Are we ready for server mergers? - Page 3

Benji · 04-29-2008, 04:34 AM

They're also probably smaller zones with less data held in them for nodes, etc.

Everything I've ever heard involving EQ AND EQ2 as far as server stability goes is that they use server clusters to hold multiple zones excepting particular zones that are extremely high traffic which get their own. Although, AFAIK, duplicate instances run on the same cluster, which is kind of odd. The rough part really comes in for instances where, supposedly, they are run on individual clusters for EVERY server combined to a single cluster for each instance. Hence the humongous horrible lag in VP at times and in SoH when it went live.

It's a great system when you throw all the out-dated zones onto clusters like this, but I think they probably overdo it with more current zones causing more lag than is necessary.

Granted, it's entirely possible I've been misinformed by a lot of sources over the years on this particular topic, but I'd think someone would have noted it was incorrect by now :P

bobz69 · 04-29-2008, 12:55 PM

TBH this is pretty old news, i have heard they expect to do server merges/free xferz sometime in the near future, and that was whispered to me back in like december. Why it hasnt happened yet, idk

Krov · 05-06-2008, 12:53 AM

There waiting to see the fall out of AOC and Warhammer.

- Krov

Temptation`VV · 05-06-2008, 01:04 AM

A little birdy told me that a merger was coming in June

Troubrin · 05-06-2008, 03:02 AM

in this next year, there will be both free xfers and server merges, with all the new MMORPG's coming out within the next year and a half this game will soon have less players then eq1, and sony will be glad cause EQ3 2010!!!

Elvbryn · 05-06-2008, 02:20 PM

they need to redistribute the zones putting newer zones on the same server clusters as older zones that have less traffic rather then putting fens and KP on the same server and lag would be reduced by a descent amount imho

Pinski · 05-06-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Elvbryn

they need to redistribute the zones putting newer zones on the same server clusters as older zones that have less traffic rather then putting fens and KP on the same server and lag would be reduced by a descent amount imho

Do we even know how they distribute them right now on the cluster? How do we know it's not just done by a basic load-balancing technique?

Phineus · 05-07-2008, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Benji

It's because the zones aren't on individual servers/clusters, they're shared, several zones per server. S'why you sometimes get lag in an empty zone, because the alternates on that particular server are full.

They says KP and VP are on the same server. So one day we are in vp and im like zomg the lag yo(to compare it the lag was only slightly better then when 5 kps were open and the x12 on x12 battles were raging for a dozen hours a day while spam hailing the writ giver for pvp tokens). I pop up an alt on a box and zone to kp and find less than 40 in zone and no kp2. Somebody not tellin us the whole story.

Elvbryn · 05-07-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinski

Do we even know how they distribute them right now on the cluster? How do we know it's not just done by a basic load-balancing technique?

I am basing this off of the intelligence show by there developers and managers and such

also have they upgraded the servers at all since game creation maybe it does not make a difference but would make sense to me that server clusters have gotten better as technology has gotten more advanced

Fonil · 05-10-2008, 03:29 AM

Easy way to fix this is have small instances that could be done across server, kinda like LDoN in EQ1 however you could group across servers and the rewards would be mediocre loot that could keep your gear on par with lvl.