Power upgrade may affect select realms
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Sep 3rd 2009 at 10:15PM
Blizzard has just announced that a facility where some WoW realms' servers are located will be undergoing a power system upgrade tomorrow, September 4th, from 8 AM Pacific to approximately 6 PM Pacific.
They do not expect the upgrade to have any effect on the realms in question, and they say that they will be working to make sure everything goes smoothly. Of course, the unspoken follow-up here is that there just might be some issues. If you play on any of the realms listed after the break, you might want keep in mind that you may encounter some choppy waters tomorrow, and possibly a full shutdown.
They do not expect the upgrade to have any effect on the realms in question, and they say that they will be working to make sure everything goes smoothly. Of course, the unspoken follow-up here is that there just might be some issues. If you play on any of the realms listed after the break, you might want keep in mind that you may encounter some choppy waters tomorrow, and possibly a full shutdown.
The list of possibly affected realms is as follows:
Anub'arak
Blackwater Raiders
Bladefist
Borean Tundra
Cairne
Cenarion Circle
Cenarius
Darrowmere
Drak'Tharon
Drenden
Echo Isles
Farstriders
Fenris
Garrosh
Hydraxis
Hyjal
Korialstrasz
Lightbringer
Maiev
Misha
Mok'Nathal
Moon Guard
Nazgrel
Nesingwary
Nordrassil
Quel'dorei
Ravenholdt
Rivendare
Shandris
Shu'halo
Sisters of Elune
The Forgotten Coast
Tortheldrin
Uther
Vashj
Winterhoof
Wyrmrest Accord
Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jooohn Sep 3rd 2009 10:23PM
Yay Ravenholdt is affected by some random upgrade...
I'm expecting a server shutdown for the day.
*facedesk*
Nick Sep 3rd 2009 10:31PM
=( Ravenholdt always gets the short end of the stick. )=
tonedeff Sep 3rd 2009 10:37PM
Its all part of blizzards master plan for you to get a server transfer, mixed in with a faction change, name change and whatever else they can sell you! Soon you can even buy GC's pony from the acount management page!
OR
Im being a typical wow fan and reading to much into this
Jooohn Sep 3rd 2009 10:48PM
I just server & faction changed to this server.
lol?
Ed Sep 3rd 2009 10:43PM
What an awesome screenshot for the article!
Hivetyrant Sep 3rd 2009 10:59PM
For some reason that screen shot reminds me of a Family guy scenario, with the Big "DO NOT PUSH/PULL" sign and the poor little gnome avoiding temptation....
kasukabe Sep 3rd 2009 11:41PM
I am affected [Anub'Arak], and my response is summed up pretty nicely by the current 'Around Azeroth' screen. /facepalm
Amun Sep 4th 2009 12:39AM
I HAVE THE POWEEERRRR!!!!
Luke Sep 4th 2009 5:08PM
brilliant. :D made me happee :D
Hoggersbud Sep 4th 2009 2:34AM
Looks like the Seattle Datacenter to me.
Probably one of the other customers installing something new...like the servers to handle Windows 7.
destinyshand Sep 4th 2009 3:24AM
no it's not seattle data center, cairne is a central time zone server, so it'd be more likely austin, though it may be half austin and half seattle, so emberstorm battlegroup and 1 other
Jade Sep 4th 2009 3:49AM
You do realize that the realms internal clock has nothing at all to do with its physical location right?
It's definitely Seattle, and only Seattle.
http://www.wowwiki.com/US_realm_list_by_datacenter
Dez Sep 4th 2009 2:55AM
Expect cloud and thunderstorms in-game.
codexx Sep 4th 2009 4:23AM
Oh, I'm sure new hardware is so horrible.
Stop the whining, really. Blizzard hosting entire continents as one giant zone was impressive when the game was released, and since then the game has grown tremendously. People complain that their server is always going down or new instances can't be launched, but an upgraded Power Supply, which is likely for future upgrades or for the new instance server set-up, oh no, the downtime! Blizzard is clearly just doing it to piss you all off, they don't want to upgrade the servers at all.
This will fix more problems in the long term, and upgrading a power supply probably won't make the servers come crashing down.
Avan Sep 4th 2009 4:45AM
Last time they did a hardware upgrade, it took them two days. One day of extended downtime, and the day after to fix their hasty installation.
Tommy Sep 4th 2009 6:16AM
@Avan
This isn't Blizzard making the upgrades. The company that owns the datacenter Blizzard rents space in is making the upgrades. They'll have a better reaction plan in place in case something goes wrong.
Zakarii Sep 4th 2009 6:47AM
WTB a new powerstrip for Crashridge.
Kanap Sep 4th 2009 8:00AM
And the QQ'ing begins! Oh yeah i forgot most people sleep now huh? Oh well I do understand the plight of the extra downtime but it is a needed evil.
ben Sep 4th 2009 8:11AM
Woot, I'm glad Quel-dorei wasn't the only server with these problems. Now I don't have to be in a waiting queue to log in!
Jim Sep 4th 2009 2:35PM
It is the Seattle Datacenter.
My company has equipment in a datacenter that's in the same "park" - construction nearby is requiring the utility to relocate the power feet. (They are widening nearby roadways - the datacenter is a stone's throw from Seattle-Tacoma Intl airport).
If you're really interested, you can go to the support blog of one of the other datacenters in that park - Digital Forest - where they're documenting much of what's going on today for their facility.
http://www.forest.net/support/