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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2009.06.10 19:43:00 -
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Maybe we at CCP are having too much of that wonderful summer ice cream. Or maybe we just like "moar powa"? In his first ever dev blog, CCP Valar, our Senior DBA on the Virtual Worlds Operations Team, outlines some of the hardware and software upgrades we are making to help us achieve world domination. You can read his blog here.
And remember, just because CCP Valar is new, please don't honor him with "first" (or even "second") posts. That is spam, and will be removed :) |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2009.06.10 19:58:00 -
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Edited by: Chribba on 10/06/2009 19:59:59
Valar new? Ok...? hehe
Anyway I love the hardware, I love the databases. I love CCP. Can I have your old RamSan?
and oohhh ohhh /edit/smaller downtime rocks!! Keep up the great work!
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:05:00 -
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Where is my cookie?
Also a nice read.
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Dmian
Gallente Gallenterrorisme
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:13:00 -
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I want my cookie too!
I should take CCP Valar to my work. The guys there are plain... how could I say it nicely... inepts. This is the way you deploy software! |
Batolemaeus
Caldari Free-Space-Ranger Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:13:00 -
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Quote: By now I've overwhelmed you with tech talk and if you've reached this far, you get a cookie.
Let's say you do a few more yarrdware blogs (with pics please), and i give you twice as many cookies back? |
Letrange
Minmatar Chaosstorm Corporation Apoapsis Multiversal Consortium
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:16:00 -
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How to come across as a Dev-hero-issue:
Dump as much technical details as you can get away with in a Dev-blog. Advantages: layman oooh and aaah at you and experts give you some good feedback once they finish with the bucket of drool and hardware envy. Disadvantages: little to none. Your suppliers are happy with the mention (free advertising), The players bask in the knowledge that we probably know more about the hardware Tranquility runs on than the average wow developer knows about the servers wow runs on. One of these days you really need to get Tranquility rated on the supercomputer lists so we can get REAL geek gaming cred, but I digress.
Not complaining. No, no, far from it. Just pointing out. |
Entipathy
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:18:00 -
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There was no comments if these issues will resolve the lag issue we get during large engagements, will these hardware upgrades do anything to resolve the lag issue? |
LaVista Vista
Conservative Shenanigans Party
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:20:00 -
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Awesome dev-blog.
A++, would read again.
Where's my cookie?
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Merouk Baas
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:24:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba Anyway I love the hardware, I love the databases. I love CCP. Can I have your old RamSan?
I don't think they're gonna give you the RamSan... maybe pieces of it. Maybe, like, they could break off chips from the old hardware they don't need anymore and sell it as "Authentic pieces of the EVE Universe" or at least the substrate. Or, even better, bottled dust! $5 gets you a small 10 mL vial of authentic dust from one of the fans from inside one of their servers!
YEAH!
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IceBlade Rage
Immortalis Silens
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:27:00 -
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@Fallout: I hope you mean new relatively, as I think Valar has been around longer than you have, at least publicly.
@Valar: Pictures Please!
@The Lag People: It will likely not help much as the fights don't directly hit the database. However the news that they finished upgrading the SOL nodes will help the lag. The biggest limiter in the fleet fights now is both client side rendering and sheer brute calculations server side. The next big step they need to take is to make nodes able to span multiple processor cores.
Overall, awesome blog. We need more like this heh.
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Cind Moltarr
Glowing Goat The Volition Cult
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:28:00 -
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Ahhh, nice.
Where is my cookie? I'd prefer one with chocolate please. |
Darth Sith
SiN. Corp Sons of Tangra
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:28:00 -
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As an IBM server engineer (when I'm not playing eve :)) all this talk of 3850 M2's is making me randy :P
Awesome work guys .. I was in a fleet fight 2 days ago .. 146 in local .. no lag at all. It has come a long way from the 30 - 60 sec module lag of the old days!
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Morphisat
Hidden Agenda Deep Space Engineering
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Posted - 2009.06.10 20:34:00 -
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Do you run the servers in core mode ? Would reduce some overhead and it's a nice new feature of server 2008.
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Nick Marsh
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:09:00 -
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giev cookie!
yum, very nice hardware would love to play with that, oh wait i am!
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:14:00 -
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Edited by: CCP Fallout on 10/06/2009 21:15:24
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 10/06/2009 19:59:59
Valar new? Ok...? hehe
Not at all :)
By "new" I meant new to our dev blogging world. He's been here for eons.
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ToTheCore
Federation of Freedom Fighters Aggression.
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:22:00 -
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I believe you have my cookie... ---
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Kismeteer
Infusion. Sc0rched Earth
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:35:00 -
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A very nice post. We would never get this kind of information out of any other MMO developer. Please continue on in this fashion! I look forward to the day when we don't have an hour downtime... Should make pos stront fueling more interesting, for sure.
Also, I think I had cookie blocking turned on, could I get another one? -- Kismeteer, carebear extraordinaire
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TornSoul
BIG Libertas Fidelitas
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:50:00 -
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Valar has always been awesome - This blog just cements it.
And "new" and "Valar" in the same sentence (even though Fallout made a nice "save" with the "blogging community) is just lol
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2009.06.10 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: TornSoul And "new" and "Valar" in the same sentence (even though Fallout made a nice "save" with the "blogging community) is just lol
No cookie for you :D |
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Mashie Saldana
BFG Tech
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Posted - 2009.06.10 22:32:00 -
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Speaking of "new" database admins, is CCP Sharkbait still around?
How many database request do you get per day now, I know a year or so ago it was around 550 million a day.
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Lialem
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Posted - 2009.06.10 22:54:00 -
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Damn that monster costs $16.000!... |
Ford Chicago
Einherjar Rising Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.06.10 23:03:00 -
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Lots of great info, but I'm still curious!
Why are you only using two CPUs per cluster node as opposed to four? Upgrading to four seems like a relatively low cost even considering additional SQL Server licensing costs.
Are you using 32x4GB RDIMMS or 8GB RDIMMS?
What is the average processor load during downtime/startup? What is the average processor load during peak user activity?
I know you're using multi port FiberChannel HBAs to the RAMSAN, but what connects the database server to the sol nodes? Are those connections anywhere near saturation?
Again, great tech blog. |
MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
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Posted - 2009.06.10 23:45:00 -
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wait, ow, confused.
ok so before you had 4 3.3 GHz Wolfdale CPUs and 16 GB of RAM blades running right?
and like for a fleet flight you had to ask before hand to have a system placed on one to fight the lag.
Am I to believe that you now have nothing but 3.3 GHz Wolfdale CPUs and 16 GB of RAM nodes? Or am I understanding wrong?
also does this mean we no longer have to ask to reinforce a system? because every system in eve is this beefy?? |
Shigawahhhhh
Caldari Metalworks THE INTERSTELLAR FOUNDRY
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Posted - 2009.06.11 00:03:00 -
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Cool info
*eats cookie* |
Jmarr Hyrgund
Imperial Shipment
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Posted - 2009.06.11 00:06:00 -
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I read, I understand (sort of), I wants cookie now :P |
Entipathy
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Posted - 2009.06.11 00:29:00 -
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@The Lag People: It will likely not help much as the fights don't directly hit the database. However the news that they finished upgrading the SOL nodes will help the lag. The biggest limiter in the fleet fights now is both client side rendering and sheer brute calculations server side. The next big step they need to take is to make nodes able to span multiple processor cores.
This might be accomplished using VMware ESX, not sure if CCP has looked into this technology but it might resolve some of your single theard issues.
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Mashie Saldana
BFG Tech
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Posted - 2009.06.11 00:31:00 -
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Originally by: MotherMoon Am I to believe that you now have nothing but 3.3 GHz Wolfdale CPUs and 16 GB of RAM nodes? Or am I understanding wrong?
also does this mean we no longer have to ask to reinforce a system? because every system in eve is this beefy??
All nodes are beefy now, however a reinforced node means it is dedicated for a single solar system and not shared between multiple solar systems. So as I understand it you will still ask for a node to be reinforced if you plan a 1000vs1000 fight. |
Maria Kalista
Amarr Emerald Forest Securities
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Posted - 2009.06.11 02:31:00 -
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I hope one day you can show us how the EVE cluster looks like, with some pretty database babe in front of it.
So, when will this upgrade happen?
Originally by: Jacharian This sounds like a bad idea. I'm in.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2009.06.11 03:21:00 -
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big behinds eh?
Back that thing up |
Darirol
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.06.11 03:29:00 -
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cookies \o/
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