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I assume Activision actually knows how to scale databases, but has "join queues" for hype? I think everyone knows the infamous Blizzard queues in release week,
by super256 3y ago
I assume Activision actually knows how to scale databases, but has "join queues" for hype? I think everyone knows the infamous Blizzard queues in release week, where you have to wait an hour with only 5000 people in front of you. Happened recently with the OW2 release.
- mh- 3y agoDatabases are not the only contended-for resource in online games. Those queues are usually the result of intentional capacity planning. Overprovisioning is expensive.
- super256 3y ago> Those queues are usually the result of intentional capacity planning. Overprovisioning is expensive. I'd imagine they could spin up new servers on demand.
- Arrath 3y agoCould, but after near 20 years of WoW and however many expansion launches with big ole wait queues each time, they really don't seem to bother.
- ultrahax 3y agoI have to be careful what I say here, given I work for ATVI, I'm former Demonware myself. I do feel safe in saying though that the login queues are _definitely_ not hype. They're designed to constrain a quite-complex distributed system to a login rate that has been load-tested thoroughly, e.g. they know it'll work at that rate.