Letter From the Producer Live Part LXXIX - 24 September 2023 - Summary and Discussion

[Jeeqbit]

Cloud data center. And soon as well!

[Raikai]

Cloud data center. And soon as well!

I wonder how that would fare for ping. Currently 150ms is the best I can get from where I live, but I know nothing about how impactful cloud DCs could be.

[Myrany]

Cloud data center. And soon as well!

I am not technically oriented.

Serious question why is this something to get excited about? I kinda don't know what it is really.

[Jeeqbit]

I am not technically oriented.

Serious question why is this something to get excited about? I kinda don't know what it is really.

A cloud server is scalable. So let's say at the expansion launch they reach the maximum capacity. A cloud server uses virtual machines that can scale it to cope with the extra demand or add new virtual server machines, just like that. The virtual machines stretch across as many machines as needed on much bigger data centers hosted by places like Amazon and Google.

Currently this is not possible, because they have physical server racks like this


They can't add or reduce these without actually taking the servers down and adjusting the racks and it takes time to physically receive the hardware and due to covid and the semiconductor shortage, nobody was selling what they needed.

Whereas somewhere like Amazon would have hundreds of times this many racks and allow a virtual server to scale up and down across them as needed. The drawback is it being slower.

[MisterNublet]

Whereas somewhere like Amazon would have hundreds of times this many racks and allow a virtual server to scale up and down across them as needed. The drawback is it being slower.

Something this game can already NOT afford.

[Myrany]

A cloud server is scalable. So let's say at the expansion launch they reach the maximum capacity. A cloud server uses virtual machines that can scale it to cope with the extra demand or add new virtual server machines, just like that. The virtual machines stretch across as many machines as needed on much bigger data centers hosted by places like Amazon and Google.

Currently this is not possible, because they have physical server racks like this


They can't add or reduce these without actually taking the servers down and adjusting the racks and it takes time to physically receive the hardware and due to covid and the semiconductor shortage, nobody was selling what they needed.

Whereas somewhere like Amazon would have hundreds of times this many racks and allow a virtual server to scale up and down across them as needed. The drawback is it being slower.

Ah ty so much for the details it makes much more sense now