Phoenix.Kojo said:
Sad to think... In the time they've been "working" on FFXI, I could have finished lvling my WHM to 49 and be back to lvling THF now...
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Phoenix.Kojo said: Sad to think... In the time they've been "working" on FFXI, I could have finished lvling my WHM to 49 and be back to lvling THF now... Phoenix.Kojo said: It's not the "configuring" that takes time, it's merging the data. You need to snapshot the old servers after they come down (which likely takes hours), transfer the data to the new ones, (likely hours more, given how much there is), and then merge all the data back together again, likely one by one to make sure you don't have collisions in names, etc. Then you have to run through the entire combined set again for verification, comparing the result with the two original sums to make sure you aren't missing anything, probably wipe a bunch of caches, and only then bring things up. The last thing you want is to come back up from the merge and have Little Johnny putting in GM pages saying he lost his Excalibur. If at any point you notice a discrepancy, you have to stop the presses and start over. And you have to do this for each server you're merging. 12 hours is actually pretty impressive, considering. Wish that didn't make so much sense. >< lol.[/quote] A.k.a Dumb it down Garuda.Feifongwong
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Gilgamesh.Xarchangel said: they should open the servers that are not merging... There are other updates being made too... not just a server merge lol Garuda.Feifongwong said: Gilgamesh.Xarchangel said: they should open the servers that are not merging... There are other updates being made too... not just a server merge lol They probably can't. I imagine the front-end of the login system which routes people to the appropriate server cannot be globally re-enabled until the merge is complete. Garuda.Feifongwong said: Gilgamesh.Xarchangel said: they should open the servers that are not merging... There are other updates being made too... not just a server merge lol But you'd think ours would be done hours earlier ya? Lakshmi.Jaerik said: Garuda.Feifongwong said: Gilgamesh.Xarchangel said: they should open the servers that are not merging... There are other updates being made too... not just a server merge lol They probably can't. I imagine the front-end of the login system which routes people to the appropriate server cannot be globally re-enabled until the merge is complete. He looks at things Logically, which isnt in our nature. Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: He looks at things Logically, which isnt in our nature. I do this stuff for a living, guys. =) Lakshmi.Jaerik said: Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: He looks at things Logically, which isnt in our nature. I do this stuff for a living, guys. =) If it paid me i would to without a doubt yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi.
Lakshmi.Jaerik said: Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: He looks at things Logically, which isnt in our nature. I do this stuff for a living, guys. =) Don't lie to us, all you do is work out and surf all day! Hades.Stefanos said: /sigh. Well wherever you are Nightfyre, you called it. Now who's gonna give me my 5k?!? Garuda.Feifongwong said: There are other updates being made too... not just a server merge lol Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. i sry i go hometiem nowz (. . ); kbye Quetzalcoatl.Rumaha said: Don't lie to us, all you do is work out and surf all day! Busted. apparently my friend is playing irght now with ssed
Ramuh.Dasva said: Phoenix.Kojo said: Sad to think... In the time they've been "working" on FFXI, I could have finished lvling my WHM to 49 and be back to lvling THF now... I prefer /WHM when soloing as RDM. We regret to inform you that Kojo's sub job levelup time will be extended from March 23 2010, to a to be announced date. [Affected Jobs] White Mage/Ninja/Dancer/Scholar Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Lakshmi.Jaerik said: Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. i sry i go hometiem nowz (. . ); kbye Quetzalcoatl.Rumaha said: Don't lie to us, all you do is work out and surf all day! Busted. He has red lines and font, all he needs is glow-y siggy and he's a GM! Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. "Now, now, Skeeter, just calm down." Phoenix.Kojo said: Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. "Now, now, Skeeter, just calm down." Er... BANNED! Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: Phoenix.Kojo said: Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. O.O Phoenix.Kojo said: Does SE have to fail at literally EVERYTHING they go to do? ^ this Always fun to see cross server forum chats go so well...
Carbuncleroxwut? Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: Phoenix.Kojo said: Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. "Now, now, Skeeter, just calm down." Er... BANNED! Fenrir.Nightfyre said: Carbuncle.Rinomaru said: Phoenix.Kojo said: Ramuh.Haseyo said: yer kind aint wuntd hur, boi. Rock band Value pack
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Hades.Neheyiama said: Is the extension over yettttttttttt NO! 3hrs left
Phoenix.Kojo said: Hades.Neheyiama said: Is the extension over yettttttttttt NO! Offline
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Please, for the love of everything anyone has ever held dear, the US is on Daylight Savings time now, ergo xDT.
Eastern Daylight Time. - EDT Central Daylight Time. - CDT Mountain Daylight Time. - MDT Pacific Daylight Time. - PDT That covers the continental US time zones from east (where that big ball of light comes up) to the west (where it goes down) and they are each 1 successive hour apart. 22:00 would be the 22nd hour of a day. A 'day' begins at midnight, right? Right. You've stared at the game clock and noticed that the day changes one game minute after 23:59 right? Right. Same thing. 24-hour time has no AM or PM. If you see a time referenced as anything more than 12 hours, subtract 12 from it and that's your time in Post Meridiem or PM. Otherwise it's AM. So if you REALLY want to know what time maintenance will now end in CST, even though we're not on Standard Time right now, that would be 11pm or 23:00 CST. It's not that damned difficult. /sigh On the server front, I can only assume character data is stored in some form of SQL environment which would take a good amount of time to transfer millions upon millions of rows of character data from one database to another. Not only would new rows be added to a destination DB, but name checks would have to flag new additions if there's a conflict. While that process would be completely automated in a lengthy SQL script, it would still take hours to run with the sheer amount of data I'd expect. One hiccup and the script borks, the whole thing gets to be re-run. But this is why they stopped character transfers early, so they could test the server merges with a consistent data set. Still, I'd love just 10 minutes with the system to see how its structured... maybe 10 more minutes to make a few small modifications. Playing FFXI made me memorize Time zones, if it wasn't for FFXI i wouldnt know wtf EST/CST/MDT was....
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