Creating multiple virtual game servers, good idea? - Overclock.net

bavarianblessed · 09-01-09

My clan has just leased a new box to host our game servers on.
These are the servers we will be hosting on it.
:All CSS Servers will be 100 tic:
1-CSS GunGame 24 slot server.
1-CSS GunGame Reverse 24 slot server.
1-CSS GunGame Turbo DM 24 slot server.
2-ET servers. One is 51 slot the other is 40.

Here are the quick hardware specs.

Dual Xeon E5405 Quad core CPU's.
4GB DDR2-667(will be upgraded to 8GB later)
Dual 15,000 RPM SAS drives in RAID 1

The OS installed is Windows Server 2008 x64.

My question is would we be better off using VMware to run multiple virtual machines?
I would set it up with one virtual machine per server. If I were what OS should I install on the virtual machines?

What amount of system resources should I allocate to each VM?

This type of configuration makes sense in my head. Would I be better off just running the servers off the native OS instead?

Thanks for any input you may have

ghettogeddy · 09-01-09

gg servers what your clan name

sorry i dont know much about dedicated servers i do rent a few gg servers my self

bavarianblessed · 09-01-09

Evil Smurfs.

We have the servers mentioned above as well as a standard play CSS 34 slot server.
Hopefully we will have the resources to get a L4D server or two going.

ghettogeddy · 09-01-09

ya ive been in there a couple times

tagurtoast · 09-01-09

lol overkill much for a game server

bavarianblessed · 09-01-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by tagurtoast

lol overkill much for a game server

The deal we are getting on this box is incredible. Eight IP's and a full Gbps up and down. Hard to pass up on it.

ghettogeddy · 09-01-09

whats the fps on those

bavarianblessed · 09-01-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghettogeddy

whats the fps on those

This is a entire box. The FPS per instance will be dictated by the OS and configuration after it's set up.
When you rent a game server rated at xxx amount of FPS you are renting a virtual machine on a box hosting other servers.

bavarianblessed · 09-01-09

bump..anyone?

Manyak · 09-01-09

As long as you can run the CSS servers all on the same OS then it would be a lot better. VMs actually add quite a bit of overhead, and you should avoid them if possible for applications where processing and I/O speed are important - such as game servers. With just 5 game servers on that kind of hardware it should be fine either way, but it's still better not to.

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