The servers are build on Tyan Tempest i5400 motherboards, based on the Intel 5400B chipset platform, the Gbit nic's used on this board are Intel 82563EB chips.
I've never really figured the load could be related to the networking chip as our throughput tests never really show any issues when tested (with all sorts of packet sizes, tcp/udp) Saint K. ________________________________________ From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Armitage [and...@thirdlife.org] Sent: 25 July 2011 09:36 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Maybe the issue is the network hardware? HLDS is very network intensive. I believe that some cards support checksum offloading and some don't. A On 25/07/2011 07:28, Saint K. wrote: > What I am still not getting is that our Xeon E5420's are doing like > 70-80% load on a single core for 24 players, and our Xeon E5410's > 90%+, where you say your older 4600+ does 70%. > > Tried all sorts of different kernels out there. > > Is there perhaps certain BIOS settings which could benefit when > running gameservers on them? > > Ours surely should perform much better then that? > > Saint K. ________________________________________ From: > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Molina > [je...@opendreams.net] Sent: 25 July 2011 05:15 To: Half-Life > dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on > i7 920 > > I have a AMD Phenom x6 1055T doing multiple servers at the same > time. TF2 causes the active core to go to 100% for about two seconds > during map changes, but otherwise I've never seen it go that high for > extended periods of time. Average during full 24-player usage is > about 40%. > > I also have an older AMD Athlon64 x2 4600+ that runs a single > 24-player TF2 quickplay server. It averages 70% usage when full and > gameplay is great. > > Both of these are desktop class boards with DDR2 PC800M RAM. Linux > 2.6.39. > > Try watching your CPU usage at (relatively) high resolution with > something like "htop -d 1" > > No clue why you are maxing out like that. > > > > Eric Riemers wrote: >> All, >> >> I run a 32 slots server on a i7 920 @ 2.67ghz, but i can see with >> top and such that its potentially maxing out at 100% at times since >> it only uses one core. Is it really now doing so much cpu that even >> a i7 core isn't enough? Didn't have much complaints before the pew >> pew. >> >> 24 slots on the same server do around 60% when full. >> >> Eric >> >> >> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, >> edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please >> visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > -- # Jesse Molina # Mail = je...@opendreams.net # Page = > page-je...@opendreams.net # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 # Web = > http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ > > > > _______________________________________________ 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
