2011-12-12 22:16 , edited 2011-12-13 12:35 by Big-Boomer223

Where can I find support for server owners?



I have 2 64 man servers, on a 2x Intel Xeon Westmere X5650 - 2.66 GHz (12 cores total), with 12GB RAM, and 500gb SAS 15,000RPM Hard drives. With more than adequate bandwidth.



The problem is that the server(s) play perfectly until i go over 60 players. Up to and including 60 players the server plays great. As soon as the 61st player joins, everything goes laggy / rubberbanding.



Now I mentioned I have 2 of these, both servers could have say 50 players each (totaling 100 players) and everything is great!, But as soon as an individual server goes over 60 players, even by one player, the individual server goes to crap. So this rules out Hardware as the cause of the issue.



As you can see the server specs are more than adequate, and the server never goes over 30% CPU usage, and about 5 (out of 12) GB of RAM usage. So the physical server is not the issue.



Has anyone else experienced a similar issue, and does anyone know of a way to resolve it. My GSP just wants to blame it on EA / Dice, and the BF3 dedicated server application itself.





Any and all advice is appreciated.



Thanks



EDIT: I should add that I played on 4 or 5 other 64 man servers yesterday that had no lag at all when full, so I know this is possible.