Cutting down on memory usage

[Peep]

Currently, we have 4 admins running their own independent servers, each with a separate user account. On Linux this worked out quite well, but on Windows since everybody needs to stay logged in it ends up using a bit more RAM than I would like it to. I'm wondering if there is a better solution.

I thought of using one user account for everything, but this isn't doable since only one person could be logged into Remote Desktop at once, where using separate accounts will increase that limit to 2.

I also thought of running everything as a service so the users could log out, but I'm not sure how to do this and I think it might make things a lot harder to manage, especially the gameservers.

Any ideas on a better solution?

[Edge100x]

I would definitely recommend running servers through Firedaemon, if you can. Also encourage admins to look at the servers through HLSW, and set up FTP access so that they can edit files without having to log in. Ideally, only rare logins will be needed.

[Peep]

Bah, if Firedaemon was free I'd definitely use it, I guess my current setup is the best I can get without paying any extra money.

[Edge100x]

It should also be possible to cobble together a service manually with srvany . I haven't done that very much myself.

[Peep]

Well, the only benefits you get from running an application as a service is a little RAM from that user not having to be logged in, right? It might not be worth bothering with.

[Edge100x]

The service will also:

* Restart the application if it crashes
* Start the application automatically upon system boot
* Set the priority for you

[Peep]

I gave the trial a go and I'm very impressed with the software. I'm definitely going to buy the software soon, especially since we qualify for the student discount.

Thanks for all your help