NS2 Standalone Servers

[stickz]

I was thinking about renting an NS2 standalone server in the near future, but I have a few questions about server performance.
1. What processor will a 24 slot server be placed on? And it's a slower one and performance doesn't hold, could it be put somewhere faster?
2. What operating system will one of these servers run? And if it's Windows 64 bit, I'm concerned about the 3% overhead from SYSWOW64.

[stickz]

Emulating the 32-bit NS2 process in a 64-bit Windows environment is worsens server performance. It's like having a processor frequency 0.2ghz slower. This is powerful enough to run a dedicated e3-1270v1 into the ground when combined with the disadvantages of running a game server on Windows. I wouldn't want to experience tick rate drops when entities counts build up near round end.