Amerisun 1 Posted June 21, 2014 As someone just starting out to run a server again, since last year, there has been lots of changes in the server landscape for Arma 3. Can I have some constructive feedback on anyone that might have run all three of these, or that can say perhaps between one or two of them what the pro's and con's of each are? I am proficient with either Windows or Linux, and I hope this doesn't turn into a debate of operating system as I use whatever is best for the need. Just want to get a feel for what I should run for my server as to get the best performance today. Some references I have been reading are: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?169926-Linux-Dedicated-Server-feedback http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?169944-Arma-3-STABLE-server-1-22-quot-performance-binary-quot-feedback and when I do a google search, it would seem there were questions about what server to run back end of 2013 and various responses, but not many people talking about it in the past few months with the changes in Linux and the "performance binary" from above. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terox 316 Posted June 22, 2014 From a purely best support perpective, Windows all the way. B.I are always very slow to bring Linux support on board, sometimes many months from a new engine release. We used to run Linux back in OFP for hosting the VR engine. No more, you simply miss the boat on the influx of new players when the game is released. Windows also has more Community made utils for it and most folks like GUI's From a performance perspective. I don't really know. I would suspect both sides would argue equally In a windows environment though, I believe the best performance achievable is when not running VM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ecid 10 Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Having tested all 3 options post 1.22 release with full 60 player servers, i'd have to say: Windows_perf > Wine_perf > Windows_regular > Linux > Wine_Regular. with AIL <=36. (AI Local) Linux does not offer you ASM (not sure if running ASM only via Wine would work) nor battlEyeExtended (on the same box) Wine offers ASM (easy) and BattlEyeExtended (can be a **** to setup, if not following guides precicely - on same box) - some more symlinking required. Windows easiest to setup. ASM + BattlEyeExtended on same box. Edited June 23, 2014 by Ecid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ibanez89 10 Posted June 23, 2014 On my little server wine have a terribile memory allocation and si an @ss0l& to configure properly... Linux version work quite good but mod pannel like ASM dont is aviable (very bad) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amerisun 1 Posted June 23, 2014 Exactly the kind of information I wanted, thanks a lot for everyone responding. I think I will go with Windows Perf. :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
endimmion 11 Posted June 25, 2014 I will add a chart on my server list that will show Platform usage. This could be usefull. I will post the link as soon as I'm allowed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
