Windows Which is the best Windows OS to run TFS?

[Extrodus]

I've been dealing with lots of crashes on Windows 7 Ultimate, I used to use 3884 0.4 with compatibility mode for Windows Server 2003 and it would run smooth without any crashes on my real map. Then I moved my server into a war server - and it would crash all the time during battles (still running with the comp~ mode). So I changed to 0.3.6 - was running smoothly for a few days - then I started adding scripts I know work and I just want to use them on the war and now it wont even load past the map - it just crashes saying Loading Map..

The wierd thing is, if I switch it out of compatibility mode - most of the time it will load normally - then after a while I can throw compatibility mode back on. But it just seems to act up way too much to be able to actually get editing done on the server. With every little change it starts crashing, things that shouldn't even matter or even make it run better (removing useless scripts) it starts crashing on load up.

So I am trying to get to the bottom of this, I installed the Windows Redistribution Pack a long time ago as recommended and like I said I've had no problems hosting 0.4 other than having to run it in compatibility mode but that was no worries to me. But it seems 0.3.6 wont even run stable in compatibility for me while other people have said to have gotten great uptimes.

Any help is appreciated, kind of confusing the hell out of me.

 

[JoccE]

Linux is the best windows OS to run a server on

 

[Royal Inferno]

Yeah, Linux I guess. Windows OS I don't really know.

 

[Loney]

Linux is more stable, and is more secure

 

[Extrodus]

Linux is the best windows OS to run a server on

Lmfao, funny stuff - is there anyway to run both windows and linux on a computer? And are you guys really saying that 0.4 can run on windows without a crash - but 0.3.6 cant? That's oddly amusing.

 

[Amiroslo]

Yes, I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Windows 7 Ultimate.
Just download the ubuntu iso and burn it on a CD, and while installing it, it will ask you if u want to remove ur windows or keep both. You choose to keep both and everytime you reboot ur pc a menu shows so u can choose between choosing win or linx.

 

[Shelby115]

He'd Probably want a Virtual Machine though, I'm not sure if that'd affect the performance of Linux but it'd allow for both OSs to run at the same time instead of just dual-booting them.

 

[Extrodus]

Yeah exactly, I would like to use Windows for gaming - while running Linux in the backround to host the TFS/Web Server.

 

[Amiroslo]

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox

 

[Extrodus]

Amiroslo, do I use 32bit or 64bit of Ubuntu?

 

[Amiroslo]

if your pc is 32 then 32, if u have 64 then 64

 

[Extrodus]

If you have a PC with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download. - Only reason I dled 32bit

I have a AMD Phenom II X4 955 Processor 3.20 GHZ - 12GB of ram - Currently using Windows 64bit, just seemed like Linux only used 64bit for Windows 8 machines which is why I asked.

So what you guys are saying is don't use 32bit for my computer, I should use 64?

 

[dchampag]

Linux is only more stable if you understand it and know how to secure it.

The best windows is is windows server 2008.

Crashes are mostly rendered from stress, stress is created from code that is not made efficiently and adding such things that execute a lot of database commands or search very large areas in effectively for creatures and things like that.

 

[Elaney]

Def~ should use 64.

 

[Extrodus]

The crashes that are happening champag are really random - it will be running fine (default scripts) - then lets say I change the exp stages from one thing to another and reboot - it starts to crash on load up at loading the map - switch compatibility modes - it loads fine; until the next change and it starts crashing again. Sometimes I'll have to go through the whole list of compatibility modes before it starts loading again after changes. There are no errors in the scripts, I've been dealing with OT's since 7.8 XML days - it's not my lack of knowledge. It's the piece of shit windows libraries or something.

 

[Extrodus]

Using the VirtualBox it doesn't seem to be accessible to other computers, and what I mean is I cant access my website once I installed httpd on Ubuntu. I can access it on the virtual box, but say I try to go to it on my browser for my actual computer it wont load.

 

[JoccE]

Using the VirtualBox it doesn't seem to be accessible to other computers, and what I mean is I cant access my website once I installed httpd on Ubuntu. I can access it on the virtual box, but say I try to go to it on my browser for my actual computer it wont load.

You need to open the network settings so the server recieves a IP from your router

 

[Extrodus]

I got it working with the port forwarding method through the VM application - although I cant complete a compile. Would you be willing to Team Viewer with me JoccE to try and get the compiling working properly?

 

[JoccE]

Sure PM me your skype.

 

[Extrodus]

Luckily I got it compiled and my server is loading and I can atleast log in - tomorrow I will start testing it out and if you are online if I have any errors I will message you. I dont think there were any more serious compiling errors but we'll see how the server holds up tomorrow.

Thank you very much for being kind enough to help! <3