Admin Server Upload and File Swap Group

[bullet-worm]

Well, it looks like we will be uploading over 7GB of Airborne for the dedicated server when it becomes available.

I think we should form a group of capable admins that can privately share the upload responsibilities.

Something along the lines of this:

1. Team designated before launch and private communications method set up (private forum?)
2. Game comes out.
3. Game files divided up into 'chunks'.
4. Admins 'check out' chunks to upload to prevent/reduce duplication of upload efforts.
5. Admins report back when chunks are completely uploaded.
6. FTP info is swapped and server admins transfer directly from other dedicated servers the parts that they are missing.

Without a system like this, I can see it literally taking DAYS to get 7GB uploaded via the typical home Cable Modem.

This would of course require a group of people who know what they are doing with FTP account setup and be able to do things orderly.

I am up for a group like this.

I luckily can also upload from work, which has a split T1 and uploads a lot faster than my home cable modem. I usually buy the game during lunch, run home, install, kick off a FTP upload, burn a couple of CD's worth of files, and run back to work to upload those CDs from there too... lol

Sad, but it still took me more than a whole day to upload all of CoD2, and that was not even HALF the size of Airborne...

Would anyone else be interested and capable of being involved in a group like this?

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[ButchCassidy]

Great Idea Bullet I think that jim could organise a list and maybe we could either communicate by PM or he could set aside a private room.

Either way I am willing to help as best I can.

[rudedog]

Sounds like a very good plan Bullet.

We could break up the files between some of us to quickly upload (1 day instead of 2 LOL) . I will put something together to test and based on the SP demo can can figure out the directory structure of the game.

[theMechanic]

i could prob help with this, i have a webserver and a until the end of september i have a game box.

[Wolverine]

I should be able to contribute.

[Scrapie]

im in too worm! im admin from a isp...so its a realy good ideia

[necrodoggy]

I'd be in too but my servers are all down. We were going to run them up for MOHA but the clan is not interested in putting up $250 to run up the servers until the game has some feedback.

[MajorWoody]

We'll need MD5s of all the files as well to assure we're not getting corrupt or "tinkered with" files.

I did this same thing with COD2. I had four or five customers helping me upload it to my servers. We had servers up in record time, it was sweeeet!

[Busterking]

I have made the request to BH to see if he can have EA give us access to download the entire dedicated files from the internet.

From my gaming box which is super fast, I would have the 7GB downloaded in about 2 hours.

[Pendragon]

I would also be very interested in this. We are UK based so we could help out for the EU admins...

Small question would there be any CD security issues? if we are all going to be running the same thing. Or do we just need the files in the right directorys??? Sorry I have been admin'ing games servers that don't requre the full game to be installed.

[Wizz]

Add my name to the hat. I have a 1 terabyte file host that would work great.

[Scrapie]

i forget to say...im from portugal...but no prob...all my boxs are w/ 1gbit connection

[rudedog]

Damn you Europeans with your mega home connections..... [hand]



























Yes, I'm very jealous....

[TSI_Destroyer_NL]

i would like to help out im a server admin abd run my own dedicated box whit also 1 gig connection.


hehe good one RD lol im from the netherlands and my home connection is adsl 8mb down and 2 up but soon im going to get fiber 100mb up and 100 mb down hehe probably be running my game server out of my house lol

[[TPG]MoFo]

Count me in. I have multiple dedicated machines that I can put to work. I also think it's a great idea to ask BH to make something happen; just plain bs that you have to upload this much data to get a ded server.