Cross Data Center Party Finders

[NephthysVasudan]

Previous Reply is not entirely correct...but valid none the less.

It CAN happen....but it wont.

Each "DC" is in a different physical location....and data centers are not "Everywhere" (I work at one...not an SE one mind you...but at a Datacenter none the less)

The reason you don't see "Cross DC" parties is the connection required would be rather intense in terms of VPN/Proxy/Tunneling.

People make the mistake of thinking in terms of them and a couple people....when they need to multiply that in the thousands.

Add to that any DC's that are "Out of country" - each country has different bandwidth challenges and "allowances" in terms of cost and what they are allowed to push/pull.

It's costly...is the point.

It grows exponentially when you factor in people who use it.

Bottom line - can it be done? yes
Will it get done? Not unless SE decides to dump a ton of money on it....not likely to happen in the immediate time frame...let alone medium. Even if it could..you'd run into very weird latency issues.