1 More Day till SERVER "Restart"

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Don't you need air conditioning and ventilation to keep the servers healthy and not overheat?

[jlwelch]

Don't you need air conditioning and ventilation to keep the servers healthy and not overheat?

I don't know, but if they are going to be turned off until the 25th then they won't be on anyway.

[Abriael]

Don't you need air conditioning and ventilation to keep the servers healthy and not overheat?

Normally server farms have their own AC setups (since they need a lower average temperature than what's healthy for human beings), which means that they can turn off the AC in the whole compound and keep the server farm one on.

[Quanta]

Don't you need air conditioning and ventilation to keep the servers healthy and not overheat?

Yes, though that's likely factored into the percentage already. So the server room will have AC and adequate lighting while the rest of the building won't.

[Ayerc]

And probably why they're only conserving 8.8% by shutting off their AC in non-critical areas, when actually AC usage is typically much higher.

[luthrien]

Yes, they are a business and as their customers they have certain obligations towards us but national interest comes first. I'm sure they know what they are doing and what needs to be done.

Priorities, people.

Well said.

[javid]

I've yet to see a thread with more views!

And SE as a big viable business want to bring the servers bk online as late as possible. Viability of Big Business is not set in fast buck but steady and assured stability. They want to plan for all likely outcomes. Take this one for example: If they were to say 25th for sure!! And on the 26th the city suffers a power outage. Consider consistency, consumer satisfaction, and scheduled shutdowns out the window. And their clients would demand retribution--they are already not charging FFXI for the month of April (pretend that there is only 20k members subscribed multiplied by $15)-- they can't just give another free month. They might be better off milking the rest of this month and some of april since they wont be making money for that period, and focus on stability over all [and development issues for XIV].

[Ayerc]

A thread about jumping is still leading with 22,700 (and posts, with 869, second place only at 565). The sticky at the top of the page is close to that though, with 21,200.