Dedi2 issues

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Dedi2 issues

Hi all seen some of the issues on dedi2 last few days - I did not get much chance before I left to dig around but i did notice at the time that the match servers were both using th bulk of cpu but yet were not in use so was a strange one. Hence left them down - when i checked late last nigh they were still and all looked ok so kinda of missed the problem.

No extra servers have been added to this server and only basic maintenance was carried out prior such as backups and microsoft updates.......

On checking the server this morning all looked fine and the match servers wereboth still down - I did reboot this morning as there were some updates.

I would recommend all clans install Joto Gsprotector - available on his site.

What I need to do is soon as we get another lag issue is to try and catch what is causing it not going to be easy while im away but hopefully Dave or Victor will be about...........

It could be a case that the existing clans on that dedi have grown and they are now using all their slots at peak times and I have got the balance wrong on the dedi.

If above is thecase then I need to resolve this ASAP which may result in moving a server or two or we are now ready for dedi4.

Its important that as a community we maintain the service we all desire - no point runningcheap servers if they are crap...........

At this point we dont know without getting more info from the logs I am hoping thishasjust been a looping process but for now please dont use match server3 and 4 until we find out what is causingthe lag.

The Virus scan runs once a week on a Sunday at 02:00 and has passed all clean

I think if any clan gets lag so not just one player but a few shout it on the shout box - give server ip and port and will help us trace any issues .

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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hi Jon....
sorry cant promise to be available this week ,calendar pretty well full with hospital and doctors appointments.
will do what i can inbetween and in the evenings though !!!
Dave

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Ok no worries Dave

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Hi all well had a good look round on dedi2 today and checked all the logs after much thought and checking the AAAA budget I have come to the conclusion that we have out grown dedi2 - it has only 7 servers on it and TS but all the clans on their are filling their servers at peak time hence the lag, I would say if these were all stock mohaa servers we would be fine but all running reborn and mods and its struggling at peak times......

Have given much thought to getting a 4th dedi but dedi2 spec is low one so have come to the conclusion to replace it with this -:

Brand: Dell R210
CPU: Intel Xeon X3440 Lynnfield - 4 x 2.53GHz
Ram: 4GB ECC
HDD: 160GB HDD

Price: £69.99

I will now speak with GD to see if I can get some discount but this is already a special offer so will see what they say...........

At this stage can all clans enusre they backup their mods and configs via FTP

I am not sure at this stage but our IP may change on this BUT I will ask ~GD if we can keep it

I hope this ok with every one but I want to get this sorted ASAP

Cheers

Jon

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Also note for the change over their would be down time of a day hopefully we would get it done quicker but GD would de-rack the existing server install the new server and then I would need 4 hours to rebuild the server from a NAS backup GD will make for me.

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Ok just had this back from GD

Hi Jon

Those servers are on a different subnet of our ip range so an ip swap would need to occur im afraid, If you want to keep the same ip i have a Dell Quad 2.4 Xeon 6gb ram i could do for the £65 with no TCA?

Regards,
Andy Wood
Director
GamingDeluxe Ltd.

Think thats a great deal for AAAA so to get the ball rolling have said yes andI will start the backups on dedi2 as soon as I have the NAS drive connected by GD will keep you all posted

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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OK GD have given me access to the new dedi on a temp IP start the migration backups now via FTP once they are finished tomorrow I will get GD to move the IP to the new box............

All I willsay with the FTP Transfer today and tonight is its not Network causing the existing lag so it should not be any badder.........

Tina is over the moon I am on MOHAA lol

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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rofl Yea i can believe that lol You're supposed to be on holiday and you're here every hour lol

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Hold tight !!! - Migration to the new server has now started - GD have given me access to help speed the transfer - Its a 30GB Transfer but Its a direct transfer on the GD network so a LAN transfer should not take to long - not sure if I can get it up and IP transferred before 17:00 but will do my best but the laptop playing up - got water on it while floating on a blow up whale in the swimming pool and think I spilt some sangria on it also..................

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Ok I have finished the migration and build of the new server - I have asked GD to move the IP for us now - You see all your servers go down - once GD have moved the IP I will check the firewall to ensure the ports are open then hand over to you lot for testing to see what I have bust or forgot Smile

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Hi all Migration move completed on Dedi 2 - can all clans now test TS and their servers - I am sorry this was not planned better but I just found that we had some issues on this server and I did not want to leave it till I got back.................

Sorry for any outage today and the lag issues last few days but did not see the increased usage / players on this box but hopefully this all now resolved

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb