[Vmlweb]

Sorry for bringing up this old thread but I'm looking into using the ssd cachecade and hard raid.

Do you think this could cope or would minecraft need 100% ssd. I'm not quite sure of hybrid cache performance, has anyone else tried?

Also with the ovh offer it says 2x300gb ssd. Does this mean in actual fact you get 600gb of ssd cache? Or is this in raid 1?

[rickyday]

Not sure what would happen if all the servers were full as this has never happened, but probably a disaster.

Just like if we all decided to download a Bluray Linux ISO all at the same time from our OVH servers! (chuckle)

[Vmlweb]

That's a lorra servers

I can't imagine the CPU keeping up with that kind of load but I've never put anything like that to the test (not have I played with octo core servers).

I can imagine 64 servers causing a massive IO bottlneck though, yeah.

Though with at least half of these servers having 0 players the CPU can keep up fine. Not sure what would happen if all the servers were full as this has never happened, but probably a disaster.

[FrenchTart]

I think if 1-3 minecraft servers are being run the I/O is fine but if your running 64 x 1GB servers then I/O starts to become an issue.

That's a lorra servers

I can't imagine the CPU keeping up with that kind of load but I've never put anything like that to the test (not have I played with octo core servers).

I can imagine 64 servers causing a massive IO bottlneck though, yeah.

[Vmlweb]

I think if 1-3 minecraft servers are being run the I/O is fine but if your running 64 x 1GB servers then I/O starts to become an issue.

[FrenchTart]

He specifically states 'many game servers'

eventually ioq will get painful, besides, minecraft doens't consume much disk space, it just needs to access what it has very often.

Yes, that's fair enough. I don't think it made my question invalid though. I was under the impression that IO wasn't such a big deal with Minecraft servers any more. I've had 2-3 running at once on my old dedi (which was similar spec'd to the mSP) not using ram disk, not to mention various other game servers, without issues.

I'm not saying that my experience means that SSD/ram disk isn't needed - I was asking for clarification with regards to other people's experiences.

[raxxeh]

Is that still true with the newer file system? I moved my servers away from ramdisk 9-12 months ago and though there was a small drop in performance it didn't seem horrendous.

He specifically states 'many game servers'

eventually ioq will get painful, besides, minecraft doens't consume much disk space, it just needs to access what it has very often.

[FrenchTart]

What type of games?

If minecraft, and if popular with mods, SSD or ramdisk are the only choices.

Is that still true with the newer file system? I moved my servers away from ramdisk 9-12 months ago and though there was a small drop in performance it didn't seem horrendous.

[Vmlweb]

What type of games?

If minecraft, and if popular with mods, SSD or ramdisk are the only choices.

Mainly minecraft and source games yep.

That's what I thought, bit too I/O hungry.

[raxxeh]

What type of games?

If minecraft, and if popular with mods, SSD or ramdisk are the only choices.

[Vmlweb]

Also is it worth possibly getting the SAS hybrid with SSD cache?

[Vmlweb]

Hi,

I'm just wondering if anyone knows how much of an I/O boost the MG SSD has compared to an SSD cache?

I'm hosting lots of game servers, some of which are pretty I/O hungry.

I'm wondering whether it would be safe to switch to a HDD with an 80G SSD cache.

Does anyone have any experience or info about the hybrids?

Thanks!
Victor