but performance will be more like 6 or so. each pair of cores will influence each other, so if one core is under full load its HT partner will not be so fast anymore. for game servers that situation is less ideal, so I would recommend that only for hosting many small servers. your servers are quite big (32 slots is big, 50 slots is huge), so hyperthreading will probably be counter-productive. but you can switch it on and off (at least on linux that's possible), so in the end I would recommend trying both options.

nb: for your 50 slot ZE server you will probably need the fastest cpu available on the market. so you xeon better be a newest generation i7-based one, else you will have little chance getting that running smooth. even then it might be difficult because you have so many other servers running.

my host said sandy bridge xeon?

EDIT:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115081
thats it

edit 2:
http://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Xeon-E3-Series-Lineup.png
Look for the model saying E3-1270 thats the processor right there also, it has a turbo boost up to 3.8 ghz

[BehaartesEtwas]

ok, in that case, if that cpu cannot hold those slots, no other can ;-)

but turbo-boost will probably not help you, on the contrary it might even disturb (switching cpu frequency during running realtime-like applications is a very bad idea).

[gamemann]

(08-28-2011, 08:08 PM)BehaartesEtwas Wrote:  ok, in that case, if that cpu cannot hold those slots, no other can ;-)

but turbo-boost will probably not help you, on the contrary it might even disturb (switching cpu frequency during running realtime-like applications is a very bad idea).

alright so i guess i can hold those slots probably

[lol554]

The only way to hold that huge server would be overclocking, i believe an overclocked 2600k processor, running 4ghz would be able to hold it.

[BehaartesEtwas]

(08-28-2011, 10:53 PM)gamemann Wrote:  i can hold those slots probably

the 50 slot server could still be a problem...

[gamemann]

(08-30-2011, 06:08 PM)BehaartesEtwas Wrote:  

(08-28-2011, 10:53 PM)gamemann Wrote:  i can hold those slots probably

the 50 slot server could still be a problem...

hmmm does it matter if its 33 tick?

[Mike]

It won't reduce the cpu usage so much, i dont know tbh.

[gamemann]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[gamemann]

Alright i changed the jailbreak server to a regular css server no mods... With only 24 slots... I am also changing l4d2 server to css server(idk what gamemode and maxplayers will be yet tho) and i may also make the ze server something else but i am not sure.... Would that help a bit?