Dedicated Server - MissionScripting.lua Performance Hit

[Wesjet]

I would like to report a potential issue with the Dedicated Server in regards to performance with the server hanging with only a few clients and a moderately busy mission which seems to be partly caused by an issue with the updates and/or updater potentially.

 

My server is pretty low-key hardware wise, but we have been running this mission over the course of the summer without incident.

 

It's only been in the last two patches that I have had an issue. With the last update, I ran a DCS repair which replaced Scripts/MissionScripting.lua and seemed to fix the issue. Come this patch, our first run has encountered the issue again just alot more pronounced. We get pauses/hangs, aircraft jumping around as the server hangs then catches.

 

I ran a DCS repair again, and the same file was replaced this time, according to autoupdate_log.txt. Both cases I ran the repair a second time, to ensure a clean result by seeing the "INFO : Nothing to install." line in the log.

 

Today's autoupdate log file attached.

Will be restarting the server post-repair now, will monitor and advise.

 

A Note on the Hardware Setup:

Attached is an image showing resource usage while in play, the one spike is the moment I connected via TeamViewer. Resource usage even during this issue is roughly the same, even during the hangs. DCS appears to be running on core 4 (bottom right) primarily, and it's share of the RAM usage is ~2GB-2.5GB.

autoupdate_log.txt

[Wesjet]

Update to this thread:

No issues from the DCS server in the time since the repair that replaced MissionScripting.lua

I will try to catch a "Bad" copy of it the next time an issue pops up, before running the repair.