Min specs for running Source Server

[Skyflyer]

What are the minimum specs for running the server, not the game itself?

[Stu-Pidaso]

By the way most servers seem to be running, I would guess you would need quad Xeons to run one source server.

[Skyflyer]

No. I mean like the bare minimum specs... I can run a 24 person serveron a 3.4 ghz, but I wana know if I can run it on like a 700mhz or 1ghz computer.

[Skyflyer]

Sorry for double post...

For the 1ghz and 700mhz, I mean something along the lines of a 10 or 8 man server.

[Y . () . Y]

If your advice for MINIMUM specs is Xeon, then what is your advice for RECOMMENDED specs ? Itanium ?

I am running a 16 slot CS:S Server on a
Dell PowerEdge
Dual P3 800 (I doubt if SRCDS supports SMP though.)
1,5 GB Ram
Windows 2k Server running SRCDS on High priority and all other services (WWW/FTP/etc) disabled.

I don't know what the minimum specs are, just do a trial and error to find the maximum slots.

[Stu-Pidaso]

I was being a smart ûûû

[zeee]

I sure hope it supports SMP


By David Becker
URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9584_22-5473464.html

Hardware maker Unisys announced Wednesday that its ES7000 server helped set a record for the most online game players ever hosted on a single server. The feat occurred last week at DreamHack 2004, a major computer conference in Sweden.

Game enthusiasts at the conference set up a session of the popular shooting game "CounterStrike" with 1,160 simultaneous players hosted on a single Unisys server, equipped with 32 Intel Xeon 2.2GHz processors and 32GB of memory. The Guinness World of Records recognized the session as a world record earlier this week.

[Skyflyer]

I didnt know that many people could fit on a map...

Anyway, could someone from valve tell me? Or someone that knows?

[Xcobita]

i have run a CSS server with 20 people on a 1.5ghz with 1024mb of pc133 sdram just fine.

i have run a HLDM server with 14 people on the same system just fine.

in fact the FPS were high. this isnt going to give you a minimum requirment, but maybe the referance numbers will help you

[dawurz]

Originally posted by Skyflyer
What are the minimum specs for running the server, not the game itself?

6-10 ok on a P3/1000, 384 PC100, RoadRunner cable, XP pro

24.24.216.59:27015

obviously more of everything is better, though you can still host with a modest system and decent broadband.

also, see this post here:

http://www.hlfallout.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=23620&hl=lag+free

post your ip so we can pay a visit.