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Seigmancer Nino

Builder, Engineer

Join date: 24 May 2005

Posts: 150

02-05-2007 23:18

Hi, I was wondering if any sim owners out there could help me a great deal and answer this question.

A friend of mine wants to switch from a class 4 to a class 5 server,

Will there be any noticeable performance increases by switching to a Class 5?
What are the main differences about this?
Is it worth upgrading to it?

Thanks

Elanthius Flagstaff

Registered User

Join date: 30 Apr 2006

Posts: 1,534

02-06-2007 00:11

I refer you to LindenLabs blog

From: someone

For owners of private islands that are on class 4 servers, I am afraid that we will not be offering an upgrade path at this time. The performance of a class 5 server, for most uses, is not significantly better than a class 4 machine.

Also
http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/10/16/looking-forward-to-class-5/

My understanding is that the new class 5 sims are designed to generate less heat and use less electricity while maintaining the same performance level. Do not believe anyone who tells you that class 5 sims are some sort of complete solution to all your lag needs. For the most part they are simply faster because all the class 5 sims are largely empty.

Seigmancer Nino

Builder, Engineer

Join date: 24 May 2005

Posts: 150

02-06-2007 13:09

Thanks Elanthius.
That answered it!

Usagi Musashi

UM ™®

Join date: 24 Oct 2004

Posts: 6,083

Its more about cost cutting

07-03-2007 23:07

From: Elanthius Flagstaff

My understanding is that the new class 5 sims are designed to generate less heat and use less electricity while maintaining the same performance level. Do not believe anyone who tells you that class 5 sims are some sort of complete solution to all your lag needs. For the most part they are simply faster because all the class 5 sims are largely empty.

A change from AMD to Intel was ment to lower cost as well. As Elan said in this quote Don`t believe class 5 servers are the solve all for lag, along with teleporting, and or griefers, object rezzing etc......Infact the teleporting is asaberated in failures and occure more offen then in the older AMD srever cpu servers. (SP). How many time have you seen the black pop window saying "CAN`T TELEPORT" No answer No explaination Etc......... Now this is what paying all that money gets you? P2P has caused more problems and issues then teleporting from Telehubs. Would a happy middle be using both Telephubs and then just P2Palone?!

Usagi

Farallon Greyskin

Cranky Seal

Join date: 22 Jan 2006

Posts: 491

07-04-2007 20:16

The one actual real performance increase that I have noticed is that a class 5 sim can handle exactly twice the number of the typical item scripts of a class 4 before time dilation sets in.

So class 4 == 1500 typical scripts, class 5 ==3000 before you run out of cpu and things start slowing down.

Question about CLASS 4 and CLASS 5 Sims
Seigmancer Nino Builder, Engineer Join date: 24 May 2005 Posts: 150	02-05-2007 23:18 Hi, I was wondering if any sim owners out there could help me a great deal and answer this question. A friend of mine wants to switch from a class 4 to a class 5 server, Will there be any noticeable performance increases by switching to a Class 5? What are the main differences about this? Is it worth upgrading to it? Thanks
Elanthius Flagstaff Registered User Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 1,534	02-06-2007 00:11 I refer you to LindenLabs blog From: someone For owners of private islands that are on class 4 servers, I am afraid that we will not be offering an upgrade path at this time. The performance of a class 5 server, for most uses, is not significantly better than a class 4 machine. Also http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/10/16/looking-forward-to-class-5/ My understanding is that the new class 5 sims are designed to generate less heat and use less electricity while maintaining the same performance level. Do not believe anyone who tells you that class 5 sims are some sort of complete solution to all your lag needs. For the most part they are simply faster because all the class 5 sims are largely empty.
Seigmancer Nino Builder, Engineer Join date: 24 May 2005 Posts: 150	02-06-2007 13:09 Thanks Elanthius. That answered it!
Usagi Musashi UM ™® Join date: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 6,083	Its more about cost cutting 07-03-2007 23:07 From: Elanthius Flagstaff My understanding is that the new class 5 sims are designed to generate less heat and use less electricity while maintaining the same performance level. Do not believe anyone who tells you that class 5 sims are some sort of complete solution to all your lag needs. For the most part they are simply faster because all the class 5 sims are largely empty. A change from AMD to Intel was ment to lower cost as well. As Elan said in this quote Don`t believe class 5 servers are the solve all for lag, along with teleporting, and or griefers, object rezzing etc......Infact the teleporting is asaberated in failures and occure more offen then in the older AMD srever cpu servers. (SP). How many time have you seen the black pop window saying "CAN`T TELEPORT" No answer No explaination Etc......... Now this is what paying all that money gets you? P2P has caused more problems and issues then teleporting from Telehubs. Would a happy middle be using both Telephubs and then just P2Palone?! Usagi
Farallon Greyskin Cranky Seal Join date: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 491	07-04-2007 20:16 The one actual real performance increase that I have noticed is that a class 5 sim can handle exactly twice the number of the typical item scripts of a class 4 before time dilation sets in. So class 4 == 1500 typical scripts, class 5 ==3000 before you run out of cpu and things start slowing down.

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