PF Usage help

[erik_llewellyn]

I did some research last night on Zone memory/CPU usage and came up with this link

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/sho...ht=zone+memory

Based on his system specs (2x3.4 GHz CPU, 512MB ram, and running win2k pro), I would guestimate total memory usage to load up all 397 zones staticly(based on current PEQ-4-1106 update DB) to be around 3.5~4 GB with 25~30% constant CPU usage and assuming no one is logged into your server. Most people won't have that much physical ram, but pagefile cache can be used to augment it. While using PF "memory" lets you run more than you otherwise would be able to, it is far slower than having as much physical memory as you can get. From what I have noticed on my server (Athlon64 3000+, 1.5 GB ram, 3 GB PF, winXP Pro-32bit) is that a PF cached static zone loads about as fast as a dynamic zone while a ram cached static zone loads about 4x faster.

[thepoetwarrior]

Thanks much. Info helped a lot.

[thepoetwarrior]

I successfully got a static zone to boot and saw that in the /server command. Then did #zoneshutdown on it, but the zone stayed down. So I #zone to enter the zone, and it booted up as a dynamic zone.

Any way I can make zones that were shut down to reboot up in static again instead of dynamic? Im using Trevius's zone reset quest. Hope this all makes sense. Thanks for your help in advance.

[trevius]

That is a problem. Anytime a static zone crashes or resets, it will restart in a dynamic zone that is already in idle state waiting for someone to zone in.

I have recently switched to Linux and have completely disabled all of my zone resetter scripts. Apparently player ghosting doesn't happen on Linux at all, and I wasn't able to get someone to actually confirm this until recently. So far, it seems really promising. I used AndMetal's Wiki for a Debian Linux install and some info from one of the other Linux Wikis.

I am going to do another rebuild of Linux on my server PC (it is running on my main PC atm) and I will write some guide additions to help anyone else get things completely setup. The guides available are really great, but there are a couple of nice things that could be added to help some.

If you ever decide to try building a Linux server again, I should be able to give you a hand now, since I have done it a couple of times. Mine is up and running good, but I am still a noob myself lol. I am still working on tweaking the server. So far it seems really nice.

[cavedude]

Apparently player ghosting doesn't happen on Linux at all, and I wasn't able to get someone to actually confirm this until recently.

Now I understand why I had no clue what people meant when they were talking about player ghosting

[jenco420]

i am thinking of switching to linux for eqemu, i just don't get how dynamics/static zones work on a linux box

[thepoetwarrior]

Hey Trevius, a guide to install a Linux Server would be great! I've already setup Slackware version of Linux, I think most recent version 12, but didn't know how to install the EQEmu Server. I've now installed EQEmu Server about 4-5x on windows, so I have basic concent of what stuff is actually needed, and what other programs are not needed. I look forward to seeing your guide if you make one!

[trevius]

Originally Posted by jenco420

i am thinking of switching to linux for eqemu, i just don't get how dynamics/static zones work on a linux box

Dynamic and static zones are set up the same was on Linux as they are on Windows. You set the amount of dynamics you want in the Launcher table and you setup statics in the Launcher_Zones table.

As for a guide, almost every detail is already out there, but I will try to mention some of the other things that I thought might be useful. I may even note some of the Linux installation steps.