Moving to a new data center

[semyonkirov 29,038]

Tankers, we have some news! They are quite technical but bare with me, it's important.

By the end of February we are planning to move to a new data center. The game servers will now be located in Europe.

We started considering changing the data center after a series of crashes and shutdowns of servers that occurred at the most inopportune moments. The data center we are currently using can't provide the required degree of reliability. Besides, we are seeing a lack of the performance of the network equipment more and more clearly.

A lot of time was spent on finding a perfect place to move to. Why European data center? Not only because of increased stability and performance. Several major exchange points that link different countries and continents are also located in European countries. Data centers that are connected to these points use channels capable of transmitting from 2 to 5 terabits per second, it is much more than Russian data centers can cope with, and covers our needs while still leaving a lot of place for future growth.

What it means for you? Ping from European countries will be smaller. Most likely players in other parts of the world will also notice an improvement. Just to give you an idea of what it will be like, try playing on our test server, it's been located in Europe for the last couple of months. You can expect the equal level of performance from the main servers very soon.

Stay tuned!

[adil.pk 212]

nice :)

[rokar123 11]

Cool.

[T.O.R_Ovi 51]

Can not wait !!! Good Job !

[Mr.Tanker9 157]

so how long will the servers be down also will our stuff remain the same once we get back?

Edited January 31, 2014 by Mr.Tanker9

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

Cool... shoulda done this earlier. Which data center did you use?!? Musta sucked. 

Edited January 31, 2014 by ChuckNorris2090

[r_ADITYA980 45]

nice :)

[MA3CTPO_HA_XAHTEP 832]

Cool :D

 

7th :)

Edited January 31, 2014 by MA3CTPO_HA_XAHTEP

[canadarules 1,938]

Wait are they bring their whole system there. Wouldn't that possibly damage it. but neat i may add

[ChuckNorris2090 102]

Wait are they bring their whole system there. Wouldn't that possibly damage it. but neat i may add

Extremely FRAGILE  :P

[SoCrazy 18]

Great!

[VectorSierra 199]

Looking forward to it. Good luck. And don't try to break anything while doing so.

[Playep 355]

Hi, it's a good update. But, originally, where is the servers?

Is it in Russia?

[HirunMeepage 763]

Great!

[Playep 355]

Ninja :ph34r:

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

so how long will the servers be down also will our stuff remain the same once we get back?

Time is unknown, but it won't be a 2-hour server update - afterall, it's moving everything to new servers.

As for your stuff - this is a technical update, which won't do anything to your garage.

 

Hi, it's a good update. But, originally, where is the servers?

Is it in Russia?

Yes, Moscow

[JL6H 1,220]

Nice,bye lag :P

[MR_KSA_KSA 51]

OMG 

[Gugagii 2]

Yesss.

 

Is the new data center in the UK?  :D

[Invincitron 888]

I believe that this is closer to where I live which is good :D!

[metalcrusher 514]

COOL

[ATHENA123 56]

Sounds good to me:-)

[GoldRock2 290]

Awesome stuff.

[semyonkirov 29,038]

so how long will the servers be down also will our stuff remain the same once we get back?

They can be down for a significant amount of time, but it's in our interest to make everything as fast as possible. We'll notify everyone in advance about the shutdown, don't worry.

[POWERFULLSOUL 78]

u mean there will no lag in game any more?