Careful slinging virtualization terms around. "VPS" is marketing-speak. "VPS" is just another word for a 'virtualized instance', be it Xen, OpenVZ, or VMware.
~Miz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Leighton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hlds linux" <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:43:21 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] VMware I would be more inclined to run servers in a "VPS" if you want them fully separated... It will use a lot less resources than VMWare... http://www.openvz.org Scott Pettit wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hello all, > > > > Been a while since my last posting here... > > > > Has anyone experimented with running SRCDS in a VMware guest? I'm > curious as to how you find the performance. In some brief testing this > afternoon I configured: > > > > Host Ubuntu Feisty > > Guest Ubuntu Dapper (Feisty kept hanging during the install) > > > > Guest configured with one CPU only (my intention is to run two single > CPU Guests on a dual core) and 512MB RAM assigned. VMware tools was > installed in the guest OS. > > > > Hardware: P4D 2.8, 2GB RAM > > > > After directing some gamers at it they all reported that it performed > really well, I was expecting quite a performance penalty due to > virtualisation but it appears to be minimal. > > > > That said, I couldn't get the FPS very high (stuck around 30-40), though > I'm presently recompiling the host and guest with 1000HZ kernels to see > if this rectifies it. > > > > While I haven't done anything extensive as yet, it does appear to be a > good option at first looks - so I guess the question is whether anyone > is is doing/has tried this and what were your results on what hardware? > > > > -Scott > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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
