Admin Announcement: Full server, what now?

[majkp]

Some questions:
-How long would it take for the databases to syncronise (estimate)? Example, a character is created then the player wants to log onto the second server. Would it be practically instantaneous, or would there be a delay?

I hope that with servers located at the same location it would happen almost instantly after a player logs off. There would be no need to run full database synchronization as for that servers would need to be offline.

-Would the second server be run 24/7? While we may reach peak players in some time zones, in pacific time zones there can be as low as 30 players on the main server. Would it be efficient for the server to be running constantly, when the 200 cap has not been reached?

I haven't thought of that yet.

-Will there be any way for players to communicate with those on the other server? Ie, a player wants to talk to a faction which is on the second server (without logging off and relogging onto the second server).

Yes, there would of course be a messaging link as well.


The thing is that we could start with the first option and end with the second one as both share some needed functions. For example character's file needs to be sent to the other server after logout in both options...