Configuring dedicated server for performance

[infection 1]

Hi, I'm running a life mission on our dedicated box (purchased at hetzner.de) http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex6s to be specific and it feels like the FPS is underpreforming. If I the mission we run on my own pc which has a (i5 2500k stock) then I get ~50 server fps if I run the exact same mission on the server it only gets 25-30 server fps, I don't know if it's just me being stupid but I tought a Xeon 1245 would outperform a 2500k when it comes to running dedicated servers... I know arma 2 can be very tricky with hyperthreading etc so I just wanna get some clarification, Should I disable hyperthreading? Should I change the affinity or what should I do to make it perform better?

Specs

Intel® Xeon® E3-1245 Quadcore
incl. Hyper-Threading Technology
RAM 32 GB ECC RAM
Hard disks 2 x 3 TB SATA 6 Gb/s HDD 7200 rpm (Software-RAID 1) Enterprise class
1 Gbit OnBoard connected at 100 Mbit

[mkill73 0]

Hi, I do believe your server is ok. I have a 6600 2.4 Ghz server that works fine. But something that is very important is your bandwidth settings. So take a look at it here: http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/basic.cfg

Best regards Mkill73

[johnsm 1]

Hi, I'm running a life mission on our dedicated box (purchased at hetzner.de) http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex6s to be specific and it feels like the FPS is underpreforming. If I the mission we run on my own pc which has a (i5 2500k stock) then I get ~50 server fps if I run the exact same mission on the server it only gets 25-30 server fps, I don't know if it's just me being stupid but I tought a Xeon 1245 would outperform a 2500k when it comes to running dedicated servers... I know arma 2 can be very tricky with hyperthreading etc so I just wanna get some clarification, Should I disable hyperthreading? Should I change the affinity or what should I do to make it perform better?

Specs

Intel® Xeon® E3-1245 Quadcore
incl. Hyper-Threading Technology
RAM 32 GB ECC RAM
Hard disks 2 x 3 TB SATA 6 Gb/s HDD 7200 rpm (Software-RAID 1) Enterprise class
1 Gbit OnBoard connected at 100 Mbit

Use this page to compare cpu's for arma 2.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

The 2500k and Xeon 1245 about the same in terms of single core processing speed.

I mean shit i downgraded E5 2690 8 core cpu to I7 with overclock and it rapes xeon

[RedneckNinja 10]

My server is an E3-1230 V2 with similar specs.

With hyperthreading on, my wasteland mission runs 25-30 fps. With HT off and affinity 3, I am consistently hitting 45-50 fps.

Here is my exact start script.

::Kill existing server

taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Arma 2 OA Console version 1.62 : port 2302" /F

timeout 2

:: start the server..

set server="C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\arma2oaserver.exe"

set cfg="-cfg=C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2\basic.cfg"

set config="-config=C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2\config.cfg"

set cpucount="-cpucount=4"

set nocb="-noCB"

set exthreads="-exthreads=1"

set nosplash="-nosplash"

set nosound="-nosound"

set world="-world=empty"

set profiles="-profiles=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2"

set port="-port=2302"

set bepath="-BEpath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Wasteland2\BattlEye"

set mod="-mod=@inidb"

:: set mem="-maxmem 2047"

start /realtime /affinity 3 "" %server% %bepath% %nosplash% %nosound% %port% %cpucount% %exthreads% %cfg% %config% %mod% %profiles% %noCB%

[infection 1]

My server is an E3-1230 V2 with similar specs.

With hyperthreading on, my wasteland mission runs 25-30 fps. With HT off and affinity 3, I am consistently hitting 45-50 fps.

Here is my exact start script.

::Kill existing server

taskkill /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Arma 2 OA Console version 1.62 : port 2302" /F

timeout 2

:: start the server..

set server="C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\arma2oaserver.exe"

set cfg="-cfg=C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2\basic.cfg"

set config="-config=C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2\config.cfg"

set cpucount="-cpucount=4"

set nocb="-noCB"

set exthreads="-exthreads=1"

set nosplash="-nosplash"

set nosound="-nosound"

set world="-world=empty"

set profiles="-profiles=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\wasteland2"

set port="-port=2302"

set bepath="-BEpath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Wasteland2\BattlEye"

set mod="-mod=@inidb"

:: set mem="-maxmem 2047"

start /realtime /affinity 3 "" %server% %bepath% %nosplash% %nosound% %port% %cpucount% %exthreads% %cfg% %config% %mod% %profiles% %noCB%

Would you mind sharing basic.cfg?

[RedneckNinja 10]

MaxMsgSend=16384;

MinBandwidth=100428800;

MaxBandwidth=104857600;

MinErrorToSend=0.0029999999;

MinErrorToSendNear=0.0079999998;

MaxCustomFileSize=160000;

adapter=-1;

3D_Performance=93750;

Resolution_W=0;

Resolution_H=0;

Resolution_Bpp=32;

Windowed=0;

This is currently my basic.cfg, It has been successful so far with about 25 players. My server isnt popular enough yet to test with more players.