I wouldn't call it anecdotal, as this subject has been rehashed adnauseum for years now. Its just a fact, that a couple years ago and beyond, the linux hlds server outperformed the windows one hands down all day long. then in the last year or two, linux performance has slowly but surely taken a nose dive. yes, windows has as well, but linux has at a much higher right, so that if you have the resources and admin capability, that windows *right now* is a better choice for a hl server. that, as we will all tell you, is quite a shame.
kev
Mike Donahue wrote:
I'm very much surprised (maybe I shouldn't be) at the ratio of analytical to anecdotal evidence in this thread. I know that a lot of you make money by hosting game servers, and usually when money is on the line, people get a lot more serious about value for the money.
Based on the comments thus far, it seems it's *impossible* that win2k3 could outperfom *nix, and if it does for HLDS, it's only because of poorly coded binaries.
Again, some sort of validation behind that would be interesting to know.
Anyway, like I promised, I'll post spec/benchmark comparisons when the migration is finished.
Mike
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