Dedicated Servers : Optimizing Server

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This dedicated server discussion started by wasr on 21 April 2008

I just ordered a dual xeon 2.8 (2gb ram, RHEL v4) which I am going to use to do some game server hosting. Mainly I plan to run coutner strike 1.6 to start. I am going to need apache and mysql but only for some light web page serving.

I’d like to optimize the OS and software running (or that can be turned off) to get the best performance. I was wondering what tips you can offer especially when targeting it towards game hosting. I am not great with linux but I do know my way around. I am a programmer and can usually figure out what I need to do. Things like recompiling the kernal scare me though so I will probably shy away from that at this time haha. However, if it is highly recommended please let me know.

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