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Dedicated server gets slower over time

by Ian Omroth Hardingham · in Technical Issues · 04/13/2011 (6:46 am) · 8 replies

Guys, I have a Torque dedicated server, which mostly serves information; it doesn't host a mission or a gameworld or anything like that.

Over the course of several hours it gets noticably slower than on startup. The RAM usage does not increase, indicating that there isn't a serious memory leak.

Any ideas on what I can do to diagnose the issue?

Thanks,
Ian
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Torque 3D Owner Scott Richards
#1
04/13/2011 (7:25 am)
If it's not a memory issue, perhaps it is struggling with a large log file?

Is the process sleeping properly? How much CPU time is it consuming?

Associate Ian Omroth Hardingham
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#2
04/13/2011 (8:09 am)
Hi Scott, thanks for the reply.

Would you expect a log file of 10meg to cause problems?

Ian

Torque Owner Guy Allard
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#3
04/13/2011 (8:09 am)
Interesting, I'm also seeing this happen on dedicated servers that have been up for several hours.
There's no noticable memory leak, but performance is degrading over time.
I did not consider the log file, maybe worth checking out.

Torque 3D Owner Scott Richards
#4
04/13/2011 (9:26 am)
Quote:Would you expect a log file of 10meg to cause problems?

Yes. 10 MB is huge for a text file! Depending on the OS, the file system being used, and the way Torque is handling the file, it might be able to handle it.. but I would be surprised.

Easy way to find out: start Torque with "-log 0" to disable the log file. Run it for a few hours and see what happens.

Associate Ian Omroth Hardingham
Mode 7 Games
#5
04/13/2011 (9:28 am)
Thanks guys, fingers crossed this fixes it.

Torque 3D Owner Scott Richards
#6
04/14/2011 (3:34 pm)
So did it? I'm curious.

Associate Ian Omroth Hardingham
Mode 7 Games
#7
04/15/2011 (3:48 am)
Fixed it - thanks Scott.

Torque 3D Owner Scott Richards
#8
04/15/2011 (3:20 pm)
Interesting. I'm not surprised, but still.

Honestly, I was suggesting turning off the log file as more of a diagnostic test rather than a permanent solution. If you don't need the log then I guess that's an easy fix, but If you do want your server to keep a log file, I may have some ideas.