https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...b07b3650f15d24
I am negative about this game lately but hey, this is a good change. They are making foundational investments in this game and this is an excellent sign.
Good for you SE. This actually gives me hope. Thank you. Let's hope it leads to good and big things and if it does I will be a customer the whole way.
"In order to deliver an optimal gaming experience for future updates, we will be upgrading the hardware of our North American data centers. An extended period of maintenance will be scheduled for all Worlds while the equipment is being replaced."
What I'm speculating here is that whatever features they are planning on rolling out wouldn't work on old server hardware so they just have to upgrade the entire thing. This is a huge investment for a company so it's likely an indicator that whatever they have planned its worth upgrading the servers for.
If it were a small thing it would be better to axe the planned feature and keep the existing infrastructure in place, its cheaper. As for the graphics update thats mostly client side. With the changes to the netcode as well this is the stuff solid, big changes come from. It's true. It could be a whole lot of nothing but it doesn't make sense to make these moves just to keep providing more of the same we've seen in previous expansions.
Per their statements as well its clear this is for the future, not just maintenance because old servers are failing.
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03-21-2023, 01:51 AMAth192Regarding the Replacement of North American Data Center Hardware
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03-21-2023, 03:13 AMPratini
OK?
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03-21-2023, 03:15 AMVahlnir
I don't count my chickens before they hatch, so I will take the wait and see approach for now. If it brings something meaningful, then that's great. But I'm not expecting much.
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03-21-2023, 03:18 AMStormpeakstbh I'm not sure in what way this will improve anything eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
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03-21-2023, 04:44 AMJojoyaMight help a little with some latency issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormpeaks
I suspect more likely it's related to log in queues. The Endwalker queues were a mess and I remember older equipment being mentioned as part of the problem. They don't want that to be repeated when 7.0 gets released.
I wouldn't be surprised if the final installation work for the hardware for the last 4 Dynamis servers is getting done at the same time. The timing would be about right if the plan is still to open those worlds mid to late Spring. -
03-21-2023, 04:54 AMGTK0HLK
Yeah, we're in a transition period..,
it's honestly surprising how all of this has lined up..,
Course none of this will stop some thread from peeking their heads.., or people saying it's the worst time ever, bad content, etc etc.<it has merit, but no way to tell rn how badly they had their hands tied.>
Since the surge pre-Cv19/CCreator/Etc.., or lack of unknown quantities of DevPower from XVI/Graphics Update/Datacenter expansions-Travel.
For me, it'll only be a hopeful expectation, and another thing to balance on my expectations vs reality scale. <Since I cannot blame them for lack of proper implementation if they are literally spread thin globally I'm various topics> -
03-21-2023, 05:20 AMAtelier-Bagur
If this helps on bettering server stability and performance, good on them for replacing them.
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03-21-2023, 05:23 AMAvoidy
God I hope this fixes the latency issues people have been having since 6.3.
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03-21-2023, 06:30 AMAth192https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/ServersQuote:
Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur
Primal Data Center
ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
ARR-27 Behemoth August 16, 2013 No
ARR-7 Excalibur August 16, 2013 Yes
ARR-46 Exodus August 18, 2013 No
ARR-52 Famfrit September 4, 2013 No
ARR-8 Hyperion August 16, 2013 Yes
ARR-48 Lamia August 18, 2013 No
ARR-35 Leviathan August 16, 2013 No
ARR-32 Ultros August 16, 2013 No
If this is reliable. Kind of old.
Maybe there wasn't a last time. Just the first time. This wouldn't be all that surprising either given how companies milk their servers. Southwest just had a meltdown because of how old their stuff was. It's not uncommon for companies to drive them into the ground. Maybe repair individual pieces that fail.
For they too, have the Mark of Louisoix xD
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03-21-2023, 07:04 AMReap00You can't make a post like this on this forum. This is a positive post. Next time make sure you bash something or the forum primates won't be invested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ath192
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03-21-2023, 07:17 AMVahlnirI don't recall there ever really being a straight up upgrade like this to the servers. Some updates to infrastructure and the like, sure, but this might be the first time they have said "Yeah, we're upgrading this stuff."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ath192
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03-21-2023, 07:37 AMValkyrie_LennethQuote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
When the servers were moved from Montreal to Cali we got an upgrade. They didn't physically move the servers. But that was the last time. -
03-21-2023, 07:50 AMGTK0HLK
makes me think, that the new DCs have probably been running on newer parts for the last months then.., as they wouldn't get old hardware, to then just switch out.
<which may have issues with old ones.., then again, we don't hear much from those in the new DCs, asides the it's lonely over here.., I'm entitled to jump ship.., Lock the New characters so we fill up. (justifiably of course)
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03-21-2023, 07:50 AMVahlnirGotcha. My memory isn't always the greatest, so thanks for filling in the blanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth
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03-21-2023, 08:01 AMAth192what year was that? this is good info for posterity TBH, there doesn't seem to be good records.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth
Edit, found this thread, seems like 5/17:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...egathread_517/
Okay even more relevant this is what happened last time they upgraded, directly from the forums and Yoshi P
Thanks largely in part to support from our loyal fan base, FINAL FANTASY XIV has continued to exhibit steady growth, allowing for even larger company investment into the project. As has been previously announced, with the release of our upcoming expansion Stormblood, we are planning major updates and upgrades to our server system to allow not only for increased server efficiency, but also:
Increased inventory capacity
Worldless (cross-world) party matching and friend management
Additional content & increased field size for new areas
All which we hope will contribute to increased playability.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ter-Relocation
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03-21-2023, 08:13 AMThemarvin
I don't get the conspiracy thing in all this...also running this kind of hardware and servers is not something you can do in your moms basement or the likes.... this is way more complicated than that... also an upgrade to the hardware to handle the loads better and more is only a good step ahead...
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03-21-2023, 10:19 AMkevin_satron
when was the last time they upgrade EU and JP dc?
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03-21-2023, 10:26 AMVahlnirIf it is used to its full potential, then absolutely. For me it's less of a conspiracy and more hoping (but not expecting) that it will indeed be put to good use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Themarvin
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03-21-2023, 10:43 AMGTK0HLKHere's hoping that they do..,Quote:
Originally Posted by Vahlnir
if not, it'll be kinda sad that a decent, if not good mmo fails on that.
Since many joke/seriously repeat the "Maintenance mode".
Here's to whatever the next decade or not brings..,
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03-21-2023, 11:13 AMAbsimiliard
I can't wait to not be able to log in for three straight days because somebody forgot to feed the new hamster before shipping it.