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Deep Crust
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-08-21 15:12:36 UTC
Hello,
I often read on various EVE news sites about Titan ships and Supercapital ships logging in and out just before or after downtime.
The story usually mentions this in the main article. Can someone explain why the downtime thing is so prevalent in the articles?
Does the downtime have an effect that makes it important?
Thanks
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2014-08-21 15:15:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralph King-Griffin
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Daily_downtime



CCP Mindstar wrote:

Posted - 2009.06.10 16:10:00 - [10]

Just passing by, thought I might add some answers Wink


How automated is the process?
Very! EVE Downtime willl run with no intervention if it is left alone. This includes automated cluster shut down, automatic DB jobs and an automatic startup.

What happens during downtime?
What happens differently between a 15m downtime and a 1hr 15m one?
Well, first, we turn off the servers. Shortly after that we turn them on again.


.. I kid, I kid...

Downtime as required by EVE directly is to run some heavy database procedures - including ones that lock DB tables (which would crash TQ if they were done live). This includes things like re-seeding the market, and other assorted low-level stuff. Originally it was also required to restart the EVE server processes (nodes) on each machine to account for memory leaks on the server - however this is fast becoming a thing of the past.

That is what happens during a basic 15 - 20 minute downtime.

Additional to these, we have all sorts of manual database cleanup work that is done during downtime - more and more of which is being progressively moved to "online". This can often account for another 20 minutes during a normal day. We do numerous server side hotfixes which require some extra time (within the 1 hour window), and we often do re-configurations of the individual blade servers that make up the TQ cluster.

Are certain tasks handled on certain days
Without going into any detail at all... Yes.

What would happen if all of CCP came down with Jovian Flu? how long would the game last without them?
This would imply direct contact with one or more Jovians. We at CCP have calculated the risks of this, and the general consensus is that one Jovian would be sufficient to perform the day-to-day functions of CCP, as well as run a small country on the side.

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Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-08-21 17:18:06 UTC
Right after downtime is when EVE is less populated, so it's safer. DT also doesn't last a fixed time, I've personally seen less than 10 minutes, so if you camp the login there's a decent chance you'll be among the first and will not be disturbed for some time.

If you log out right before downtime (or just wait until the server kicks you out), you can be 100% sure that no-one will aggress you (causing your ship to remain in space) and/or that any aggression you had will be cancelled. Basically a 'get out of jail free' card.

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