Here is the problem as I see it. The US CDN servers can't handle the
traffic for clients alone, let alone all the servers. Now, I can switch
my Steam client to just about any EU server and grab the update on the
client side in about 5 minutes. However, I can't switch my download
region on the srcds server to accommodate for the US CDN Steam network
being swamped.
The server still took over an hour to update, and there isn't anything I
could really do about that. Is there anyway srcds could be modified to
let us select a download region manually? Can the Steam CDN be more
finely tuned to offload saturated content server traffic onto lower
utilization servers, like those in Europe? If the latter, that would
solve a problem for both client and server, during larger updates like
MtP/MvM. If the former, that would let server administrators find a
workaround for themselves.
--
Eric G. Wolfe
On 08/16/2012 10:41 AM, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk wrote:
I would not agree on that separation in time for 1 hour or w/e to update
servers, what you get then is:
- update hits for servers, and server goes restart/update
- Clients still have old version, and can't play for 55 minutes. = exit players.
- Clients get the update an hour after, but by that time they are doing
something else.
The separate content server for Dedicated Servers would maybe help server
owners, but with http download, and version check one can automate to update as
soon as the update is there, or even better:
- Note there is a new version.
- Check current players on the server, if on less then 50% full, update, if
full, wait till it goes down to below 50% due outdated, and then update.
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From: Danh Pham <danhpham...@gmail.com>
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
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Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2012, 4:21
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] hlds_linux Digest, Vol 54, Issue 62
Perhaps we could have a dedicated content server?
I would believe that it would be beneficial to all three parties.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Steven Polley <zellers.shi...@gmail.com>wrote:
I'm excited for the day that VALVe allows us to update our servers before
the client update gets rolled out. Even if we had an hour, it would make
a huge difference. It's detrimental to us server admins, as well as the
player experience (having to wait in large queues).
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:40 PM,
<hlds_linux-requ...@list.valvesoftware.com>wrote:
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Cc:
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:39:02 +0100
Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [hlds] Mann Co Servers?
Is the number reported by matchmaking remotely accurate? 3000 people in
queues for 47 full servers?
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