Looking for slots per core

[Eclyps19]

Here's the rig

4 x Dual Core Opteron 875s (8 total cores @ 2.2)
8GB DDR2
2x 32GB SCSI drives

I won't be able to test in practice until the end of april, but what would be a rough estimate of how many slots I could get in a 100 tick CSS server without a severe drop in tick?

[Spartanfrog]

180ish at 100% cpu so really more like 144

[Eclyps19]

well, that may be if srcds used multiple cores, but on a single CSS server, thus single core, what would your guess be?

[Drocona]

Well if you know what you are doing and depending on how the OS is configured you can get maybe 26 slots @ 100 tickrate. I wouldn't count on it, 18 is what we generally see as the maximum amount of slots for a 100 tickrate server

[Eclyps19]

Well I've been running dedicated servers for a couple years, but it's always been on windows. We're probably going to be running this box on SUSE or Debian. Any tips? I've never configured a linux server, so I'm not sure what is different.

[Drocona]

I never did either, since I know windows I see no use even trying to run Linux really. Except of course when it's in a business environment, windows server licenses are pretty expensive.