Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 04:18 PM CST
On Thursday, November 12th, at roughly 10am ET, we will be preforming a server upgrade for GemStone IV. During this time, the games will be taken down completely as we make the transition to the new hardware. We're estimating that this downtime will be around 4 hours (until 2pm). Please plan accordingly!

With the new servers, it should address some performance issues we've been noticing, so this is definitely a good move for us.



~Wyrom, APM

>>They call him Wyrom, not afraid to get dirty; work all day, in game by 5:30; loresongs eloquent, item embellishment, double speed development... ~Silvean
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 05:02 PM CST
Virtual machines on a blade chassis? Or just new physical boxes? I'm curious.

Rishi
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 07:33 PM CST
Thank you for the heads up!

Chad, player of a few
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 08:35 PM CST
>>I'm curious.

Let me see what all I can share! But it's a pretty big upgrade. Solomon talked a little bit about it at SimuCon in August.



~Wyrom, APM

>>They call him Wyrom, not afraid to get dirty; work all day, in game by 5:30; loresongs eloquent, item embellishment, double speed development... ~Silvean
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 09:36 PM CST
1.21 gigawatts of text based processing power!

Doc Sleken
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 10:35 PM CST


Great Scott!
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 10:51 PM CST


What sort of framerate can we expect with Fallout 4 on high settings? :)
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/10/2015 11:24 PM CST
>>What sort of framerate can we expect with Fallout 4 on high settings? :)

Unless you want to dabble in the game files and have a 144 mHz monitor, probably between 30 to 60. Darn caps!



~Wyrom, APM

>>They call him Wyrom, not afraid to get dirty; work all day, in game by 5:30; loresongs eloquent, item embellishment, double speed development... ~Silvean
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/11/2015 08:34 AM CST
Is it true that if we do not use it, we lose it?

-Retser-
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/11/2015 01:58 PM CST
Three cheers!
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Hooray!
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/12/2015 09:58 AM CST
Was starting to wonder why I couldn't get in after I stepped away for a brief period and suddenly couldn't get get in. Surprised I missed this announcement :-)

Don't spill the coffee on the server!

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Re: Server Upgrade 11/12/2015 11:13 AM CST
Thanks for getting it up so quick. :)

~ Aquatriana's Player
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/12/2015 11:21 AM CST
All instances of the game are back up. We continue to test and tweak, but feel free to hop back in!


~Liia
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/12/2015 12:39 PM CST


After the upgrade my character is showing a power level above 9000. Is that correct?
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Re: Server Upgrade 11/12/2015 01:22 PM CST
I'm noticing that none of my Round Times have improved after the server upgrade. Are you sure you put the correct server into the rack? :p

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