News: Maintenance for FFXI Servers and PlayOnline (Oct 10) - Final Fantasy XI

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Maintenance for FFXI Servers and PlayOnline (Oct 10)

Posted by: Cuer - Fri Oct 07th, 2005 04:51 pm EDT

A FFXI patch will be put in on Monday, October 10. The total downtime will be five hours: PlayOnline will be updated during the first two hours, and the FFXI servers will be updated for five hours. The file size for the update ranges from 12-18MB, depending on which platform FFXI is running on, and whether the Chains of Promathia expansion pack is installed. Three announcements detail this, as listed below.

From:FINAL FANTASY XI
Oct. 7, 2005 06:00 [PDT]

All Worlds Scheduled Maintenance (Oct. 10)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI server maintenance on all Worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

*The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

*You may receive errors such as POL-1160 or POL-0010 during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again.

*For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site (http://www.playonline.com/) which will be available on Oct. 10, 2005.

[Affected Period]
From Oct. 10, 2005 from 10:00 to 15:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
FINAL FANTASY XI

Official PlayOnline Announcement

From:PlayOnline
Oct. 7, 2005 05:30 [PDT]

PlayOnline Server Maintenance (Oct. 10)

At the following time, we will be performing PlayOnline server maintenance. During this period, PlayOnline, Tetra Master and FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

*The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into PlayOnline. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

Thank you for your patience.

[Date & Time]
Oct. 10, 10:00 to 12:00 (PDT)
*Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
PlayOnline

[Maintenance Details]

- An issue wherein the Friend Search function experiences severe delays when searching over handles will be addressed.

-Other minor adjustments will also be carried out.

Official PlayOnline Announcement

From:FINAL FANTASY XI
Oct. 8, 2005 01:00 [PDT]

File Size for Oct. 10 Update

An update for FINAL FANTASY XI is currently scheduled for Oct. 10, 2005. Approximate file sizes and installation times for this update are shown below.

[File size for clients with "Chains of Promathia" installed.]

"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: 14MB
>>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
Volume check: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Installation: 4 minutes
Total: About 1 hour, 33 minutes, 30 seconds

>>DSL (1Mbps) users
Volume check: 5 minutes, 30 seconds
Download / Unzip: 18 minutes
Installation: 4 minutes
Total: About 27 minutes, 30 seconds

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 18MB
>>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
Volume check: 7 minutes
Download / Unzip: 1 hours, 19 minutes
Installation: 1 minutes
Total: About 1 hours, 27 minutes

>>DSL (1Mbps) users
Volume check: 4 minutes, 30 seconds
Download / Unzip: 14 minutes
Installation: 1 minutes
Total: About 19 minutes, 30 seconds

[File size for clients without "Chains of Promathia" installed.]

"PlayStation 2" Version
Downloadable file size: 12MB
>>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
Volume check: 7 minutes
Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Installation: 3 minutes
Total: About 1 hour, 20 minutes

>>DSL (1Mbps) users
Volume check: 4 minute, 30 seconds
Download / Unzip: 16 minutes, 30 seconds
Installation: 3 minutes
Total: About 24 minutes

Windows Version
Downloadable file size: 14MB
>>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
Volume check: 6 minutes
Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Installation: 1 minute
Total: About 1 hour, 12 minutes

>>DSL (1Mbps) users
Volume check: 4 minutes
Download / Unzip: 12 minutes, 40 seconds
Installation: 1 minute
Total: About 17 minutes, 40 seconds

*Please note that the above times are for reference only. Download times depend on individual users' network environment and may vary from those shown above. Also, this update will require more time if previous version updates were not completed.

Official PlayOnline Announcement

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