Posts: 14
Threads: 4
Joined: Dec 2008
Reputation:
0
03-27-2009, 03:09 PM
Hello I am very new to linux and was wondering if it would lower my server's ping more then windows. i was running my first server on windows xp and my friends ping was about 120 (he got bad net) but now on windows server 2003 his ping is 80 I know windows server 2003 is Direct bandwith to programs. but i was wondering would linux be better?
This is my server specs
Quad core 3.4ghz 4g ram 250g hard drive and a 9600gt
My net speed is 1.6mb upload. But this is not about my net speed or PC its about the operation System Is Linux better for Direct?
Posts: 2,031
Threads: 27
Joined: Nov 2008
Reputation:
17
linux gives you round trip times while windows gives only the single trip times. this makes a difference of approximately a factor of 2.
what do you mean by "direct" in this context?
Posts: 14
Threads: 4
Joined: Dec 2008
Reputation:
0
well as in nothing on the system throwing the bandwith around i want it set just for the one program and nothing stopping it from giving full access to my server.
Posts: 2,031
Threads: 27
Joined: Nov 2008
Reputation:
17
that would require QoS. unless you really have other services that use significant bandwidth (so your game servers would suffer), I would not recommend using QoS because it adds additional latency. this is not a limitation of linux or windows. to control the bandwidth the system need to buffer some data and rearrange the order of the packets. this automatically adds latency. it's not much, but if you don't need it you can spare it...
