Hescominsoon
CGA\TOJ Hosting Manager
Myth/Fact: The quality isn't as good as vent.
Reality: In the past the CGA/TOJ ts server was hosted on a home internet connection. This severely limited the amount of bandwidth available. The current ts server resides on the same machine as the cga website. It's a dual processor mahcine hooked up to a 10 megabit dedicated connection in a datacenter. The TS server now has the 25 kilobit option enabled for all channels if you want it. It still may not be as good as vent..but you don't sound like a tin can either. If you do find somebody with a CA by their name(that a channel admin) or SA(server admin) and they can raise the room's codec to the 25 kilobit level for you.
Myth: TS is unstable.
Fact: The servers ts was operated on were unstable. The current machine does not go offline except for maintenance runs or severe issues at the data center. The data center has not had any issues affecting the server except for once and we were warned in advance.
Myth: TS can't handle more than 20 people
Fact: TS can handle hundreds depending on hardware and bandwidth availability. With 100 slots we will use no more than 4-5 megabits of our bandwidth. The CGA site doesn't use even 500 kilobits of bandwidth so we have plenty to spare. The cga website right now doesn't even make the server realize it is there. Linux uses load ratings to determine the work the system is doing. A load of 2 would (roughly) signify both cpus are at 100% utilization all the time. Right now the server load averages .08.
Past Fact: Previous admins acted immature and kicked people around for fun
Present Fact: We have one dedicated admin, stc95, for the TS server. Also since i am the server operator for the mahcine itself(the Linux part which runs the ts server and the forums) i also have direct high-level access to the ts server. Tek of course also has the highest levels of access to the server. If at anytime somebody is acting stupid all you have to do is pm stc, tek or myself(in that preferred order)..give the details of who was messing around and their names and they will be instantly demoted if not banned outright. TS server admins are held to a higher standard and if they break that standard they suffer the appropriate consequences.
This is just a start list. As i find more thing i'll add to this thread. Right now we aren't using 10% of the TS server. Give it a try. Get 20-40-60 folks on it and beat on it.
Reality: In the past the CGA/TOJ ts server was hosted on a home internet connection. This severely limited the amount of bandwidth available. The current ts server resides on the same machine as the cga website. It's a dual processor mahcine hooked up to a 10 megabit dedicated connection in a datacenter. The TS server now has the 25 kilobit option enabled for all channels if you want it. It still may not be as good as vent..but you don't sound like a tin can either. If you do find somebody with a CA by their name(that a channel admin) or SA(server admin) and they can raise the room's codec to the 25 kilobit level for you.
Myth: TS is unstable.
Fact: The servers ts was operated on were unstable. The current machine does not go offline except for maintenance runs or severe issues at the data center. The data center has not had any issues affecting the server except for once and we were warned in advance.
Myth: TS can't handle more than 20 people
Fact: TS can handle hundreds depending on hardware and bandwidth availability. With 100 slots we will use no more than 4-5 megabits of our bandwidth. The CGA site doesn't use even 500 kilobits of bandwidth so we have plenty to spare. The cga website right now doesn't even make the server realize it is there. Linux uses load ratings to determine the work the system is doing. A load of 2 would (roughly) signify both cpus are at 100% utilization all the time. Right now the server load averages .08.
Past Fact: Previous admins acted immature and kicked people around for fun
Present Fact: We have one dedicated admin, stc95, for the TS server. Also since i am the server operator for the mahcine itself(the Linux part which runs the ts server and the forums) i also have direct high-level access to the ts server. Tek of course also has the highest levels of access to the server. If at anytime somebody is acting stupid all you have to do is pm stc, tek or myself(in that preferred order)..give the details of who was messing around and their names and they will be instantly demoted if not banned outright. TS server admins are held to a higher standard and if they break that standard they suffer the appropriate consequences.
This is just a start list. As i find more thing i'll add to this thread. Right now we aren't using 10% of the TS server. Give it a try. Get 20-40-60 folks on it and beat on it.
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