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Posted on 2017-10-02 08:51:32
The start of the October event has seen a burst of activity which led to some very laggy servers last night, which I'm sure most of you encountered. Last night we called an emergency admin meeting and spent some time consulting with server experts to try and figure out what the best way to stamp the lag out was. We've identified a number of bottlenecks which we think are strangling the servers in places when we have a high number of users like this all on at one time, and we're putting a plan of action in place to try and iron those out as soon as possible. One of the most frequently asked questions is, "Why can't you just add another server?" While in the short term this may seem like the best solution, it is a bit more involved than that. There are essentially two pieces to Lioden — what we refer to as the "frontend" and the "backend". The frontend is the portion of the site that handles running all of the scripts and render out the pages to your browsers. This is the easiest area to add more servers to. Unfortunately it is the least effective, and perhaps even detrimental, in our current situation. Lioden's code base has grown monumentally since its inception 5 years ago. During this time, much of the core of the code has remained the same. Although this worked perfectly when we peaked at a couple hundred users, scaling up to a couple thousand is another feat entirely. Over time we have slowly been updating pieces of this foundation (user caching, rollover procedure, energy system, etc.). These are no trivial feats that, while important, can also introduce new problems into the system. Above it was mentioned that there were two pieces, the other being the "backend". While servers can be added to this portion of the site, it is unfortunately not as straight forward as adding them to the frontend. This is why our first focus is on addressing legacy code to increase efficiency and add optimization. With that being said, we are looking at extending the backend with an additional server as well. This, however, will take more time and careful planning. We're beginning with search, and implementing a new piece of software that will really optimise and speed that up, as individual searches can cause some unfortunate server pain. Alongside that our next step is to tweak and improve how inventory is handled, as this too can be a hefty weight on the servers. This will all be going on in the background so hopefully you shouldn't notice any downtime, though if there are to be any we'll let you know as far in advance as possible. We appreciate your patience throughout all of this and just want to let you guys know how awesome you are! Thanks for sticking by us! 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 02/10/17 @ 08:53:50 by Kitty (#2) |
Mewlii (#124588)
Deathlord of the Jungle View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:53:59 |
Thank you for all your hard work! The (several) thousand of us really appreciate it! 0 players like this post! Like? |
promenade (#113233)
Pervert View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:16 |
So happy to hear this! This is my first Halloween event here and it's also my favorite holiday in real life :3 0 players like this post! Like? |
♛King~Juice♛ (#126817)
Sweetheart View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:18 |
Oh now It makes more sense why it was so laggy last night 0o0 You guys keep up the good work though 0 players like this post! Like? |
ghostee (#3489)
Badland Strider View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:19 |
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Protector View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:28 |
Fingers crossed that some updates can help speed things up without too much trouble~ 0 players like this post! Like? |
Bliss (#45404)
King of the Jungle View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:37 |
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King of the Jungle View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:40 |
ashley (#91707)
Heartless View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:49 |
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An Altercation of Nature (#90503) Amorous View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:54:59 |
This is my favorite event, so it's good to know you guys are doing all you can to make it as streamlined as possible. Thanks! 0 players like this post! Like? |
Azulca (#122824)
Famous View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:55:03 |
screeching chuunin (#116126)
Remarkable View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:55:16 |
Ritual (#117062)
View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:55:27 |
Thank you for getting to everyone so quickly on this! Hopefully everything goes smoothly! 0 players like this post! Like? |
null (#56571)
Impeccable View Forum Posts Posted on 2017-10-02 08:56:25 |
you guys could reduce traffic by having specific days where you open registry instead of having it open constantly. would make catching up with server lag way easier tbh 0 players like this post! Like? |