Bad Lag issues on my vps

[flamedog]

Ok so at first i was running a minecraft server on ubuntu and then i switched the tf2 server so i could host a MvM server for me and friends. But ive noticed that each day the cpu got higher / the lag got worse. I was just wondering what was going wrong with my server ? i mean at first it was working great with no lag we could play all we wanted but the next day there was a little lag and now it lags every second ive opened a ticket but since its not a manged server they cant do much so i was sent here.

-flamedog <3

[Edge100x]

Have you been restarting the game server at least daily? TF2 has some memory leaks that reduce performance over time. What CPU and memory usage are you currently sitting at?

[flamedog]

yes i have a crontab to restart the server at 12am each night
right now its sitting at 80% and its affecting my ability to login on to ssh

[flamedog]

and 672 ram used

[Edge100x]

How much does that leave you free?

80% is very high. Do you only have a single-core VDS?

[flamedog]

yes and its would have 200mb left. restarting seems to fix it but am pretty sure its just a quick fix... its already starting to lag again

[Edge100x]

200 MB left is not good.

I would tentatively recommend upgrading to a 2-core configuration.

[flamedog]

I would but don't think i can afford $40 a month : x so ill prob just switch the type of server am hosting because the bots are kicking the servers ass >.<

Thank you for your trouble shooting help ^^