fontaine 1744 Posted February 14, 2013 Over the past few days, Jason, I, and some other staff members have decided it's time to upgrade our current hardware. We have picked out 2 new dedicated servers to replace our current box. Now here's some details:TECHNICAL: Our current box is a Dual Intel Xeon 5540 (2.53 GHz), 24 GB DDR3 RAM. This has 16 threads (cores) that we usually run a game server on each. Because of the way most srcds games are, we can only run them on 1 thread, so we are stuck to a maximum of 2.53 GHz/thread. Our new box that we will run most game servers on has an Intel Xeon E3-1270v2 (3.5GHz/core), 16GB DDR3 RAM, and a 128GB SSD for game server files. On this we have only 8 cores, but we really don't need any more than that. But look at the clock speed increase. From 2.53 GHz to 3.5GHz a core. That, along with a SSD, will greatly increase server performance. You should notice a TON less lag on our popular servers (TTT, ZE, JB, etc.). This will allow us to expand into more servers easier, as well as increase player caps on our current servers if we so choose. NON-TECHNICAL: LOL BOX GO REEL FAST NOW. We are currently in the processing of preparing our new servers, as well as moving over game server files and setting up services. Hopefully within the next few days we will be able to move our current IP block over to the new server and thus completing the move and bringing faster game servers to you guys .Just be patient with us when we start transferring, as there may be some hiccups! Thanks Jason for putting together the server build and dealing with our host to get it all set up. GET READY BOYS. 32 4 Shadow, water.exe, Tristan. and 33 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryziou 538 Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Awesome... maybe now I won't lag as the round starts on WCS >.< but that's just me that lags :/NON-TECHNICAL: LOL BOX GO REEL FAST NOW.Lol Edited February 14, 2013 by Ryziou 2 porknchili and Bryan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Xlite 270 Posted February 14, 2013 Can't wait! So glad that you guys are willing to invest your time just to make us happy, Thanks a lot guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Groov 568 Posted February 14, 2013 Yeah Staff! Thanks for being awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOPEZ 1750 Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks staff. P.S - Major thanks to Klark for adding the non-technical version of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 786 Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks staff.P.S - Major thanks to Klark for adding the non-technical version of this.I'm not even staff now. D: Klark is just a rep whore and wanted to post this first....Keep in mind guys, there will be a period of downtime at some point in the next week. This downtime will last 3-4 hours, and will likely be on Wednesday morning. Alternatively, I may split the downtime and have web services transferred first on the weekend. 7 ctark, Amp, Ryziou and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LOPEZ 1750 Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks staff.AND JASON 4 Wintergreen, Jason, Ryziou and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kit Cat 34 Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks staff.AND JASON true story +1 1 LOPEZ reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cookie eater 965 Posted February 15, 2013 Lol awesome,Thanks engineers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dojima 7619 Posted February 15, 2013 NON-TECHNICAL: LOL BOX GO REEL FAST NOW.rofl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avery 794 Posted February 15, 2013 Thanks to all staph Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B-cock #1 641 Posted February 16, 2013 Please tell me that WCS is under "popular server". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fontaine 1744 Posted February 16, 2013 Please tell me that WCS is under "popular server".Of course! 1 B-cock #1 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blob 1985 Posted February 16, 2013 Can I put an Exchange server on the box too.THANKS 1 Dojima reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackyChen 23 Posted February 17, 2013 Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee, NO MOAR LAG YES! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarbonCopy 48 Posted February 18, 2013 About FUCKING time the servers get an upgrade! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bean Delphiki 8 Posted February 18, 2013 Great Investment Staff! I am really looking forward to less lag! thanks guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BLiNDBoi 930 Posted February 18, 2013 For Techies...The Old:Passmark of a single Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz is 4495Description: Socket: LGA1366, Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz, Turbo Speed: 2.8 GHz, No of Cores: 4 (2 logical cores per physical), Max TDP: 80 WOther names: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5540 @ 2.53GHzCPU Launched: Q2 2009CPUmark/$Price: 5.29 Overall Rank: 226Last Price Change: $849.99 USD (2012-10-21)The New:Passmark of a single Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2 @ 3.50GHz is 9737Description: Socket: LGA1155, Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz, Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz, No of Cores: 4 (2 logical cores per physical), Max TDP: 69 WOther names: Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1270 V2 @ 3.50GHzCPU Launched: Q2 2012CPUmark/$Price: 27.43 Overall Rank: 28Last Price Change: $354.99 USD (2012-08-09)Overall this is pretty much a massive upgrade in the terms of processing power. Nice upgrade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
