Ahoyworld server upgrades

[Ryko]

Ahoy mates,

 

Ahoyworld is upgrading.  The server boxes upon which we run Arma 3 are acceptable, but as it happens we are doing well enough financially that we have decided to implement an update to better servers.  Our current boxes run on Intel i7-6700 Quad-core chips, and our new ones will run on Ryzen 5 3600 Hexa-core chips.  The numbers say it's a 29% upgrade, for essentially the same monthly cost.

 

Now is a great time for Ahoyworld.  Our implementation of the subscription model has allowed us to actually plan into the future by having a projectable cash flow.  While donations are the life-blood of Ahoyworld, the peaks and valleys of donations have made planning quite difficult.

 

However, the move to new servers is not free.  If you were considering a donation to Ahoyworld, now would be an excellent time to help us cover these costs, which we are projecting in the realm of €250.  We are on good footing, financially, but this transition will eat into our reserves a bit.

 

Thanks for your attention!  We'll keep you updated with further information regarding the big upgrade as it becomes available.

 

Best regards,

 

Ahoyworld Core Staff members

[GhostDragon]

Ahoy All.

 

I am pleased that the server migration has gone well and initial testing is looking positive! We will begin the migration this weekend and IPs will be changing to the following for the respective servers:

 

EU1: 176.9.8.125:2302

EU2: 176.9.8.125:2602

TS: ts.ahoyworld.net

[GhostDragon]

Ahoy all, 

 

Hope you are all well! 

 

I would just like to update you on the status of the server upgrades. As you all know we have recently upgraded our primary server, Flagship. This upgrade has gone very well and we are happy with the performance increase that we have experianced.

 

We have Just ordered the new server that will replace Valient, the box that is currently running MSO and AWE events. This box will have the same specification as Flagship with the difference being that the server will have an extra 500GB M.2 drive. This is to allow us to accommodate the mods and modsets that the modded gamenights require and support the headless clients that we run to ease the load on the main server. We will keep you updated on the progress of these developments to the Ahoyworld infastructure! 

 

The Corestaff team

[GhostDragon]

Heya everyone, 

 

I would like to let you know where we are currently at with the server upgrades and progressing through with the upgrade plan. 

 

Flagship has been running on the new box for just over a month now and it is running well. The server is more stable than before and we have noticed an uptick in performance in the day to day server running. 

 

Valiant, our second server that we host Modded operations on is now with us and i am progressing through the server setting it up to ensure it is suitably setup for the players to enjoy the full potential of our modded server. With this has been some back end code changes that will allow for us to host modded gamenights more efficiently with less man hours required to ensure they are setup correctly. As such this server should be ready for the gamenights next week. 

 

All of us at the AhoyWorld Staff team look forward to having these new, more powerful boxes to fuel us into the release of our current projects, I&A4 and Liberation. 

[GhostDragon]

Yesterday we had a very successful beta test of our new AWE mode Liberation, I would like to thanks everyone that turned up for making the test so successful and to @Stanhope for carrying out many of the tweaks needed to get the mission running for us!

 

With the encouraging performance of the server and continuing the work that i have been doing to get the new server upto date and running i am happy to announce that the server will be going live tonight with the new liberation mode. This will result in a short period of downtime tonight for me to copy a few files over and a small ammount of progress may be lost but the majority should still be intact!

 

Server IP: 116.202.224.207:2302

 

AWE, MSO and modded gamenights will now be run from the new server ip and that will conclude the server upgrades for now!

Thank you for your patience while I have been working to get the new servers setup!