DayZ server on a HP Proliant server (DL380G4/G5)

[ilganna 0]

Hello,

I have read the server requirements but I'm wondering if one of my "dusty" hw boxes can host a DayZ server.

The specification are:

HP Proliant DL380 G5:

2 x Quadcore Intel E5320 Xeon Processors 1.86GHz (total 8 cores)

14GB RAM

2x 72GB SAS disks RAID1 (OS reserved)

2x146GB SAS disks RAID (application reserved)

HP Proliant DL380 G4:

2 x Intel Xeon Processors 3.4GHz (dual processors, no multi core)

8GB RAM

2x 72GB SCSI U320 disks RAID1

Note that these machines will be hosted in a DC where the 100Mbp/s bandwith, unlike most of the reseller of servers that shares between the hosts, will be exclusively for my machines (and costing really a lot of money).

Thanks for your input.

Edited March 27, 2013 by ilganna

[facoptere 180]

multithreading is poor in arma2. I suggest you use the machine with a fastest core : the engine will use 100% of 1 core and few percent of another one.

2GB is enough for the gameserver, you have plenty of RAM here, you could use it as harddrive cache.

The question is:

is a 3.4 GHz core from and old Xeon faster than a 1.86 GHz core from a more recent Xeon?

I would say yes, so I vote for machine #2.