Qr7 wrote:Hardware is cheap, and building parallel communication into an application is getting easier and easier. So don't give me this 'apps don't scale'.
I'm somehow under the impression you are not a developer. But let's skip the discussion about how easy it is to add concurrency to an existing application. The question any manager in any organization will put forth is this:
"Who's going to pay the tab?"
Businesses are here to make money. Hardware is cheap, yes, but developers aren't[1] and the return of investment usually doesn't cut it.
[1] Well, at least I'm not. If you're going to prostitute your art, you might as well be an expensive hooker.
SOAPboy wrote:You evidently dont understand how casino floors work.
1 server runs the slot machines, and any other "ticket" in and out setup. Example, Those silly virtual blackjack tables.
Its very simple. It makes sense, and there IS fail safe setups involved.
Theres a reason the thing runs 24 some odd hard drives for very little data.
Look into gaming systems. Its simple stuff. Now if we were a huge las vegas size casino, we wouldnt be on 1 server. And here in the very near future were doubling everything.
Does this mean you get to see, and alter, how rigged the casino games actually are? :icon32:
Nightshade wrote:If you think that casino rig their games, or need to, you're higher than a giraffe pussy.
listen up people, an authority has spoken! (from his ass)
I've really hurt your feelings, haven't I? Hmm, I guess it could just be that you're monumentally stupid and you think that casinos DO rig their games...I'm guessing it's a bit of both.
SOAPboy wrote:Now lets assume for 1/2 a second, that it actually goes tits up.
I make 1 phone call, and someones here within the hour. Id be running damage control for all the morons freaking out on the floor :P
So what sort of admin are you? Are you not a "computer room concierge" ?
You can't replace a fucking HDD? You call in techs to do it for you.
SOAPboy wrote:Now lets assume for 1/2 a second, that it actually goes tits up.
I make 1 phone call, and someones here within the hour. Id be running damage control for all the morons freaking out on the floor :P
So what sort of admin are you? Are you not a "computer room concierge" ?
You can't replace a fucking HDD? You call in techs to do it for you.
I didnt have to call them in. The server auto alerts them, they come in with parts.
Yes, i can swap out a fucking hard drive. It takes 2 seconds.
duffman91 wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:Some of you may know, Im a network admin for a casino.
Im on graves atm. Its a total snoozefest normally, but tonight, not so much.
First, i get a call about some computer crashing, no biggy. Cant be fixed, needs replaced, yadda yadda.
I get back to our server room, and our server that runs the entire casino floor is beeping, like crazy.
Panic mode.
Turns out, its just a HD going out. Company will be here tomorrow.
But jesus christ. Talk about scary shit.
What city and casino group do you work for that has such a weak infrastructure for a casino floor?
Vegas has Several AS/400 servers with multiple backbones that control the entirety of each gaming resort group of casinos. On top of this, all System i servers have support contracts with IBM. The standard is for the IBM tech to show up at the data center before anybody notices anything went down.
Just curious....
Kansas.
This is indian gaming.
And yeah man, if we were a 1000 slot machine company, then we would have the need for more than 1 server for our konami setup.
