imported_whatever
11-25-2003, 03:09 PM
I thought I might inquire about just how bad a machine are people willing to setup a Linux CoD server on. So what's your story? Mine follows.
Not all my clanmates have been able to get CoD yet, so we haven't switched our MOHAA server over yet. So I wanted to get a server up and running for those of us who want to learn the maps, basic admin, etc. Plus, I love the challenge of seeing just how far I can push a piece of hardware. This is what I'm running at home:
Computer: PII 200MHz Dual Processor, 128MB RAM, 2.1 GB HD - I got this system for $60 US at the Los Angeles Computer Show at the LA County Fairgrounds. I added a spare 18GB HD that I had laying around.
RedHat 7.1 - I chose this distro because I had it burned to CD already. No other reason.
1500/768 DSL connection - My IP is static, and my speed tests on my connection run 1300/620. So I'm getting just about the max I can out of my connection (minus overhead of course).
Cisco 678 DSL Modem connected to Linksys BEFSR81 router - After setting things up properly, I seem to be getting a decent connection.
Now, my CoD setup is at a maxrate of 8000, and 8 players. This gives me just enough upload speed left to not swamp my connection. When I'm on the CoD server alone, my ping bounces between 3-10ms. Last night, some of my clanmates and I played around. There were 6 total users. Nobody pinged higher than 60. My ping jumped up, and I think it was a combination of connection and CPU. Mind you, a quick check of top on the Linux box revealed that the CPU's were getting HAMMERED, as well as CoD using 108MB of memory. Also, in between rounds, there is always a 1-2 second "Connection Interupted" message. On top of that, the server loads the maps quite slow. The thing is, I'm running this on such a slow machine, I expected to have these sorts of problems. The guys in my clan are happy that we can play around with the server, and learn the maps. Do I have the same problems when I run a Windowz server on my P4, 2.8GHz Hyperthreading, 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel RAM, 120GB SATA HD machine? Nope. But I don't expect to have the same problems. If I had an extra disk for the P4, I'd try it out. I'd suspect I would not have any problems.
I'm sure somebody else has an even slower machine they are running it on. What would it be?
-Jim(whatever)
Not all my clanmates have been able to get CoD yet, so we haven't switched our MOHAA server over yet. So I wanted to get a server up and running for those of us who want to learn the maps, basic admin, etc. Plus, I love the challenge of seeing just how far I can push a piece of hardware. This is what I'm running at home:
Computer: PII 200MHz Dual Processor, 128MB RAM, 2.1 GB HD - I got this system for $60 US at the Los Angeles Computer Show at the LA County Fairgrounds. I added a spare 18GB HD that I had laying around.
RedHat 7.1 - I chose this distro because I had it burned to CD already. No other reason.
1500/768 DSL connection - My IP is static, and my speed tests on my connection run 1300/620. So I'm getting just about the max I can out of my connection (minus overhead of course).
Cisco 678 DSL Modem connected to Linksys BEFSR81 router - After setting things up properly, I seem to be getting a decent connection.
Now, my CoD setup is at a maxrate of 8000, and 8 players. This gives me just enough upload speed left to not swamp my connection. When I'm on the CoD server alone, my ping bounces between 3-10ms. Last night, some of my clanmates and I played around. There were 6 total users. Nobody pinged higher than 60. My ping jumped up, and I think it was a combination of connection and CPU. Mind you, a quick check of top on the Linux box revealed that the CPU's were getting HAMMERED, as well as CoD using 108MB of memory. Also, in between rounds, there is always a 1-2 second "Connection Interupted" message. On top of that, the server loads the maps quite slow. The thing is, I'm running this on such a slow machine, I expected to have these sorts of problems. The guys in my clan are happy that we can play around with the server, and learn the maps. Do I have the same problems when I run a Windowz server on my P4, 2.8GHz Hyperthreading, 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel RAM, 120GB SATA HD machine? Nope. But I don't expect to have the same problems. If I had an extra disk for the P4, I'd try it out. I'd suspect I would not have any problems.
I'm sure somebody else has an even slower machine they are running it on. What would it be?
-Jim(whatever)