weird but if I use top to set the -20 prio on an hlds process it only sticks for less than a min then reverts back. This is on a gentoo system.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 8:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] OS optimizations for *nix for hlds servers TCP tweaks won't help much :) This *can* help with consistency of gameplay: games:~$ cat /etc/cron.d/games-halflife2 # halflife 2 crons # game servers are all that matter */10 * * * * root ps auxwww | grep srcds_i486 | grep -v grep | awk {'print $2'} | xargs renice -20 -p > /dev/null # restart servers for update purposes at 8am 5 8 * * * halflife2 ps auxwww | grep srcds | grep -v grep | awk {'print $2'} | xargs kill -9 > /dev/null Similiar for hlds just replace srcds with hlds :) Using 2.6 kernel with a manually set lower HZ value (like 50 instead of 1000) can also give you performance gains. Tank On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Matt Heler wrote: > But the following in your sysctl.conf on Linux and then issues a sysctl > -p /etc/sysctl.cnf > > net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 0 > # change syncookies to 1 if you will use them > net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0 > net.core.rmem_max = 8388608 > net.core.rmem_default = 262143 > net.core.wmem_max = 8388608 > net.core.wmem_default = 262143 > net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 4194304 > net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 87380 4194304 > net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 16384 > net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 15 > net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1 > net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1 > net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65535 > > You can also look into using hdparm to turn on ultra dma and writeback cache > support on your ide drive , if you use an ide drive. An example is as > follows :: > > hdparm -W1 -c1 -M254 -d1 /dev/hda > > matt > > > On Monday 22 November 2004 7:17 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Anyone have any optimizations/tweaks to the os/network that they want to >> share? I thought it might be beneficial to start a thread on it so we could >> get input from everyone to see what works / doesnt work. >> >> -- >> Dedicated Servers Available >> East Coast Only - 1200gb BW >> p4 thru xeon - AIM: gotgameservers >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
