-- I am sorry about the screwed up subject line in my last post, hope changing it now does not really muddle it up.
We just don't see bandwidth to be an issue with BF at all, where are you getting your information from? I am not saying your wrong because I honestly don't know how your calculating it or comparing the two. All I know for sure is that we monitor bandwidth almost casually because neither HL or BF has ever made a significant impact on our servers allotments. I have said before that we just do gameservers as a sideline because we happen to have the available space, hardware and bandwidth. Our business is commercial websites and our high traffic sites use 10 times the bandwidth of all our gameservers put together. Even at that, we don't come close to our cap, usually finishing up the month with about 20-25% of our 1200 GB used. That has not changed one bit in the last couple of months as we dumped 12 HL servers and added the BF. On a server with 4 BF servers (104 slots) were looking like this so far this month... Total Out (Up to Server) 106.12 Gb Total In (Down from Server) 46.05 Gb Total (In + Out) Bandwidth: 152.16 Gb Todays Usage 8,333.28 Mb Approximated Daily Average for Current Month 11,131.07 Mb Your Monthly Bandwidth Quota is: 1200 Gb You have used 12.68% of your allowed Bandwidth Last Updated: 11/14/03 10:38:20 PM On a sever with 2 BF servers (48 slots) and 2 HL servers (36 slots) it looks like this... Total Out (Up to Server) 100.74 Gb Total In (Down from Server) 41.47 Gb Total (In + Out) Bandwidth: 142.21 Gb Todays Usage 10,294.72 Mb Approximated Daily Average for Current Month 10,402.99 Mb Your Monthly Bandwidth Quota is: 1200 Gb You have used 11.85% of your allowed Bandwidth Last Updated: 11/14/03 10:41:24 PM Those are both dual xeon machines and the only significant difference between the two in stats is that the one with 2 HL servers is at it's limit CPU wise and the one running only BF could handle at least one more 16 slot or possibly a 24 before it would be loaded up. Rick At 04:58 PM 11/14/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Message: 8 >Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:41:45 -0800 >From: m0gely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Re: hlds_linux digest, Vol 1 #3013 - 10 msgs >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Rick Thompson wrote: > > something to smile about but when a packed 32 slot BF starts humming > > alongside or slightly below a full 16 slot CS server in top, all I can > > think about is how fast we can dump these last couple HL pigs. > >I don't dissagree with you necessarily, but isn't having 6Mb worth of pipe to >dedicate to a single 32 player BF server more costly pretty quick than just >having a couple more servers on hand to do CS? > >-- >- m0gely -- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003 -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
