Online Game Cluster

axehind writes "Carlo Daffara posted to the openMosix mailing list about his game cluster. It's a 6 node cluster using Athlon XP cpus and running linux & openmosix (with some qdisc trickery) for the OS. It is used to host approximately 1000 users playing online games, like Jedi Knight and Quake III. Here's a link (italian) to the pictures."

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/.ed

[psergiu]

or:

Il luogo è shashdotado. :)

waiting

[jdkane]

It is used to host approximately 1000 users playing online games
More like "It was used to..."
During the standard slash/dot.ing period, the cluster probably serves about two Quake players at max.

Re:waiting

[actor_au]

During the standard slash/dot.ing period, the cluster probably serves about two Quake players at max.

And knowing online gamers, one will be cheating and the other camping.

Careful what you wish for...

[Queuetue]

Moshe said:

Somebody should post this to Slashdot.org: How to assemble your own game server with openMosix

BTW, has anyone else seen the AppAssure soft-core porn ads here on slashdot? Better than the .net ads, by far! :)

Re:No wait

[The_Sock]

Clusternig is not a buzz word. It's a very real solution to many of the problems faced by enterprise applications and infastructure. Combined with .Net can be used to aid in providing web services, giving you One Degree of Seperation for your customers. Combined with XML and RDBMS, clusters can provide you with the speed you need for your enterprise software, and the 5-9s reliability that you require, without vendor lock-in.

In short, clustering is the solutions for tomorrows problems today.

Interesting

[ekrout]

Here's a link (italian) to the pictures.

I've always heard that a picture is worth 1000 words, but no one ever mentioned I'd have to translate them all into English.