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Shutdown to correct SL asset woes
Since Wednesday's update (2 January 2008) the Second Life grid has been plagued with repeated asset problems and server failures (there have been more problems today). Linden Lab reports that the Second Life grid will be shut down entirely from 6AM to Noon (given the recent record on updates, you'd be wise to expect longer) on Wednesday, 9 January to update the asset cluster. Presumably the grid will continue to have ongoing asset problems until that time.
Second Life shutting down for capacity upgrades
In about a quarter hour, Linden Lab is shutting Second Life down for database upgrades, and to add extra capacity to asset systems. No new code is being deployed during the downtime. The Lindex currency exchange and the land store are already closed preparatory to the upgrade. The maintenance window is four hours from 7AM SLT (US Pacific time) to 11AM SLT, though these maintenance windows are known to run overtime. Linden Lab usually provides status updates on the blog during the course of maintenance.
Second Life grid to be shut down for maintenance
Next Tuesday, 11 December, Linden Lab is shutting Second Life down for database upgrades, and to add extra capacity to asset systems. No new code is being deployed during the downtime. The maintenance window is four hours from 7AM SLT (US Pacific time) to 11AM SLT - so if you had plans and events during that time period, now is the time to start rearranging your calendar.
Dungeons & Dragons Online live event postponed
According to Quarion and Patience of the Turbine community team, the Dungeon & Dragons Online servers got unlucky and rolled a 1 earlier today. As any good Dungeon Master would, Turbine consulted the critical fail tables and it would appear that the servers will remain offline until at least 7PM Eastern. What this means is that the final chapter of the Emerald Claw Conspiracy event that has been eagerly anticipated will be postponed for the time being. As we'd stated before, live events in MMOs are sadly uncommon, so we're certain that this is something that the DDO player base will be keeping their eyes on. We know we were looking forward to seeing some screenshots of it for One Shots, as world events are a lot of fun to check out! Hopefully things will work out soon and the DDO servers can get some new dice with better roll mojo for the future.[Thanks, Schad!]
