Confused

So the NA data center was moved to the California area. But my server time is still 6 hours ahead of current time . I play on Diabolos server . I have noticed since the move a little lag . The old server was 1800 miles away the new server is 1700 miles away......I live in Oklahoma. Just wondering why the server time is not 2 hours behind my current time and I can not understand why SE would put the server on a coast of the US and not somewhere in the center of the country .......

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Originally Posted by DarkRain

So the NA data center was moved to the California area. But my server time is still 6 hours ahead of current time . I play on Diabolos server . I have noticed since the move a little lag . The old server was 1800 miles away the new server is 1700 miles away......I live in Oklahoma. Just wondering why the server time is not 2 hours behind my current time and I can not understand why SE would put the server on a coast of the US and not somewhere in the center of the country .......

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No one else seems to either. Some people have offered that their North American corporate offices are in California and the internet infrastructure there is far better than in Montreal, but folks are still clinging to the notion that a more centralized location would have made more sense.

My guess is your ISP is routing your internet traffic inefficiently (i.e. sending your packets through a connection far out of the way).

Because everyone equates geographically central with being network central -- and that's not true.

They could have stuck the servers somewhere in the middle of the country, but if that location has insufficient network connectivity, they would be in a physically central location, but still on the edge of the network.

California has a ton of backbone connections (not least thanks to all the big names in internet being there and wanting the best links to/from their HQ locations) both domestic and foreign (a lot of transoceanic cables come ashore there) so even though it's not geographicallycentral, it's probably closer to the network center.

I understand that. But shouldn't my server time be 2 hours behind my current time and not 6 hours a head ? 6 hours a head puts it in the EU. And last I knew Diabolos server is NA.....

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Originally Posted by St0rmchild

Because everyone equates geographically central with being network central -- and that's not true.

They could have stuck the servers somewhere in the middle of the country, but if that location has insufficient network connectivity, they would be in a physically central location, but still on the edge of the network.

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There are a ton of MMOs on datacenters in Texas already (Aion, LOTRO, TERA, BnS, etc.). I doubt there's 'insufficient network connectivity' there, but there might not have been anywhere with enough available and up-to-date hardware for the changes SE wants to make with the game going forward.

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Originally Posted by DarkRain

I understand that. But shouldn't my server time be 2 hours behind my current time and not 6 hours a head ? 6 hours a head puts it in the EU. And last I knew Diabolos server is NA.....

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Maybe 'server time' isn't actually based on the geographical location of the servers? I never really paid attention to it before.

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Originally Posted by St0rmchild

Because everyone equates geographically central with being network central -- and that's not true.

They could have stuck the servers somewhere in the middle of the country, but if that location has insufficient network connectivity, they would be in a physically central location, but still on the edge of the network.

California has a ton of backbone connections (not least thanks to all the big names in internet being there and wanting the best links to/from their HQ locations) both domestic and foreign (a lot of transoceanic cables come ashore there) so even though it's not geographicallycentral, it's probably closer to the network center.

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Plenty of games are now housed in Chicago (including League of Legends) which has a robust backbone. If we're talking connection quality there is little reason for it to be in Cali specifically.

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Originally Posted by cakesphere

Plenty of games are now housed in Chicago (including League of Legends) which has a robust backbone. If we're talking connection quality there is little reason for it to be in Cali specifically.

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Hey I don't know -- I'm just theorizing as to their decision process (wihch I don't know anythign about) and trying to figure out why they picked Cali. Then again, they picked Germany for EU which was a lovely choice as well (especially when Telia has their unlocatable network problems again and half of Europe gets random lagspikes)so yeah ... ultimately I guess a manager set a budget and the network guys had to stick to that to make their choices ..

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Originally Posted by St0rmchild

Hey I don't know -- I'm just theorizing as to their decision process (wihch I don't know anythign about) and trying to figure out why they picked Cali. Then again, they picked Germany for EU which was a lovely choice as well (especially when Telia has their unlocatable network problems again and half of Europe gets random lagspikes)so yeah ... ultimately I guess a manager set a budget and the network guys had to stick to that to make their choices ..

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When a company such as SE makes 100s of millions alone on this game money or a server budget should not be a make it or break it situation. Quality should out way budget when it comes to the server

The server time has never been based on the geographical location of the servers, I'm not sure why they would change it just because of the move. I think it is in GMT? I've never played on the JPN data centers, but I'm assuming server time is standardized across all of them to make things simpler for SE.

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Originally Posted by DarkRain

When a company such as SE makes 100s of millions alone on this game money or a server budget should not be a make it or break it situation. Quality should out way budget when it comes to the server

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I'm not sure you'll find anyone on a board of directors who'll agree with that sentiment.