Most efficient Way to setup a game server
- by alex bowers
I'm running a PHP based game which has over 45 Million members predicted for end of this year (2011) Currently we are on 7.5 Million, this game is being ran on facebook and I am in desperate need to help get this game server as efficient and as powerful as possible.
it is a dedicated server with
Processor
Manufacturer Intel
Model i7 920
Frequency 4x 2x 2.66 GHz
NIC GigaEthernet
RAM 12 GB
Hard disk 4 x 1 TB
specs.
It has apache installed, cPanel, phpMyAdmin, several apache mods and MySQL.
The game also runs 47 mysql calls per second per user.
Is there any alternatives to the above which could be faster, more efficient etc?
I dont mind having to recode the game to fit to it, as long as it maximises our upper limit of members on the game.
Thanks
Also, is there a way to tell what our maximum limit to players, database calls etc is?
Thank you again, hope you guys can help :)