I used VMware ESXi for hosting SCRDS, but I got lots of lag and had to stop.
If you find a way to virtualize and have no lag, please let me know. On 2/22/2010 3:07 AM, Christoffer Pedersen wrote: > Hi. > > Thanks for the reply, i could really use that. I will do some more research > for this, and if its affordable, ill go for it. If not, i will keep with my > 1U/2U rackservers. At my primary work, we do have a big IBM bladecenter, i > may ask my boss about the power consumption > > Thanks again. > > - Christoffer > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Matt Stanton wrote: > > >> Obviously, virtualization does cause you to lose a small amount of >> hardware power to the extra operating system overhead of vistualizing >> many machines on one physical server. What you can gain in reliability >> may make it worth it, though. >> >> Basically, you could guarantee that any 'dedicated server' is available >> much more reliably. If you connect your bladecenter to a SAN of some >> sort, and are able to intelligently distribute VMs over the blades, then >> if a piece of physical hardware goes down, the VM can be automatically >> booted on hardware that is running properly, with very little data loss >> because of I/O that was interrupted by the hardware issue. Since all >> the data from all the servers is stored on the SAN, the data is somewhat >> shielded from hardware failure. >> >> There are a few virtual machine platforms that will allow you to >> accomplish this, including, I believe, VMWare ESXi (I think they changed >> the name of this recently) or Xen... You'll have to do your own >> research into these if no one else replies, since I have absolutely no >> experience with virtualization. You will also probably have to expect >> that you will be spending a huge amount of money building a SAN that is >> both fast and reliable. If you run the datacenter that the servers are >> hosted from, then you could also expect better cooling and power usage >> efficiency by going this direction, and if not, you will at least be >> using less rack space. A bladecenter will require a lot more power per >> rack than a rack full of 1U/2U servers, so you may have to pay extra per >> rack for the extra amperage you'll need. >> >> On 2/22/2010 1:29 AM, Christoffer Pedersen wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone. >>> >>> Im looking to build up a new farm of servers for my company. We are >>> currently using 1U and 2U servers for our hosting, but i have been >>> thinking of, if it was better to build the whole stuff in >>> bladecenters, and virtualize. I just want to know if this is any good? >>> I have never tried to host srcds on virtual machines, so i would be >>> happy if you could help me here :) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
