Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-26 Thread Saint K .
From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of gamead...@127001.org [gamead...@127001.org] Sent: 27 July 2011 01:48 To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Wow! Did you change any se

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-26 Thread gameadmin
; To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > We ran around 90-100% per core with 40-ish FPS. > > Players found that reasonably acceptable, so I'm guessing no one is > going to complain now. > > Saint K. >

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-26 Thread Saint K .
lf Of Andres Pozos [javato...@yahoo.es] Sent: 26 July 2011 13:59 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 More than 80% cpu usage = lag spikes > Everyone thanks a lot for your feedback regarding this issue. > > I went into the datacenter

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-26 Thread Andres Pozos
0 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 To get a true picture on the cpu load you have to monitor both the machines cpu-usage by core, and the srcds instances usage of cpu. This can be monitored by munin. Offcource it can also monitor fps, no.off players, up

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-26 Thread Saint K .
.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 To get a true picture on the cpu load you have to monitor both the machines cpu-usage by core, and the srcds instances usage of cpu. This can be monitored by munin. Offcource it can also monitor fps, no.off players, uptime and the network traffic on the ni

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Jesse Molina
I thought maybe I misunderstood or you mis-typed previously. You are saying that your server-side FPS is very unstable, below 100? I thought maybe you meant 66 packets-per-second/ticks/cmdrate/updaterate. FYI, I believe that the standard fps_max for tf2 is 300. My cruddy old AMD x2 4600+

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Svensk Ljud & Ljus Produktion
y 2011 13:56 To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Regardless of CPU usage you're going to struggle running more servers than that. The thing is, it's not that the servers use a lot of CPU*, it's just that when they n

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Svensk Ljud & Ljus Produktion
hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of James Botting [bottswan...@googlemail.com] Sent: 25 July 2011 13:18 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Everytime a new weapon goes 'pew pew&#

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Eric Riemers
;ve had little issue leaving them to > roam free. > >> -Original Message- >> From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- >> boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Saint K. >> Sent: 25 July 2011 12:22 >> T

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Andres Pozos
ware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Saint K. Sent: 25 July 2011 12:22 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I could live with that, at least knowing a reason why my 3000

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
ftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of gamead...@127001.org [gamead...@127001.org] Sent: 25 July 2011 13:56 To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Regardless of CPU usage you're going to struggle running mor

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread ics
ot tested again since, but we've had little issue leaving them to roam free. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Saint K. Sent: 25 July 2011 12:22 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailin

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread gameadmin
Behalf Of Saint K. > Sent: 25 July 2011 12:22 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > I could live with that, at least knowing a reason why my 3000,- euro > hardware can only sustain 7-ish 24 slots TF2 servers.

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of ics [i...@ics-base.net] Sent: 25 July 2011 13:42 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 How load averages and cpu usage depends a lot from the kernel. I bel

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Marco Padovan
gt; Saint K. > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marco Padovan > [e...@evcz.tk] > Sent: 25 July 2011 12:12 > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlds_lin

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread ics
dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Everytime a new weapon goes 'pew pew' the laser destroys a section of your CPU. It's a new feature. On 25/07/2011 12:14, "Andres Pozos" wrote: Its not a bug its a "feature", jk. Ora

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
[bottswan...@googlemail.com] Sent: 25 July 2011 13:18 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Everytime a new weapon goes 'pew pew' the laser destroys a section of your CPU. It's a new feature. On 25/07/2011 12:14, "Andres Pozos&

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Johansen
k at. > > > > Any more tips are welcome! > > > > Saint K. > > ____ > > From: Jesse Molina [je...@opendreams.net] > > Sent: 25 July 2011 12:36 > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > Cc: Saint

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread James Botting
ware either, however, seeing I >>can't find anything software wise, it's the logical next thing to look >>at. >> >> Any more tips are welcome! >> >> Saint K. >> ____________________ >> From: Jesse Molina [je...@opendreams.net]

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Andres Pozos
dicated Linux server mailing list Cc: Saint K. Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Looks fine, don't mess with it. generic-receive-offload would be good if you were doing 10G networking, but otherwise forget about it. Make sure that your RAM is in the right slots as recommended by Tyan. T

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
Jesse Molina [je...@opendreams.net] Sent: 25 July 2011 12:36 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Cc: Saint K. Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Looks fine, don't mess with it. generic-receive-offload would be good if you were doing 10G networking, but otherwise forget abou

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
lf Of Michael Johansen [michs...@live.no] Sent: 25 July 2011 12:44 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I've got a question about your kernel, is it patched with the RT-patch? I know that RT causes more stable fps but a lot higher cpu load. > Date: Mon,

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Michael Johansen
net > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > > Looks fine, don't mess with it. > > generic-receive-offload would be good if you were doing 10G networking, > but otherwise forget about it. > > Make sure that your RAM is in the right slots as recommended by Tyan.

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Jesse Molina
___ 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 10:36 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I wouldn't expect prob

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
software.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Marco Padovan [e...@evcz.tk] Sent: 25 July 2011 12:12 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 map used? is the problem happening on stock maps with no mods too? on a 100% stock 32slot server r

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Marco Padovan
ftware.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Molina > [je...@opendreams.net] > Sent: 25 July 2011 11:42 > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > The network traffic that srcds uses is mostly udp, not tcp, so all the > tcp driver offlo

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Molina [je...@opendreams.net] Sent: 25 July 2011 11:42 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 The network traffic that srcds uses is mostly udp, not tcp, so all the tcp driver offloading stuff is

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Jesse Molina
The network traffic that srcds uses is mostly udp, not tcp, so all the tcp driver offloading stuff is not involved here, for the most part. Any old network card should do. Not that the quality of the driver doesn't affect udp traffic. Some drivers can have trouble with large amounts of smal

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
e.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Armitage [and...@thirdlife.org] Sent: 25 July 2011 10:36 To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I wouldn't expect problems with. But I happily admit to being no expert. Try ethtool -k and

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Andrew Armitage
st.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 bel

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Saint K .
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

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-25 Thread Andrew Armitage
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

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Saint K .
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 g

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Jesse Molina
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

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Riemers
lvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of ics Sent: zondag 24 juli 2011 19:37 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Uptime? You mean the same load averages as top shows? -ics 24.7.2011 20:27, gamead...@127001.org kirj

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread ics
Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux- boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Eric Riemers Sent: 24 July 2011 12:00 To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' Subject: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 All, I run a 32 slots server on a i7 920

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread gameadmin
tware.com] On Behalf Of Eric Riemers > Sent: 24 July 2011 12:00 > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' > Subject: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > All, > > I run a 32 slots server on a i7 920 @ 2.67ghz, but i can see with top > and > such that its po

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Claudio Beretta
I can confirm that a 32 slots TF2 server maxes out a core of a i7 920 or a xeon w3520 on linux On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM, 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

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Saint K .
noone notices :) From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Evaldas [hlds_li...@evagames.eu] Sent: 24 July 2011 14:19 To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 I

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Michael Johansen
I don't know tbh. I do know that there is a difference between all those values. > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +0300 > From: hlds_li...@evagames.eu > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > I have a question about that. D

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Evaldas
vesoftware.com Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:20:02 +0200 Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 Ok, from console then I ran a few "stats" after each other. CPU InOut Uptime Users FPSPlayers 99.03 117488.39 310790.97 491 0 95.55 31 So I see a 99% cpu in this o

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Michael Johansen
n, 24 Jul 2011 13:20:02 +0200 > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 > > Ok, from console then I ran a few "stats" after each other. > > CPU InOut Uptime Users FPSPlayers > 99.03 117488.39 310790.97 491 0 95.55 31 > > So I see a 9

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Riemers
To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920 The cpu usage in Linux is not correct. Do "uptime" and see what terminal value or something like that you get after you've ran it a few times. > From: riem...@binkey.nl > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com >

Re: [hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Michael Johansen
The cpu usage in Linux is not correct. Do "uptime" and see what terminal value or something like that you get after you've ran it a few times. > From: riem...@binkey.nl > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:00:11 +0200 > Subject:

[hlds_linux] cpu on i7 920

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Riemers
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 s