Would a program such as imagecfg not get around the affinity issue? I've used I for quite some time to get my other Valve servers (HL1/2) onto other cores/processors when they wanted to all stick to the first they found.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Hartland Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:00 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: [hlds] TF2 server Affinity issue, Memory leak & Performance stats This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- Affinity Issue First off so people are aware the current server will only work on the first core of any multi core machines. I'm assuming this is due to the server threads having affinity set on them but this obviously causes major issues on multi CPU / Core machines. I've dropped Valve a mail about this, so I hope they can make a fix available quickly. In the mean time those who are running servers on SMP machines should significantly reduce the number of servers on their machines to ensure that the first core is not overloaded and hence seriously impacting gameplay. Memory leak Seems the current server has a bit of a memory leak which can be seen below. Team Fortress 2 - Performance @ 2.66Ghz Core2 As you can see memory ( the orange line ) is constantly rising as play continues. This is not the same on a server which doesn't have players so its either a play based leak or a player join / leave based leak. CPU Usage With respect to performance TF2's current CPU usage is on the high side with a 24 player TF2 using about the same as a 32 player ET:QW server so it would be nice to see if some optimisation can be done to bring this down an so keep the cost down. Network performance Network performance is good as usual with 105 player slots peaking @ 5Mbps so each client using ~ 47Kbps. Team Fortress 2 - Bandwidth peak = 105 Player slots Regards Steve ================================================ This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [ server_12606_day.png of type image/png deleted ] -- [ tf2_network.png of type image/png deleted ] -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
