Game Hosting Instructions

[saintjimmygd]

Hi there.Some friends of mine want to start a small Game-Hosting company.The internet speed is good,also good peering.Here are the details:

Hardware:
-2 x IntelXeon Quad Core X5550 2.66 Ghz ,8 Mb ,Socket 1366 ,Box
-HDD 3 x Fujitsu MBA3300RC 300 Gb / 15000 rpm / 16 Mb
-RAM Kingston 24 Gb (6 x 4 Gb) DDR3 1066 Mhz ECC

Software:
-CentOS
-standard CentOS kernel (250 hz)

Questions:
-how many servers can we host (hlds & srcds) ?
-how many servers/core can we manage ?
-is it indicated ,let's say, to bind a hlds and srcds server on 1 core ?
-if we compile a new RT Kernel at 1000 Hz,how will this affect our servers ? (because we want to find a way to force HLDS servers tu run at 500 fps and SRCDS servers to run at 1000 fps -on the RT 1000 Hz kernel-)
-could you recommand a good game panel (we have gcp but we are not very pleased ...)
-currently we are running 18 servers (hlds and srcds) ... is this too much ? because linux shows 0.80 CPU load on all the 8 cores ...
-any other suggestions are welcomed

Thank you.

[helio]

http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

[loopyman]

(04-14-2010, 06:27 AM)helio Wrote:  http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

Don't use this panel... The project is dead and from what I read and herd that is also exploitable.

[trewq]

I use SwiftPanel and have never had any problems with it...

[ilinx]

(04-14-2010, 08:49 AM)loopyman Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 06:27 AM)helio Wrote:  http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

Don't use this panel... The project is dead and from what I read and herd that is also exploitable.

I can confirm this, XCTR was taken down through XSS/Shelling a few months ago thanks to Swift.

[saintjimmygd]

Ok,thank you for your responses.How about my other questions,the most important ones ?

[Peter_Pan123]

Questions:
-how many servers can we host (hlds & srcds) ?
> try it out. It depends on every server and game

-how many servers/core can we manage ?
> try it out. It depends on every server and game

-is it indicated ,let's say, to bind a hlds and srcds server on 1 core ?
> for hlds it does make sense, but not for srcds. but if you dont know what you do you should use the taskset for all cpus

-if we compile a new RT Kernel at 1000 Hz,how will this affect our servers ? (because we want to find a way to force HLDS servers tu run at 500 fps and SRCDS servers to run at 1000 fps -on the RT 1000 Hz kernel-)
> With RT you need hres, with hres you will get 1000 fps at srcds ansame with hlds.

-could you recommand a good game panel (we have gcp but we are not very pleased ...)
> clan-point.de its the best (costs), if you want somethink which is good you have to pay.

-currently we are running 18 servers (hlds and srcds) ... is this too much ? because linux shows 0.80 CPU load on all the 8 cores ...
> not even the load is important, CPU, RAM also your CPU load should not go over 40-50% of each core, you will get bad results at the fps of each gs

-any other suggestions are welcomed
> every company have to find out the best way for itselfs. on your way you should build up friendlyships with other companys, which can very helpfull.

-p

[lol554]

My company are using GameCP, its great http://www.gamecp.com

[war]

(04-14-2010, 08:49 AM)loopyman Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 06:27 AM)helio Wrote:  http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

Don't use this panel... The project is dead and from what I read and herd that is also exploitable.

its not dead there working on a new project

[loopyman]

(04-25-2010, 04:22 AM)war Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 08:49 AM)loopyman Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 06:27 AM)helio Wrote:  http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

Don't use this panel... The project is dead and from what I read and herd that is also exploitable.

its not dead there working on a new project

Their website / support forums appear very dead to me...

[war]

(04-25-2010, 05:45 AM)loopyman Wrote:  

(04-25-2010, 04:22 AM)war Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 08:49 AM)loopyman Wrote:  

(04-14-2010, 06:27 AM)helio Wrote:  http://www.swiftpanel.com/ is a great panel for linux

Don't use this panel... The project is dead and from what I read and herd that is also exploitable.

its not dead there working on a new project

Their website / support forums appear very dead to me...

what panel do u use