Author Topic: Evaluation of the new server: lag (Read 9502 times)

Soren / Zarathustra217 · « **on:** June 02, 2015, 04:09:48 AM »

So far, the transition to the new server seems to have gone relatively well - but there's been some reports of increased lag for certain individuals. This poll is to help us get a more broad view on how the server transition has affected your experience of lag.

Feel free to post any comments you might have in regards to this topic.

Feronius · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:26:18 AM »

I will hold off on voting on this for a little while, just to make sure any lag experienced was not simply due to a DM event or the server being due for a reset.

So far I don't think I have observed a noticeable difference and the server ping on the server list looks normal, but I will give it a few days just to be sure.

Ophie Kitty · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2015, 01:20:37 PM »

I've noticed crashes happen more frequently, and this goes to the same evidence I've had when I was on it as the test server. I also wanted to include that it seems the periodic saving doesn't seem to work as often, this morning several people got rolled back 2+ hours of playtime. Overall things seem less laggy, but also less stable.

Troukk · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2015, 02:23:44 PM »

Quote from: S�dhel on June 02, 2015, 01:20:37 PM

Overall things seem less laggy, but also less stable.

This.

Miuo · « **Reply #4 on:** June 02, 2015, 02:41:43 PM »

Tested today again and seemed no lagg what so ever, and did indeed seem quicker.

Was there something going on around 11pm - 12am est last night?

Miuo · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2015, 03:21:45 PM »

Seems i was fine in OOC. . . But now that iv tried to go in game loading the area just seems to freeze out and NWN just closes all together now. . :/

EO · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2015, 03:24:19 PM »

Quote from: Miuo on June 02, 2015, 03:21:45 PM

Seems i was fine in OOC. . . But now that iv tried to go in game loading the area just seems to freeze out and NWN just closes all together now. . :/

That happens to me often but it's not related to the server connection. Are you playing in Windowed mode? Did you make any changes on your hardware? I also find that I have that issue when the toolset is open.

Miuo · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:22:52 PM »

Nothing has changed from how i played a day ago.

Now i seem all over the place. Some times i will transition quickly and have no lag and now others it seems like it takes 1-2 mins for me to transition and freeze up every so often. Prior to the change my playing was very predictable and leveled.

ladylena · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:30:28 PM »

Lag wise the server seems good, but as mentioned, it is less stable, it's crashed at least three times today

emptyanima · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:30:46 PM »

It just crashed again!

Tycat · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:31:24 PM »

Quote from: emptyanima on June 02, 2015, 06:30:46 PM

It just crashed again!

She beat me to it. Confirmed. Crashed hard.

Ophie Kitty · « **Reply #11 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:33:01 PM »

Sucks to lose a ton of things to these crashes

Tycat · « **Reply #12 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:40:58 PM »

I wouldn't bother with shops right now, guys.

Baium · « **Reply #13 on:** June 02, 2015, 06:57:10 PM »

Don't know if this is of any use to you guys, but I work in the IT sector, I'm currently Lead engineer for ConnectNZ in New Zealand, so if you would like advise / Assistance in performance tweaking or finding issues, let me know. (did you turn it off and on again?)

Olywynn · « **Reply #14 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:06:49 PM »

All of my signs are being eaten by resets.

DrXavierTColtrane · « **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:40:06 PM »

As I understand it, the app has been moved to a Google cloud platform, so even admins probably don't have much control over the hardware.

In terms of the app-specific expertise, they've been doing this for a bunch of years.

It's a big move, and they did it pretty quickly. Let's be patient and understanding. Don't do anything that you can't stand to lose until stability improves.

Baium · « **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2015, 08:21:22 PM »

Quote from: Nicholas Kronos on June 02, 2015, 07:40:06 PM

As I understand it, the app has been moved to a Google cloud platform, so even admins probably don't have much control over the hardware.

In terms of the app-specific expertise, they've been doing this for a bunch of years.

It's a big move, and they did it pretty quickly. Let's be patient and understanding. Don't do anything that you can't stand to lose until stability improves.

I was talking about in regards to the Host itself, I don't need anything to do with the software itself. Also if this is going through Google cloud servers... That's a bad idea =/.

I actually happen to have IBM X3650 Server, with ESXi already on it, with a few virtuals / licenses already on it. 18GB, 3TB, But of course it's a rack server and I have no where to put it. I'm curious of what it would cost to have it shipped over to the states and have it hosted by a data company.

A normal snake · « **Reply #17 on:** June 03, 2015, 12:44:30 AM »

I logged in on my Ezrite to preach since that seemed fitting due to all the crashes, but then the server crashed.

FinalHeaven · « **Reply #18 on:** June 03, 2015, 12:46:57 AM »

I've been trying to observe it whilst accounting for the fact that my ISP is garbage a good portion of the time.

I definitely agree that there appears to be a serious change in stability. On a personal level, the lag seems much worse in it's intensity, if not it's frequency.

Soren / Zarathustra217 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2015, 01:06:37 AM »

Quote from: Baium on June 02, 2015, 08:21:22 PM

Quote from: Nicholas Kronos on June 02, 2015, 07:40:06 PM
As I understand it, the app has been moved to a Google cloud platform, so even admins probably don't have much control over the hardware.

In terms of the app-specific expertise, they've been doing this for a bunch of years.

It's a big move, and they did it pretty quickly. Let's be patient and understanding. Don't do anything that you can't stand to lose until stability improves.

I was talking about in regards to the Host itself, I don't need anything to do with the software itself. Also if this is going through Google cloud servers... That's a bad idea =/.

Why do you consider Google's Compute Engine a bad idea?

Anyway, the current instability seems to be closely tied to DMs logging in, which usually points to a palette issue. I'll try to fix that asap.

A normal snake · « **Reply #20 on:** June 03, 2015, 01:09:24 AM »

Phew, the server hasn't crashed at all when I've logged in. The serpent prevails!

Purist · « **Reply #21 on:** June 03, 2015, 08:41:12 AM »

The latency is fine and usually stable. There were two crashes yesterday, both times it seemed it just crashed for no good reason I would know.

Arawn · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2015, 10:22:55 AM »

Oph, perhaps it has something to do with the relative size of our inventories--mine is fairly full, how's yours?

Purist · « **Reply #23 on:** June 03, 2015, 10:30:57 AM »

I meant that the server itself crashed, not my own client. I'm sorry for the lack of clearing. I don't think there was any big event or concentration of people in a given area, it just went kaput.

A normal snake · « **Reply #24 on:** June 03, 2015, 10:42:06 AM »

Quote from: DM Arawn on June 03, 2015, 10:22:55 AM

Oph, perhaps it has something to do with the relative size of our inventories--mine is fairly full, how's yours?

Pretty full to the point where I began deleting things other DMs passed to me when I started if I didn't think I'd realistically use it.