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Getting another server on my shard
- Thread starter Syther
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CEO
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EA/OSI shards are broken up into serverlines with specific areas ran by different systems. There are no serverlines in the RunUO environment, the data and everything else resides on one system. You can beef up your hardware/etc but you can't add another computer to the shard, it's just not designed like that.
I've no idea what shard you run, but take a look at uogateway and the top couple of shards with 500-2000+ users on them regularly, are you at that point? Probably not or you'd know by now what RunUO is capable of. Those big shards for the most part all run on multi-cpu systems with lots of memory, but most of the trick with RunUO for small-medium shards isn't really CPU but hard drive speeds and memory. CPU usage is practically nothing, RUNUO is a packet-pusher (simplified), the big time consuming event is the world save. The faster hard drive(s)/raid/etc setup you have is what users are going to notice the most and the more memory you have prevents the system from churning/page-faulting to the HD.
I've no idea what shard you run, but take a look at uogateway and the top couple of shards with 500-2000+ users on them regularly, are you at that point? Probably not or you'd know by now what RunUO is capable of. Those big shards for the most part all run on multi-cpu systems with lots of memory, but most of the trick with RunUO for small-medium shards isn't really CPU but hard drive speeds and memory. CPU usage is practically nothing, RUNUO is a packet-pusher (simplified), the big time consuming event is the world save. The faster hard drive(s)/raid/etc setup you have is what users are going to notice the most and the more memory you have prevents the system from churning/page-faulting to the HD.
autumntwilight
Sorceror
I'm not positive, but I think it would take 3 differently programmed servers, one would be the Login server, which would verify your account and then forward you to the server list server (either on localhost on a different port, or on a differnt IP). From the server list, on shard selection would send you to the shard you selected. Also, neither the RunUO source or distro come with the code to support this. They also do not have any code that would take just a little editing to get this to work. You would litterally have to program 3 servers in C# to make them all work together, and run them all when you start your shard(s).
It is physically possible, but would take a lot of time and a lot of effort and I doubt anyone will be willing to support it. And since RunUO handles the entire world on one computer so beautifully, it is really not necessary to do such a thing.
Would you agree with this statement Phantom?
Would you agree with this statement Phantom?
I think Rothhear is referring to multiple shards that you connect to through the same account list, not splitting up one shard on many servers.Quinox said:It is physically possible, but would take a lot of time and a lot of effort and I doubt anyone will be willing to support it. And since RunUO handles the entire world on one computer so beautifully, it is really not necessary to do such a thing.
Would you agree with this statement Phantom?
Quinox said:It is physically possible, but would take a lot of time and a lot of effort and I doubt anyone will be willing to support it. And since RunUO handles the entire world on one computer so beautifully, it is really not necessary to do such a thing.
Would you agree with this statement Phantom?
Yes actually I would
autumntwilight
Sorceror
So you disagree that you could make a server programmed with account info that allows you to login, which forwards you to the serverlist on successful login, and have the accounts saved in a database on the login server, then have the serverlist show you a list of available servers that are linked to the serverlist, having each server save their own saves. This could even be done on one computer, but it takes several servers to do. If this isn't possible phantom, please, please tell me why, as osi works this way. I would really like to know what your idea is on this? I said that none of RunUO's scripts support this, but it can be programmed if you wanted. It would basically make 3+ servers (login), (serverlist), and [shard(s)]. Please tell me Phantom, I have no clue why you are trying to make people think I'm crazy, or I'm a dumbass, but I'd like to know why YOU think that would not work? 3 SEPERATELY programmed servers, and I already said, you can't use any of the code from RunUO.
is there no way the 3 systems could use the same web site database for the accounts for the log in and just have a back up scrit for run uo to copy the account log from one system to the next you know like every 10 min server looks and see if account included wait why not have a sign up on the web site that would be smart
Rothhear
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Rothhear said:
ok i have a serverlist that can have more then 1 server on it so if u clikc test u will go to a diffent comeputer on the same network and if u click whataver the shards called u will stay on the comeputer if u want i will post my serverlist.cs it work but i have no way off makeing the account on the other comeputer thou and u have to change something in accounthaddler to hope u can figer a way to make it share accouts between comeputers
Quantos
Lord
Nomuk said:
Darned good thing this guy is banned. If you want to run more than one server on the same computer then they both have to have different ports, and seperate datafiles.
<EDIT> If you mean that you want to have more than one machine handle a single shard then that can't be done. </EDIT>