Date: 26 Nov 2001 17:52:06 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com, "Dave VanAuken" <dave@hawk-systems.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD game server? namely counterstrike Message-ID: <200111262252.fAQMq8o00590@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <OF9FC783D0.C6EC6DFC-ON86256B10.00649F9C@kka.com> References: <OF9FC783D0.C6EC6DFC-ON86256B10.00649F9C@kka.com>
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I agree with this entire post but need to add one thing if you are doing other things than running CS ensure that you have at least a 600mhz machine and @ least 512MB ram. My cs server runs on the same machine as I do web hosting. The machine is now a 1GHZ duron with 1.5GB of RAM and it does not break a sweat with serving 100k web impressions a day and running a 14 person web server, it also runs admin mod etc as well. To install the basics for a server go into /usr/ports/games/hlserver-cs/ which will install HL1108 and CS1.3 . Cheers, Mark On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:29:53 -0600, Eric_Stanfield@kenokozie.com said: > > Been running one on freebsd for quite some time. > > 1 - Cpu usage varies per map so it's hard to give a per player answer. A > p2-400 with 512M of ram will run 16 players on every map out there without > exceeding 60% utilization. Anything p3-500 plus is plenty of machine. > Feed it as much ram as possible. If you're going to run multiple c-s games > on one physical machine, allocate at least 128M of ram per game. > > 2 - Bandwidth per player (thanks MRTG) is a hair less than 3kb/s. A 16 > player server consumes a little less than 1/3 a T1 (up and down). > > * All the info you need for questions 1 and 2 can be found in the server op > forums at www.counter-strike.net > > 3 - I've had no problems running it on FreeBSD. I've also had no trouble > running a lot of the extra bells and whistles people inevitably want to > see. AdminMod, Psychostats, etc. So far every c-s item that's been > released for linux will run on FreeBSD under linux emulation. The BIG > advantage here is that the server isn't as likely to get hacked by players > who get banned for whatever reason. FreeBSD doesn't draw quite as many > script kids as linux. > > 4 - I have friends who run game hosting companies and they make a few bucks > off it. The only warning I could offer is pay attention to your log files. > You are attracting the attention of a lot of 15-20 year old kids who think > that being on the internet means they can act however they please and when > they do something that gets them banned (like logging in and shouting out > racist slurs for fun) they will come back for revenge. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Eric Stanfield, K2Access > Keno Kozie Associates > 222 N LaSalle #1500 > Chicago, IL 60606 > (312) 332-3000 > > > > > > "Dave VanAuken" > <dave@hawk-systems. To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: FreeBSD game server? namely counterstrike > owner-freebsd-isp@F > reeBSD.ORG > > > 11/26/2001 12:19 PM > > > > > > Have received a few requests now from dialup and DSL users regarding > running a > game server (counterstrike mainly, but others as well). > > Am looking for the following from this list; > > 1) load both in CPU and bandwidth per user averages? > 2) doable on FreeBSD (prefer not to run other OS just to facilitate this > request)? > 3) pitfalls, warnings, experiences, and so forth. > > This is not a high priority for the support team, but sales and marketing > is > looking at monthly revenue for this service going elsewhere and wondering > the > cost to provide similar services internally. > > Appreciate and constructive responses. > > Dave > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > -- Mark Sergeant | url: http://www.snsonline.net/ Unix Systems Administrator | email: msergeant@snsonline.net disclaimer: http://www.snsonline.net/disclaimer/ | mobile: +61 4 1271 42631 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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