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Mazaron
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:10:00 -
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I've never actually had an answer to this one - why is there a 1 hour downtime every day? What is it's purpose? Could the cluster not be left on 24/7?
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ToxicFire
Phoenix Knights
Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:15:00 -
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That would be cruelty to animal's though won't someone think of the hamsters
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Ragnarohk
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:16:00 -
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They require time to open the cages and scoop out the corpses of the Microsoft(tm) Hamsters (2007) they use to power the servers, and insert a fresh batch.
These of course will die of exhaustion after a day and, well, you get the picture.
-Rag
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Captain Stupid
The Flying Swan
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:17:00 -
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The hour dt is to allow Bob to move their capitals in to place, allegedly. 
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Khonsu
Rest home for Tired Seadogs
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:18:00 -
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It's just while the game is in Beta, it will be removed once everything is up and running and stable.
But seriously... it's supposed to be some database optimization and clean up. Allegedly.
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Benco97
Gallente
Multiverse Corporation
The Core Collective
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:20:00 -
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To perform cleanups, a lot of junk collects on the system and has to be sweeped off
"MY GOD KEEP THIS AWAY FROM BENCO97!!!!!" - Constantine Arcanum |
CynWulf
AJAX Puppy Grinding Company
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:20:00 -
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1.) So it doesn't have to be done once a week for like a bazzilion hours....
2.) Database
3.) so plex farmers can have fun too.
4.) Union break for hamsters
5.) errrr (free slot) INSERT REASON HERE.
6.) So I can start a story line mission one hour before DT and then go back after DT and make a few mil more in bounties because the servers re-spawned my mission rats
7.) and last just because
sorry 2 hours speel(sleep) can wear on a man... specially when you're trying to make up for that stupid ship loss the day before and you have another 100mil togo.
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coldplasma
Killson Corp
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:20:00 -
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No, the server needs to clean itself up. I suspect defrags, error checking, etc. Basically, everything that happens to your brain when you goto sleep.
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Shameless Avenger
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:21:00 -
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DT (around 7am to 8am around here) is designed to remmind you that there is a real life and it's actually time to go to work. Without DT, some could forget ther RL exists, don't go to work, don't get paid, be broke, and ultimatelly cancel the subscription for lack of funds.
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ToxicFire
Phoenix Knights
Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:22:00 -
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 Originally by: CynWulf
1.) So it doesn't have to be done once a week for like a bazzilion hours....
2.) Database
3.) so plex farmers can have fun too.
4.) Union break for hamsters
5.) errrr (free slot) INSERT REASON HERE.
6.) So I can start a story line mission one hour before DT and then go back after DT and make a few mil more in bounties because the servers re-spawned my mission rats
7.) and last just because
sorry 2 hours speel(sleep) can wear on a man... specially when you're trying to make up for that stupid ship loss the day before and you have another 100mil togo.
Number 2 doesn't exist now
Sig removed as it lacks EVE-related content. Mail [email protected] if you have questions. -Hango
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Nobues
DAB
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:22:00 -
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Originally by: Mazaron
I've never actually had an answer to this one - why is there a 1 hour downtime every day? What is it's purpose? Could the cluster not be left on 24/7?
Ok, let me take this one and its very clear, you leave a computer / server on 24/7 on going with a heavy load as eve had on some server they will stop working after so long.
WOW (world of warcraft), as I understand it has random downtimes that can last hours and hours at a time, even days and days, I even had one that lasted a full week (yes way back 4 years ago I place for like 2 weeks and stoped)..
My point is, do you want to have 1 hour a day, down and fixed, restarts and what every needs to happen in that 1 hr a day.
Or
Random downtimes that can last days at a time..
Its a something I like about this game, you always will know when the server will be up or down. (things do happen.. ) but 99% of the time your know when the server is down.
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coldplasma
Killson Corp
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:23:00 -
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RL was just made up by the carebears so all of the pirates took a break from EVE for once.
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Kilana Omni
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:23:00 -
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The hamsters have hijacked a plane and are currently in negotiations with CCP to renegotiate their terms...
Hamsters on a plane!
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Ker Ching
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:26:00 -
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There was a fantastic thread about 2 years ago explaining what happened at DT. It was about the belt rats kicking back and drinking coffee, collecting their dead, stuff like that.
Wish I could find it.
Originally by: Sahwoolo Etoophie
Please stop posting threads. *click*
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Nobues
DAB
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:29:00 -
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oh before you ask, the some downtimes take longer then others, due to server side fix's and patchs. Others will be shorter, under 20mins sometimes.
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Rayana Stormhammer
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:30:00 -
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Edited by: Rayana Stormhammer on 26/06/2007 12:33:00
Hamsters, pfft, its to annoy Australians as DT falls in our prime playing time (9pm ish)
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Astraia Mai
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:38:00 -
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Originally by: Nobues
Originally by: Mazaron
I've never actually had an answer to this one - why is there a 1 hour downtime every day? What is it's purpose? Could the cluster not be left on 24/7?
Ok, let me take this one and its very clear, you leave a computer / server on 24/7 on going with a heavy load as eve had on some server they will stop working after so long.
WOW (world of warcraft), as I understand it has random downtimes that can last hours and hours at a time, even days and days, I even had one that lasted a full week (yes way back 4 years ago I place for like 2 weeks and stoped)..
My point is, do you want to have 1 hour a day, down and fixed, restarts and what every needs to happen in that 1 hr a day.
Or
Random downtimes that can last days at a time..
Its a something I like about this game, you always will know when the server will be up or down. (things do happen.. ) but 99% of the time your know when the server is down.
Well, wow existed 2+ year, and its scheduled downtime 1 time a week from 1-8 hours, depeding on patches. And very so rarely a restart.....
I think this 1 hour daily is weird :D - but in another way, its better for a game like EVE :)
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Stellar Vix
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:42:00 -
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can you imange the number of corpses and other junk 300k other players leave on the server every day?
Also without downtime how is chribba going to seed the new veldspar trees?
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Krissam
Caldari
Danish Space bees
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:45:00 -
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Originally by: Astraia Mai
Originally by: Nobues
Originally by: Mazaron
I've never actually had an answer to this one - why is there a 1 hour downtime every day? What is it's purpose? Could the cluster not be left on 24/7?
Ok, let me take this one and its very clear, you leave a computer / server on 24/7 on going with a heavy load as eve had on some server they will stop working after so long.
WOW (world of warcraft), as I understand it has random downtimes that can last hours and hours at a time, even days and days, I even had one that lasted a full week (yes way back 4 years ago I place for like 2 weeks and stoped)..
My point is, do you want to have 1 hour a day, down and fixed, restarts and what every needs to happen in that 1 hr a day.
Or
Random downtimes that can last days at a time..
Its a something I like about this game, you always will know when the server will be up or down. (things do happen.. ) but 99% of the time your know when the server is down.
Well, wow existed 2+ year, and its scheduled downtime 1 time a week from 1-8 hours, depeding on patches. And very so rarely a restart.....
I think this 1 hour daily is weird :D - but in another way, its better for a game like EVE :)
the server i played was taken down for a few extra hours atleast once a week :S
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Tetra gramaton
Gallente
Team Venture
Ultima Rati0
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:50:00 -
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My theory is there a memory leakage some where.. As for the person that mentioned wow being down alot, there are alot of other MMO that dont go down that much. This is one of the major flaws in this game.
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JADE DRAG0NESS
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:54:00 -
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In one heour they reset everything, Increase the depleted belts, Clean up the cach files. Also database cleanups happen too as does defraging. basic maintanence stuff really. Ths is even more important as well because of the way the EvE cluster has been designed.
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
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Sheriff Jones
Amarr
Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United
Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.06.26 12:57:00 -
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this hour, every day, at the same time is a dark hour for the universe as this is the time when all mothers lock their daughters and all fathers lock themselves in their "private" rooms as it is a time when...the Jove come.
They rage through our universe like a wildfire through...a..a..dry thing and burn everything in their path before...umm..very generously setting everything back in place? 
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Sian Tairnesh
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.06.26 13:01:00 -
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Actually, WoW has a scheduled weekly downtime for several hours. Since there are American, European and Asian servers (I think, it's been a while), they schedule the downtimes to start at 3am something like that. Even then, some players complain about their playing time being severly cut by that - I mean, come on, who doesn't play in the middle of the night on workdays?
Anyway, WoW had a lot of unscheduled downtimes, too, when I was playing. Bugs and server crashes. Maybe if they had a daily 1 hour downtime, that wouldn't have happened... *shrugs*
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Asestorian
Minmatar
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2007.06.26 13:03:00 -
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I seem to remember reading that the dev's tried to run the server without a daily downtime, and it was a total mess. The server requires the downtime every day in order to survive. At this time they make sure everything is working correctly, fix any minor bugs that may have been found and finally the downtime serves to decide who has sovereignty over a system and allows an outpost to finish building.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.26 13:11:00 -
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Don't forget that comparing EVE to WoW isn't really all that sensible. A WoW server only has a few 10's of thousands of registered characters on each, with only a few thousand being logged on (and cluttering up the database) at any given time. EVE's servers house approaching 300,000 different characters, with up to 30,000 on at any given time.
The kind of stress that puts on the poor servers is vastly more than WoW gets. It's gonna need more DT...
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Tivookz
Caldari
Reprocity
Pure.
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Posted - 2007.06.26 13:14:00 -
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Cant believe anyone haven't mentioned the fact that without the 1hr downtime each day there wouldn't be any roids left because they re-seed the roids during the downtime fyi.
Tiv
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ToxicFire
Phoenix Knights
Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.06.26 13:20:00 -
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Originally by: Tivookz
Cant believe anyone haven't mentioned the fact that without the 1hr downtime each day there wouldn't be any roids left because they re-seed the roids during the downtime fyi.
Tiv
They could actually do that without a downtime quite easily
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