Perfect Linux CS:S server Requirements?

[cosmos]

Hi, guys. I am very interested in running a CS:S server on linux box, but I am new to linux so I came to ask advice from you Linux gurus here. Here is my questions:
1. What is the best Linux OS to run the CS:S server? What does it mean, "distro?"
2. What is the perfect settings for running a couple of match server and a public server or public servers and a match servers? As far as hardwares of the servers are concerned? My plan is to run a 1000 FPS 100 tick 12 Man match server and 20 man dm 100 tick 500 fps public server as an example.
3. How do I run a 1000 fps server?
4. How do I control the dedicated box remotely? Obviously, I would need a special programs for it, but what is the best one? Plesk?

Thanks in advance and I look forward hearing from you Linux masters. ^^

[fqdn]

cosmos Wrote:Hi, guys. I am very interested in running a CS:S server on linux box, but I am new to linux so I came to ask advice from you Linux gurus here. Here is my questions:
1. What is the best Linux OS to run the CS:S server? What does it mean, "distro?"
2. What is the perfect settings for running a couple of match server and a public server or public servers and a match servers? My plan is to run a 1000 FPS 100 tick 12 Man match server and 20 man dm 100 tick 500 fps public server as an example.
3. How do I run a 1000 fps server?
4. How do I control the dedicated box remotely? Obviously, I would need a special programs for it, but what is the best one? Plesk?

Thanks in advance and I look forward hearing from you Linux masters. ^^

1) you'll probably get 10 different answers from 10 different people, i use centos which is based on red hat enterprise. it works for me just like other "distros" work for others. each distro is a distribution that is customized by a certain "group" or company, centos, debian, ubuntu, fedora etc are all distros.
2) each server is different so there is no one generic config, with all distros you should recompile your kernel timer to 1000hz. server side fps is set with the max_fps line in the startup.
3) refer to #2 + where is your server located? at your home or a real datacenter?
4) you need some type of ssh program (ie putty)to get to your server, plesk is a control panel for webhosts not for gameservers, you may want to invest in tcadmin, gamecp etc which are game control panels there are plenty to choose from. if it's just 2 servers you can just use your ssh client to control and make changes it's not that hard to learn, you'll need to learn to set up your server anyway.

[cosmos]

fqdn Wrote:

cosmos Wrote:Hi, guys. I am very interested in running a CS:S server on linux box, but I am new to linux so I came to ask advice from you Linux gurus here. Here is my questions:
1. What is the best Linux OS to run the CS:S server? What does it mean, "distro?"
2. What is the perfect settings for running a couple of match server and a public server or public servers and a match servers? My plan is to run a 1000 FPS 100 tick 12 Man match server and 20 man dm 100 tick 500 fps public server as an example.
3. How do I run a 1000 fps server?
4. How do I control the dedicated box remotely? Obviously, I would need a special programs for it, but what is the best one? Plesk?

Thanks in advance and I look forward hearing from you Linux masters. ^^

1)  you'll probably get 10 different answers from 10 different people, i use centos which is based on red hat enterprise.  it works for me just like other "distros" work for others.  each distro is a distribution that is customized by a certain "group" or company, centos, debian, ubuntu, fedora etc are all distros.
2)  each server is different so there is no one generic config, with all distros you should recompile your kernel timer to 1000hz.  server side fps is set with the max_fps line in the startup.
3) refer to #2 + where is your server located? at your home or a real datacenter?
4) you need some type of ssh program (ie putty)to get to your server, plesk is a control panel for webhosts not for gameservers, you may want to invest in tcadmin, gamecp etc which are game control panels there are plenty to choose from.  if it's just 2 servers you can just use your ssh client to control and make changes it's not that hard to learn, you'll need to learn to set up your server anyway.

Hi, thanks for the reply. Well, my plan is to host on a datacenter since home connections are insufficient to handle all traffics. By the way, where can i obtain copies of distros?

[cryotek]

If you don't know where to get each distro, then chances are you know very little about linux. if you don't know linux, how it runs and what not, i suggest you play with linux on a home computer first until you get the hang of it.

[zabador]

all the distro's im aware of are free from their independent web sites, and i agree with cryoteck, if u dont know where to get them, you probibly know very little about how to run them. if you dont have a spare comp lying around i would sugest setting up vmware on your home computer and install some flavor of linux onto a virtual machine. that way you can do what ever u want with it and if it dies, no problem just make a new one and its completely free of messing up your actual system. a good try out system would be to use a Ubuntu desktop install. it has a GUI which is nice for beginers and its got a fairly simply command line system. if you want to dive in head first go with Gentoo, its a beast of a distro, uber efficent, but a bit difficult to use. it too has a GUI component but if ur diving in go with the full command line install. hope this helps u out.

[puppeteer]

http://distrowatch.com

That is a good place to find the location of the Linux that you are looking for.

[carpenike]

Once you're comfortable with Ubuntu jump into something like Gentoo which will force you to learn command line and configuration options. Gentoo also has an amazing support community and documentation.

http://www.gentoo.org