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Server downtime on 5 minutes notice?

Aett_Thorn

By Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-08-25 13:22 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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This is completely unacceptable. I expect at least a day's notice for any emergency downtime!

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Personally i blame the Australian

What?

its an *Australian* Nemesis plot, having this downtime during our play hours....

 

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Server tech turns to Positron:

Tech - there you go everything is up and running.
Positron - do we have enough power for all the new hardware?
Tech - absolutely, I did the math myself 15 servers each on a 20 amp circuit for a total of 300 amps. To be safe I added 20 amps so we have a 320 amp feed.
Positron - what about Test and Beta servers?
Tech - huh?
Positron - (Standing in the dark suddenly) That can't be good.

 

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Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU View Post
its an *Australian* Nemesis plot, having this downtime during our play hours....
Surely that would be a Nemozsis plot?

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Originally Posted by DarkCurrent View Post
WTF is all I have to say.
What about the Waldo Task Force?

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Originally Posted by Chris_Zuercher View Post
What about the Waldo Task Force?
Where's that one? I haven't been able to find it yet.


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Any chance of an ETA devs?

 

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Originally Posted by excimer View Post
Any chance of an ETA devs?
I'd say some time between now and then.


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as long as it takes i guess, well i can always play my other favourite game wizard101

 

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Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
All i heard was that just freedom was down . . . . surely not a need to bring ALL servers down?

thought you upgraded those servers today during that 6 hour downtime!

Freedom? Downtime?


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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
Having actually seen that, its quite interesting.

 

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Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan View Post
Considering that some 10 minutes before the announcement I suddenly lost connection to the servers, I suspect a serious problem that does not bear waiting on.

I also expect several more of these surprise whoopsies between now and September as the team installs the new backend architecture for Freedom.
Agreed, I feel it very likely we shall see quite a few "downtimes" in the near future as well.

 

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Ok, it's official. The servers are coming back up pronto.

How do I know this?

Because I am about to go to bed and "Rest my eyes"

As soon as I hit the cool sheets, and cuddle up with a purring kitty, or two, the servers will come back on like magic

Lisa.

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Soooooooooooo. I'm starting to get twitchy.

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Originally Posted by KemLi View Post
Soooooooooooo. I'm starting to get twitchy.
Looks like somebody needs his fix.

 

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Originally Posted by genealogymaster3 View Post
does this happen a lot?
Usually not, but as they mess with the servers to get everything for Freedom up and running, it´s probably a safe bet to expect a few more incidents with the new tech.
Better now than after I21 I say... don´t wanna lose all those Freebs cause the servers keep crashing.
I´d rather have a little more downtime now and smooth running servers afterwards.

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Originally Posted by genealogymaster3 View Post
does this happen a lot?
Not really, we just love to complain, all the devs are laughing at our posts anyhow. As long as they keep it to public humiliation of Tamaki during the holidays I'm set.

 

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No, this doesn't happen a lot. Only when something big is being sorted out - like now...

 

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Originally Posted by Gunbunny View Post
Guess something went wrong with that update. Pretty inconvenient though.

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