An interesting stat (from the perspective of maintaining the list of
mpservers) would be the last time a node was seen alive. Then if a node is
down for too long we could remove it from the list and recycle the host
name. And if the node does come back at some point, we can add them back
in and get them a new host name.
Curt.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Rob Bloemers wrote:
> Hi Curt,
>
> The email quoted below i have sent to the admins of the fgms servers that
> are down on 5th april 2012 and have not heard anything. I think it's best
> if they are recycled and if not, updated to an already existing server in
> the same geographical area at your earliest convenience. I have not
> received a single reply (nor bounces). Instead of the 14 days i initially
> set as a response term, its now been a period of 2 months (perhaps should
> have contacted you earlier), imho long enough for anybody to respond what
> their plan is regarding the fgms instance they have been running. And in
> worst case, we can always setup a new one, or restore it.
>
> Kind Regards
> EViL
>
> ---- QUOTE START -----
>
> Hi Admins, :)
>
> [ notification if we/i don't receive a response within the next 14 days i
> will request an update of the subdomain mpserver<number> to an active
> server ]
>
> My name is EViL / Rob Bloemers, some might know me from the IRC network.
> Other perhaps have seen me crash on multiple airports around the FG world :)
> This email is regarding the status of the fgms instance you are running. I
> noticed that for a few weeks now some of the nodes are down.
>
> http://mpmap01.flightgear.org/mpstatus/
>
> If you would no longer like to run a FGMS instance on your server, please
> let us know so we can have the subdomains updated to point to an active
> server. Also if you do want to have fgms running but there is now a long
> downtime scheduled for whatever reason, please let us know. We will then
> request the subdomain to be updated as well, until your server is back up
> again. We'll be glad to restore it when the machine/service is running
> again.
>
> But since many of the launchers and i think fgms itself, come with a fixed
> hardcoded list of the multiplayer servers it's not ideal to have a few
> outages. Many of the pilots will not really understand why multiplayer
> functionality is not working, others will quickly switch to another server
> but in my opinion it's best if we can have all the servers responding.
>
> There have also been some updates on the FGMS code, so when you have time
> please update the server software too. There has been a big change in the
> layout of the network. Previously, older versions still replicated data
> between all other FGMS servers. The updated software uses mpserver01 as a
> main hub which replicates the traffic to the other servers.
>
> Another quick notification, and perhaps unknown to some, on the irc
> network we have a #fgms channel, we try to keep some communication going
> there regarding the FGMS network. It would be great if you could join the
> channel when you are online. It allows quick and direct communication
> between and among all fgms admins.
>
> Looking very much forward to your reply,
>
> Kindest Regards
> Rob Bloemers aka EViLSLuT
> Admin of IRC / MPServer12
>
> ----- QUOTE END ----
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Curtis Olson" <curtol...@gmail.com>
> To: "FlightGear developers discussions" <
> flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:14:31 PM
> Subject: [Flightgear-devel] mpserver02 & mpserver07
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me definitively (or close to definitively, or even
> speculatively) what the status of mpserver02.flightgear.org and
> mpserver07.flightgear.org are? I can't ping them at the moment. Host
> names are cheap (maybe even cheaper than version numbers) but if these
> hosts are long gone, we might as well recycle an old number in sequence
> rather than creating a new host name and leaving dead gaps in the sequence.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Curt.
> --
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