The standard file systems used in Linux are very slow and uses alot of CPU power. You could try a high performance file system like JFS.
Ronny > Hi, > > The server has 3 Cheetah 15k SAS drives in RAID configuration, I am quite > positive these aren't the issue, especially not because writing sprays and > logs are just a couple hundred KB's at the time. > > Cheers, > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Tony > Paloma > Sent: 12 April 2011 22:07 > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Lag issues on running updates > > The update tool causes a lot of disk activity. It's possible your servers > are attempting to access the disk and lagging on some of the synchronous > operations (flush the log file, upload/download a player spray). I've > noticed similar problems and have come to this conclusion. It hasn't > really bothered me since it has been minor and only during updates. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Saint K. > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:11 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: [hlds_linux] Lag issues on running updates > > Hi, > > As soon as we run an update on one of our game servers, the other game > servers are getting 2 short lag bursts (takes a few seconds each). This > happened on running the command "./steam -command update -game tf -dir > /bla/bla -verify_all". It's reproducible as it occurs every time you run > an update. > > The issue is not caused by not having enough resources. We can put a lot > of extra load on the machine without affecting any of the game servers. It > looks like the update process somehow causes a small machine stall twice > in its process, once during the start, and one at the end. > > Our servers run Debian Squeeze with the default supplied kernel. > > Anyone else experiencing these issues? > > Cheers, > > Saint K. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
