Closing down of 1.0 servers. Farewell!

[Pseudopsia]

I can see why they aren't keeping them up probably a waste of electricity.

SE probably needs to get them ready for beta test as well.

[Abriael]

SE probably needs to get them ready for beta test as well.

I seriously doubt they aren't recycling the same old machines for 2.0...

well. Ok. I hope they aren't.

[Nayto]

I seriously doubt they aren't recycling the same old machines for 2.0...

well. Ok. I hope they aren't.

Why buy a new server when I can fix it with duct tape?

[Galliano]

Why buy a new server when I can fix it with duct tape?

I lol'ed.

/10 char

[Eekiki]

Why buy a new server when I can fix it with duct tape?

And remember: if the women don't find you handsome, at least you should be handy.

[Pseudopsia]

I seriously doubt they aren't recycling the same old machines for 2.0...

well. Ok. I hope they aren't.

If these servers were new for FFXIV 1.0 then they will work perfectly fine. You think you need bleeding edge servers?

[Abriael]

If these servers were new for FFXIV 1.0 then they will work perfectly fine. You think you need bleeding edge servers?

It depends on what performance they're looking for. In the last two years, for instance, SSD drives for servers made an enormous technological leap in quality and performance, and that kind of speed in data reading/writing would benefit an MMORPG by quite a lot.

They're even quite affordable now.

[Pseudopsia]

It depends on what performance they're looking for. In the last two years, for instance, SSD drives for servers made an enormous technological leap in quality and performance, and that kind of speed in data reading/writing would benefit an MMORPG by quite a lot.

They're even quite affordable now.

You don't need to replace servers to upgrade to SSDs. SSD existed back then, I was using SSDs before FFXIV. How do you know they aren't using them right now? If they want more bandwidth there is a reason to replace the servers. CPU performance hasn't increased significantly.

They might not even want to use SSDs because of the limited writes and the reliability risk.

[Abriael]

You don't need to replace servers to upgrade to SSDs. SSD existed back then, I was using SSDs before FFXIV. How do you know they aren't using them right now? If they want more bandwidth there is a reason to replace the servers. CPU performance hasn't increased significantly.

They might not even want to use SSDs because of the limited writes and the reliability risk.

Two years ago (actually more, because I doubt they bought the servers the day before release) SSD were WAY too unreliable and too small for servers. I seriously doubt they used them for FFXIV.

I'm not saying they MUST use them for FFXIV: ARR, but server technology hasn't been inactive in two years or more. The massive improvement of SSD technology is just an example. Can't say using new servers over three years-old ones wouldn't benefit the game.

[Pseudopsia]

Two years ago (actually more, because I doubt they bought the servers the day before release) SSD were WAY too unreliable and too small for servers. I seriously doubt they used them for FFXIV.

I'm not saying they MUST use them for FFXIV: ARR, but server technology hasn't been inactive in two years or more. The massive improvement of SSD technology is just an example. Can't say using new servers over three years-old ones wouldn't benefit the game.

You can keep going on like this is you want, we are both speculating. I know you want FFXIV 2.0 to use the latest and greatest of everything. SE primary goal, like any company, is to make a profit. They will make efficient decisions. If replacing the servers isn't going to make much of a difference, they are not going to do it.