Maintenance

[zodium]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for the awesome playbox, Rogean!

From a technical stand point, what does 'servers down for maintenance' actually mean?

Like do they need dusting or what? I'd love to know what this oft read phrase actually means!

Edit, OP:

the magic cout needs to be recharged every so often or people will randomly go linkdead

[Mytral]

Scout clicking finally broke the server.....

[Fri Jul 14 14:43:04 2017] Scout Charisa says 'Great,Diamondarrow! I was wondering when they would send someone out to give me these. In my haste and excitement of this new assignment I forgot these. This scout business is great I must say. It sure beats setting in Southern Ro studying the ruins. I've been following these Storm Giants for days. They've been wandering up and down the coast looking for something.'

[Fri Jul 14 14:43:04 2017] Scout Charisa says 'Great,Saaden! I was wondering when they would send someone out to give me these. In my haste and excitement of this new assignment I forgot these. This scout business is great I must say. It sure beats setting in Southern Ro studying the ruins. I've been following these Storm Giants for days. They've been wandering up and down the coast looking for something.'

[Fri Jul 14 14:43:04 2017] Targeted (NPC): Scout Charisa

[Fri Jul 14 14:45:14 2017] <[SERVER MESSAGE]>: Server shut down initiated. Please find a safe place to camp. Server will shut down in 15 minutes.

[Daiv]

I'm going to guess that the Database tables are reindexed and defragmented. Transaction log files tidied up a bit.
Disc space cleared of temporary files.
Empty working slots of memory cleared and released back to server OS.

You know, the basics [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Amontillado]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

... I reserve the right to extend this if necessary.

<3

That's what she said

[skarlorn]

gawd bless u papa geno

This is gonna do BIG THINGS for my <no Time to rez> character getting 2 rabid wolves back to back

[Glasken]

Thanks for the hard work Rogean and friends! Lots of love.

[Gumbo]

At least this gives me time to catch up on the forums and digest my 2/3 double steakburger with cheese and bacon...

[Baler]

unexpected hype!
Regular unscheduled maintenance or super patch preparation!?
Bat phones are going wild right now.

Maybe a ban wave? lol

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Daiv [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm going to guess that the Database tables are reindexed and defragmented. Transaction log files tidied up a bit.
Disc space cleared of temporary files.
Empty working slots of memory cleared and released back to server OS.

You know, the basics [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know the basics, which is why I asked [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]


OP:

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The servers are currently down for maintenance. The expected uptime is between 5 and 6 PM EST, but I reserve the right to extend this if necessary.

<3

[juliar0berts]

Mooncats in 20 minutes.