I agree to Steve,
especially the "big" server admins, such as professional game server
providers got serious trouble with those random update intervals.
What happens when you have ~200 game servers and basically no time to update
them or to make a proper image to spread it while the server load of the
content servers won't allow quick online updates? Go figure.. (Hint:
customers; rant)
I really like the idea to have server updates sort of pre-released to give
those who need/want them enough time to prepare (to make a proper image for
the servers for example). If you don't need early server updates it won't
hurt you either way. Just dl them when you are ready.
----- Original Message -----
From: "msleeper" <mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com>
To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list"
<hlds@list.valvesoftware.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: [hlds] Improving the update procedure
Be quick on an update and you'll be fine. I've never had much of a
problem "waiting in line" to download an update.
That or use NemRun, it will save your life.
On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 02:07 +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
I must say the updates are becoming a pain. More and more regular and
more
often than not they break things :(
We all appreciate the work being done, don't think for a minute we don't,
but I do think that there could be some definite improvements to how
things
are done atm.
First off don't release updates a absolute PEAK gaming time for the week.
Week after week we get updates released at 10pm on a Friday during peak
gaming hours, by all means prepare a weekly update and release it but
pick a sensible day / time. Tuesday / Wednesday would be much better, it
means people are more likely to be about and if there are any issues
they can be fixed in time for the weekend sessions.
Please please let us know in advance! Is there any harm in getting an
update ready then delaying its release for 24 hours or so during which
time admins can download the updates to prepare for the release. Then
at a pre-published time the client releases, server admins flick the
switch
their end and everyone's happy.
The benefits of this:-
1. Admins can prepare
2. Lower load on the Content Servers as admins aren't downloading at the
same time as the Clients
3. Clients are happier as their servers are updated quickly instead of
having to wait while admins struggle to get the servers update.
4. Admins can pre test with their server up and raise issues before
all hell breaks loose.
All in all everyone wins.
Please consider reviewing your release engineering to incorporate some
or all of the ideas above, it will make everyone's life so much easier.
Regards
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: <e...@ccgaming.com>
To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list"
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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: [hlds] Counter-Strike: Source Update Available
> Releasing a required update without the capacity to handle everyone
> updating at once is a problem -- expecting people to leave
> their servers broken to reduce Valve's load isn't an acceptable
> solution.
>
> Valve should either invest in the infrastructure to handle it or work
> with a service such as Akamai to handle the load from
> updates.
>
> If TF2 is any indication, don't expect advance notification or beta
> releases (Valve even released an update they knew would
> break almost all management plugins without giving notification or a
> beta for the plugin developers to work with).
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