Ghost's blog http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost Just another Css.setti.info weblog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Server statistics plugins for Munin Server statistics plugins for Munin It was summer of 2007 when these plugin first saw the daylight. http://css.setti.info/code/munin-srcds/ At the time there was lots of fuzz about server FPS and such. People, players and other server admins, were throwing out stupid ideas about what server FPS is and how it's noticeable in-game. ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2008/04/21/server-statistics-plugins-for-munin/ Upgraded server scanner Setti server scanner was updated couple days ago. The new server scanner searches for new free-for-all servers from the official Steam masterservers constantly. The system used to be semi-automatical this far. Semi-automatical means that there was script to find authentication free servers from the Steam masterservers. The results had to be ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2008/03/13/upgraded-server-scanner/ Upgraded masterservers Masterservers upgrade Both HL1 and HL2 masterservers were upgraded on 2008-02-10. The masterservers used to be simple creatures, which sent all servers on one request. The system worked well with relatively small few hundred CSS server list, which could be sent in couple 200 server packets. The HL1 server list is much ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2008/02/22/upgraded-masterservers/ Match report - Part II - The match Game Report Match info Team1: Setti Team2: MyrmidonI Time: 2008-01-12 18.00 UTC Place: Setti CSS server (css.setti.info:27015) Result: Setti - MyrmidonI 3 - 27 (1 - 14, 2 - 13) Match report We, Setti team, had simple tactics to have them failsafe. Anyway, even the simplest failsafe tactics were not followed through in the match. The failure ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2008/01/13/match-report-part-ii-the-match/ Match report - Part I - The practical stuff Game Report Match info Team1: Setti Team2: MyrmidonI Time: 2008-01-12 18.00 UTC Place: Setti CSS server (css.setti.info:27015) Result: Setti - MyrmidonI 3 - 27 (1 - 14, 2 - 13) Preface In the beginning The first step towards the match was taken in September 2007. Team MyrmidonI had had more of their players playing at Setti CSS server. k1ller ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2008/01/13/match-report-part-i-the-practical-stuff/ Rescuing a non-booting server Rescuing pin.setti.info The server hosting provider has got really advanced rescue system for dedicated servers. It is possible to activate rescuesystem through web control panel and then remotely reboot the server. When the server reboots, it will boot up the rescue system from the network instead of its own hard drive. ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2007/12/10/rescuing-a-non-booting-server/ The first 64 bit bug - SOLVED The first 64 bit bug - SOLVED There's that neat server information box at the upper left on the main page. Its name is si2. How does it work? There's a PHP script that queries information from the given address in the same way that the game does when doig the "quick ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2007/12/08/the-first-64-bit-bug-solved/ Migrating from pin to pin The perfect upgrade, the fail The server running css.setti.info website and other Setti services was upgraded on 2007-11-30. The upgrade was planned well forward and its execution was nearly perfect - until the midnight. This is the story of pin.setti to pin.setti upgrade. http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2007/12/08/migrating-from-pin-to-pin/ Computer specs for ~TOP-10 This is list of computers of the TOP-10 players currently. The list contains CPU and GPU information. The release year of the CPU is in parenthesis after player name (uncertain entries are marked with ?). The point of the list is to emphasize the advatange of high-end CPU in CS:S. 1. DaLiu ... http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2007/09/05/computer-specs-for-top-10/ Assembly ‘07 The only way to catch the feel of the party is neat panorama. Here it is. http://css.setti.info/blogs/Ghost/2007/08/03/assembly-07/