Move the servers back?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

SE also has 3 data centres in Japan (which they don't really need), they COULD have one in South East Asia or Australia to help oceanic players, but there is always more to it than a simple move.

They have 3 "datacenters" which are server clusters, not physical datacenters. The same as US, where we are in 1 datacenter, but there are 2 clusters.

[reiichi]

They have 3 "datacenters" which are server clusters, not physical datacenters. The same as US, where we are in 1 datacenter, but there are 2 clusters.

I don't think people understand that it's cost-prohibitive to buy hardware to put in datacenters all over the world, leaving software maintenance and tuning of those servers aside.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I don't think people understand that it's cost-prohibitive to buy hardware to put in datacenters all over the world, leaving software maintenance and tuning of those servers aside.

Yup...

Some of the servers I work on are 30k each...

I've worked on some stuff that costs in the millions for one piece of equipment.

[Darrcyphfeid]

I don't think people understand that it's cost-prohibitive to buy hardware to put in datacenters all over the world, leaving software maintenance and tuning of those servers aside.

I think people understand just fine? If Square is unwilling or incapable of footing the bill to meet the basic needs of their playerbase, however, they should not be releasing MMOs to begin with. But if they choose to not pay, and choose to continue releasing games like this, they've got no one but themselves to blame when the damn things collapse.

New players aren't going to give them any benefit if the game lags them out during their free trial/first month. People paying a subscription will inevitably get tired of not being able to enjoy the service they're paying for.

[Kurando]

They have 3 "datacenters" which are server clusters, not physical datacenters. The same as US, where we are in 1 datacenter, but there are 2 clusters.

Do you have a source for this? Didn't know you work for SE, so just curious as I can't assume it's the same for every single MMO out there...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Do you have a source for this? Didn't know you work for SE, so just curious as I can't assume it's the same for every single MMO out there...

It is for SE, It is not for other MMO's.

You can easily determine this by running a trace on the IP addresses for the servers in the different clusters. They all follow the same hops to the same locations other than the world server being different, or the "datacenter" cluster being different.

Each "Datacenter" is comprised of multiple physical servers that make up the multiple "world" servers, and then a couple of physical servers that make up the "instance" server for each "datacenter" cluster.

This is replicated in the same physical building for the different "datacenter" server clusters in the 3 countries where they are hosted. Japan, the US, and Germany.

The NA servers are in Sacramento, CA, the EU ones are in Frankfurt, Germany, and the Japan ones are in Tokyo.

[Kurando]

snip.

Ok cool well without sounding rude, testing hops and making an explanation of what you think it is (whether it's true or not) isn't really a kind of source I was looking for. When someone asks for a source they generally want something official, but anyway it's not really worth pursuing was just a simple curiosity.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Ok cool well without sounding rude, testing hops and making an explanation of what you think it is (whether it's true or not) isn't really a kind of source I was looking for. When someone asks for a source they generally want something official, but anyway it's not really worth pursuing was just a simple curiosity.

There won't be anything official, as SE telling the world where their servers are is a bad idea. No company tells the public the location of their production equipment.

[Kurando]

There won't be anything official, as SE telling the world where their servers are is a bad idea. No company tells the public the location of their production equipment.

I didn't ask at all where the servers were, that was not my question. Don't worry about it...