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New Backup System

Discussion in 'Announcements and Information' started by Hawke, Apr 29, 2014.

  1. Hawke

    Hawke ACK!

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    Hey folks,

    after a bit of tweaking on Kaz's end, we've implemented a new backup system. If it's working right, server restarts should take around 30 seconds to a minute instead of the old ten minutes they used to.

    Let us know if everything seems to be fine!
     
  2. King Tickle

    King Tickle I hope it rains in this tunnel.

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    ((inb4 new system causes server deletion))
     
  3. Liraxus

    Liraxus New Member

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    Praise based Kaz.
     
  4. Punished Tacc

    Punished Tacc New Member

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    And here I was all proud about how I'd mastered the reset times. Still, good on ya. What are the exact specifics? I remember the old system involved backing up everything and that's why it took so long, but what exactly is different?
     
  5. SirFruitcakes

    SirFruitcakes New Member

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    I went by the rule: 12 minutes on the hour and it was back up, worked fine for me! curious on the details, too.
     
  6. AceofCalicos

    AceofCalicos New Member

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    tech and all
     
  7. Kazyyk

    Kazyyk Administrator

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    The new backup system uses a tool that allows us to back up the universe data while the server is running without causing corruption. The backup system is also incremental. This means we can increase the frequency of backups regardless of server restart time, and provide closer backup points for us to roll back to. More details on that to be released.
     
  8. Dingbat

    Dingbat Strange Quark

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    This is rad! Thanks for all the hard work, you two! :)
     
  9. Ezmar

    Ezmar New Member

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  10. Terallis

    Terallis Dark Matter of Fact

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    Is it bad that I read that as "twerking"? LMFAO
     
  11. King Tickle

    King Tickle I hope it rains in this tunnel.

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    It just means you're doing it right.
     
  12. Kai

    Kai hey im kai and this is jackass

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    crashes getting more severe, intermittent lag during the little 5 - 10 mins we're in the server. what up?
     
  13. Sammy McHammyDoodle

    Sammy McHammyDoodle New Member

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    Seems good! Woop-woo's for everyone!
     
  14. Iridium616

    Iridium616 New Member

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    Question: Does that mean the 1-week inactivity planet wipes are gone? I've been victim of a few.
     
  15. Sammy McHammyDoodle

    Sammy McHammyDoodle New Member

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    Good question, even though I can't answer it.
     
  16. Bloodrazer

    Bloodrazer Son of Rakkis

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    That would be quite nice
     
  17. TaintedMythos

    TaintedMythos New Member

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    I think I will be, if the planet is was working on has been wiped. Haven't been on in a while, hope my planet doesn't get delet :(
     
  18. Kazyyk

    Kazyyk Administrator

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    Yes, since the new backup system is incremental, more space is saved. I've disabled the 1-week expiry limit as of... two minutes ago. Unfortunately, any expired planets before just now will still have been deleted. However, they may be in an old backup.
     
  19. TaintedMythos

    TaintedMythos New Member

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    Eh, is that so? Whatever, I wasn't going to ever finish my thing anyway...
     
  20. Kazyyk

    Kazyyk Administrator

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    I wouldn't mind checking the backups for you.