Scheduled Downtime for Game Servers

[Liam]

The Game Servers will be DOWN on April 6th starting at 7:00 AM until it’s done defragging.

 

This will affect the following games:

Counter-Strike 1.6

Counter-Strike: Source

Team-Fortress 2

Call of Duty 4

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

 

Note: This is not an april fools joke.

[Phonetically Phamous (dice]

April fools

[Poopie]

NOOOOO NOT ON A SUNDAY!!!!!!!

[Bitey]

Lol you wish NoDice , this is definitely for real and is really going to happen, this is all being done in the name of improving the performance of the server.

[Renton’s Big Bro]

haha nice try bitey… you won’t get us… i’ll be playing then good try though april fools haha

[heels720]

Any time guesstimation here

[MasterP]

heels720 said:

Any time guesstimation here

 

There is no real way to estimate how long something like this will take but considering the drives have probably never been fully defragmented and it’s been about 8 months since the last partial defrag it’ll probably take 2-4 hours at the very least. Depending on how bad they are fragmented, and only Bitey can answer that, it could easily take twice that.

[Renton’s Big Bro]

5$ on 5 hours and 45 min…

 

*clearly closest without going over applies

[Bitey]

I’m even more clueless then MasterP, but I think 2-4 sounds about right, I assure you though as soon as the defrag is done, the servers will be back up and running. Also we will try to keep you updated of any issues we have while doing this.

[Adam Faulkner]

it depends on how many fragmented packets are on the box. Defrag moves files around the hard drive and does some really cool things when it finds fragmented packets. There is not good accurate time guess.

 

My guess is 3.43 hours

[MajorMajorMajor]

hey if we are betting can i go with 4.2 hours

 

closest thing to 42 as possible lol

[Anaya]

Are you guys planning to format before the LAN?

[Bitey]

No, defrag will be done before LAN however.

[Anaya]

Figured that from the post, just curious about my question.

[Phonetically Phamous (dice]

i wasent a lie

[Bitey]

I started the defrag at 7 AM it is now 12 PM and the defrag is at 19%, just thought I would give you all an update.

[Renton’s Big Bro]

are you friggin kiddin me?! looks like i got closest with my guess… this sucks… well what am i supposed to do now!?

[Bitey]

another update it is now 35% complete

[Bitey]

it is now 5:14 PM the defrag is at 42%, this is going to be a long process, my biggest hope is that it will not be in vain, thank you all for being patient.

[YahooEarth]

I’m just happy that it’s down so I can study for my exam tomorrow…

[Renton’s Big Bro]

yeah this is probably a godsend seeing as i have two projects due tomorrow… but still… :*(

[MajorMajorMajor]

Renton said:

yeah this is probably a godsend seeing as i have two projects due tomorrow… but still… :*(

 

I WANT CS NOW

 

 

NO CS MAKE MAJOR GO CRAZY!

[Angel of Death]

yea….this sucks, but it should def. improve the performance of the server.

[Pink Monkey #16]

ahhh *edited*. for once I actually have all of my homework done and now I can’t play.

[Bitey]

It is now 7:50 PM and the defrag stands at 62%.

[Kuros]

LOL at you guys and your 4 hours. The whole *edited* drive was nothing but red fragments.

[pyro urban]

my money is on it’ll be done at about 11. it seems the higher it goes the faster it is. i think its gonna end a few minutes before i can play, and then a few minutes to reboot. and then i can’t play. =(

[Renton’s Big Bro]

apparently you have things backwards… cause the higher i am… the slower i am… and generally everyone else… need to get your *edited* straight…

[Bitey]

10:04, defrag is now at 65%.

[Angel of Death]

*edited*, thats slow

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