[Update] Weekend Hardware Upgrades

[Eos]

http://maplestory.nexon.net/WZ.ASPX?...VQ&pageIndex=1

Dear Maplers,



We want to thank all our players who?ve been actively playing MapleStory lately. It?s been an exciting summer so far! Since we?ve seen a lot of player traffic, we will be improving our login servers to handle the additional population. We will begin the upgrade process tomorrow morning around 10AM Pacific time. Players should see no downtime during this process, but we definitely wanted to provide early notice just in case.



Thanks, and happy Mapling!



- MapleStory Staff -

[Kabanaw]

I hope this means both more channels for Scania and they're recognizing the need for cutting of registration there.

[Eos]

I hope this means both more channels for Scania and they're recognizing the need for cutting of registration there.

Sounds like they're just going to add a 4th login server to the F5 Load Balancer.

[Shinryuji]

they should just merger the empty servers and open more channels :|

[shroum]

Sounds like they're just going to add a 4th login server to the F5 Load Balancer.

not meaning to be rude but...
WHAT!!??!
also we really need more channels...
EVEN IN WINDIA. We just became realllllllyyyy over populated out of no where!

[XTOTHEL]

what they need to do is have servers all over NA :D

[IllegallySane]

they should just merger the empty servers and open more channels :|

NO server merging. Server drama colliding with another server's worth of drama/people = do not want. More channels for the more populated channels will suffice.

[Spaz]

we will be improving our login servers

They didn't say game servers.

[SethElite]

I would just like to see 25-30 channels on the older worlds and 20ish on the 3 newest ones.

More channels = less KS = happier players = more 2x bought = happy Nexon.

Everyone wins cept the KSing assnuggets?

[kingdj333]

aExcept me.... I can't find a map. 40 channels plox

[SethElite]

aExcept me.... I can't find a map. 40 channels plox

Jesus. With 30 channels you couldn't find a ch? What the hell are you training at.

I would find something else if I was you.

[Combattente]

Sounds like they're just going to add a 4th login server to the F5 Load Balancer.

How do you know that they're three and they use the F5 Load Balancer? (I'm talking like I know what I'm saying.. LOL)

[rayhovite]

It is clear they underestimated how popular Cygnus would become. They will have to upgrade game servers soon. Today's 2x lag was the worst of all time.

[Kabanaw]

It is clear they underestimated how popular Cygnus would become. They will have to upgrade game servers soon. Today's 2x lag was the worst of all time.

I wouldn't say that. It was quite often that the server would reach the max just during prime playing hours.

[SethElite]

It is clear they underestimated how popular Cygnus would become. They will have to upgrade game servers soon. Today's 2x lag was the worst of all time.

I didn't lag at all.

[Nintendo7]

nexon and installing hardware with no downtime... lol a miracle at best

[Chameleonic]

It would help if this notice wasnt still hidden...

[MetaSeraphim]

I didn't lag at all.

Yeah, but we are in Bellocan. The second least populated server next to Yellonde.

[Greg22]

So, what's this mean? That we Scanians will be able to log in without getting the annoying "CONCURRNENT USERS IN THIS WORLD HAS REACHED THE MAX", but we'll still feel the same lag in-game?

[Eos]

How do you know that they're three and they use the F5 Load Balancer?

Because I wrote software to monitor them during server checks to be one of the first to login if I want to be. I demonstrated that this patch by claiming 3 FM 1 spots just because I could. It might not specifically be an F5, but it's a similar technology to alternate the login servers in a round-robin so they can funnel all logins through those gateways until you get to your designated world.

Since there are much fewer login servers than game servers, if the game servers themselves back up and won't accept connections the login server suddenly crowds too because everyone is stuck there and people start getting rejected. Nasty little choke point.