List Server Clarificaion

Posted:
9 Sep 2003 at 19:37

Quoted from Nimrod-Online.com
Quote:
There was once a time when there where three main list servers:
list.jazzjackrabbit.com
mail.godgames.com (Never knew this one to be active though)
jazz.logicware.com
Sadly all but one of them went, and also the remaining one has changed address (jazz.contrabandent.com now). The Jazz Jackrabbit 2 List Server program was designed to work with multiple list servers around the internet, all sharing their ‘current online game servers’ list. This was designed so that if one of them failed, there would be other ones to back it up, and people could continue to play Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online.
But now as we’re running on just one ‘always on’ list server, the jazz.contrabandent.com one, when that server goes offline none of us can play online! In an attempt to fix this, Monolith, Alberto and Flea decided to host temporary list servers when the main ones went offline, sadly though when the main ones went down, a lot of people didn’t realize this, unless they visited the Jazz2online Forums.
Now Monolith and Alberto, and along with myself, Nimrod, have decided to fix this once and for all! Using the Dedicated Server I own, (hosted in London, United Kingdom) we have made a permanent solution to the problem. A list server that’s permanently online, to mirror the other one. Now if everyone updates their Jazz Jackrabbit 2 with the TWO list servers, if one of them goes down, people can continue to play normally! Also as an extra benefit, as the load is put onto two servers now, it should speed up both of them.
For European users also, this allows them to use a list server closer to them, as jazz.nimrod-online.com is hosted in London, in the United Kingdom, which will allow Europeans to access the list server slightly faster, as it doesn’t have to connect to the current one all the way in the United States of America.
Bobby has decided that he would like the new server list hosted at nimrod-online.com to be fully tested for a couple of weeks, to check factors like: mirroring, uptime, reliability etc. He will not be issuing an offical patch yet on jazz2online.com that makes use of the new list server, until the testing is complete. Which is reasonable as we don’t want jazzers updating their jj2 to use both list servers, then find there is a big problem with one of the list servers.
Some ‘BETA’ patches were released, which were used when the Nimrod-Online.com team, and their close friends were testing the new list server, these are still available but please understand the following before you download them: They use ONLY the jazz.nimrod-online.com list server, they were designed for TESTING PURPOSES and the patches are recommended for testing purposes ONLY. Use at your own risk. You can download the BETA patches here.

In a couple of weeks we will most likely be issuing a new jj2 list server patch. It is recommended that when this patch is released you download it and update your JJ2.

- Bobby aka Dizzy


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