How many slots/server can I host of this machine?

[Blade]

Intel P4, 3.2GHz, HT, 800MHz Bus, 1MB Cache
160GB RAID rated Server-Class Hard Drive
1,024MB Dual-Channel DDR400 SDRAM
3,000GB Monthly Transfer
100MB Non-Capped Network Connection
5 IP Addresses

How many slots can I host on this server without lagging?

Thank you for your replies, Blade
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[cryotek]

Hmm, not sure on windows how many slots on, you have to compensate for the GUI thats using up your resources. On linux with console only, you could probably run couple hundred, i have aout 600 running on a non-physical dual Intel P4 Xeon(single proc using HT) 3.0GHz running AMD64 Gentoo and its holding fine at about 500+ slots.

[uS.Rooster]

I have the same specs but with 512MB Ram and I'm running 2x16 Slot Pubs, an 11 Slot Private, Apache, PHP, MySQL and ActivePerl. I would say you'd prolly be able to run 100 or so with 1024MB of RAM - To run more you'll need to upgrade that to at least 2GB.

[stevey]

Check this post out

sv_maxrate
sv_minrate
sv_maxupdaterate

You will find these in your server.cfg file. If they aren't there, you will want to add them.

Generally the most bandwidth you will ever need to allow your clients to use is 6144. Anything above this is gravy. It is also entirely possible to run a server with a maxrate of 3072.

sv_maxrate 6144

bandwidth in Kbps / 48 = recommended number of slots

sv_maxrate 3072

bandwidth in Kbps / 24 = recommended number of slots

Running backwards you can calculate your sv_maxrate this way.

sv_maxrate = bandwidth X 128 / server size

So if you want to run a 24 person server, and you have 1400 Kbps in bandwidth available, 1400 X 128 / 24 gives you an sv_maxrate of 7466.

sv_minrate should always be set at 0. This will allow your dial up clients to set their rate as low as they need to so that they can play with as little lag as possible.

The last thing to calculate is sv_maxupdaterate. This is, perhaps, the single most important server side setting in running a lag free server. And this setting should be much lower than you might imagine, if you want to run a lag free, smoothly operating server.

The calculation that I recommend for sv_maxupdaterate is as follows:

sv_maxupdaterate = sv_maxrate / 512

So for the above sv_maxrate of 7466 you would divide that by 512 to get an sv_maxupdaterate of 14. This may seem extremely low, but I guarantee you it will give you a low ping, smooth running, lag free server.

[cryotek]

i remember that from steampowered, but wasn't there an argument if it was the right formula or not.