Backup servers?

[annewandering]

I had no idea they had a workforce of 1,800 people. No where near that. Well that certainly changes things. I am thinking the forklift idea to move the building/s might not be a bad idea after all.
I am kidding about the forklift ok? ^^

[NightDagger]

I had no idea they had a workforce of 1,800 people. No where near that. Well that certainly changes things. I am thinking the forklift idea to move the building/s might not be a bad idea after all.
I am kidding about the forklift ok? ^^

How could you even think that was a good idea? You do realize what is going on right now? All you can think about is moving the Severs? Do you have any idea how sick I am at reading about people explaining to others what they should write & how they should be thinking.

LOL I am in a great mood

[Ilax]

There ARE servers in California. BUT they are not for gameplay, they are servers for updates etc.... So they are not as big or capable of just throwing the gameplay data on there & power em up.

Kinda like you said, California are just relay server, they don't hold as much information as the one in japan.

Best example that i can explain is the latency, if you would be connected direct to the japan server (from US) your lag would be horrible due to all the relay, and SE would also have 0 control on it, so a quick workaround for SE is to put a server somewhere in US (like California). Now instead receive information direct from japan, the japan server sync the info with California server allowing info to be released at same time for user in japan and user in USA.

So ya that server is useless without the master server Is of course more then that, but it give you an idea of what that server do. Another way to see it is a radio station and a station that just boost the signal.

[viion]

I dont think the "size" of the server is to much of an issue, just a lot of hassle setting it up then having to bring them back.

I mean people even do private servers now XD its not massive amounts of data.

[RAIST]

From what I've witnessed, the US servers aren't used for actually PLAYING the game. All the servers I saw in my netstat testing weren't in the US--I ran lookups on them before white-listing them and fixing my connectivity issues a few updates ago.

Raist

[Alhanelem]

If there were "backup servers" they would be in a different location in japan, not in the US. Needless to say, the servers are not "incapacitated." they've been specifically turned off by SE, because they wouldn't be able to guarantee service even if they weren't trying to contribute to power conservation.

[Riggs]

i don't think its a matter of the severs been to big to move, there was the story on eve on line where the chief exc recounted a story about how they were moving offices in London, and 1 employee got the job to run the sever across the city in the back of a cab during 1 maintenance period. I think its more about having some place with the band width and power requirement set up ready to go.

[Nattack]

the servers are not going to be relocated. and backup servers would be out of sync with what i logged out with,

one server farm to rule them all. and a set of servers with backups incase the database gets sick and tired of living.

theres also an issue with dns propogation. wed still be out for a while. itd probably take much longer to move the servers than its worth

[rog]

Best example that i can explain is the latency, if you would be connected direct to the japan server (from US) your lag would be horrible due to all the relay, and SE would also have 0 control on it, so a quick workaround for SE is to put a server somewhere in US (like California). Now instead receive information direct from japan, the japan server sync the info with California server allowing info to be released at same time for user in japan and user in USA.

Yeah, except that is how it works. Japanese players have a significant advantage when it comes to lag.

Not sure how you think that would even work. Going from japan to a server in california to us would be SLOWER than it would to just send the data straight from japan to us.

[NightDagger]

Yeah, except that is how it works. Japanese players have a significant advantage when it comes to lag.

Not sure how you think that would even work. Going from japan to a server in california to us would be SLOWER than it would to just send the data straight from japan to us.

research is needed before blasting someone. Fibre optic cable is ran throughout the whole world. This cable allows instant data transmission. They also use this for retail. A good example is that when you make a purchase from a store they scan the bar code, when they scan it the signal is sent through fiber optic cable to a remote place like the Phillipe-ans, the code is then found on the central hub & sent back to the store, this is all done at the speed of light (since fiber optic is light signal turned into an electric signal at the end user). Through the use of transmission amplifiers they are able to use this for the man source of data transmission especially in Japan, China, Hong Kong.

The same is done for any kind of signal you would like to transmit. Whether that be internet data or sound, the fibre optic cable is meant to transmit a signal with zero break down in the signal quality.

So in short the world has evolved to the point that satellite signal is used for a lot of things, but fibre optic is the new & improved method of choice. The cost of setting up a system is relatively high but it has become more affordable over the years.

I personally use fibre optic cable in my house for my audio. My home entertainment system is all hooked up through fibre optic cable. The sound quality is just amazing, you hear sounds that you never knew were there. It makes listening to music, watching movies/t.v. ot just playing games much more enjoyable.

So in short, yes it is possible for them to do this with next to no lag. The main problem is that our ISP's are not as good as Japan's ISP's. Japan's internet company's are mostly using fibre optic cable to send the user their internet signal directly to their house. This is by far the fastest & most reliable method to send the internet signal. America & Canada also use fibre optic cable to send their users internet but it is not used by majority of the company's. This is what causes you lag in the game & it is this that gives the JP players an advantage on us.

As previously stated no one has confirmed that the servers in California are even for game play. I have been under the understanding that these are for version updates, logging in, player registration & the such. Heck they could just simply be for testing purposes only.