To everyone that has been coming in from Google searches or following links from one of the list sites or elsewhere, welcome! CotH is a private WoW server that focuses primarily on roleplay within the Warcraft setting, which is probably what drew you here to begin with. Keep in mind that everyone is expected to RP, and while the ruleset for the server is RP-PvP, that's only to assist in providing a more 'immersive' experience. Visiting the Rules of the server will set you off on the right direction, and then browsing the rest of the Wiki will help you learn a lot as well.
Keep in mind that this isn't an 'insta-80' server, per se. We do level characters to 80, but only after a certain point. Be sure to read the FAQs for more information on that, and other things!
Finally, to see the rates on the server, check here.
For information on how to connect (BE SURE TO READ THIS), please check the Connecting to the Server post.
Once again it's back to the old server for now - coth.game-host.org As much as I hate to do it, I think I'm going to import all the databases (as I was planning to do yesterday) from the new server once it's back, and use the old one for a few days while I test the new one's ability to actually run for more than a day without freezing. I'm sure everyone loves the lack of latency and whatnot on the new server, but it's stability is sh*t. At least the old one doesn't freeze up like that.
As I'm sure folks have noticed by now, be sure to check the Server Status pages to see whether either server computer is actually up (you won't even be able to access the page if it's not on). Then, check to see when the last update was, to confirm whether the server program itself is actually running. Remember that the times are in PST (GMT -8).
The new server is back up! Feel free to change your realmlists back to coth.game-server.cc. I'll keep the old one running until I get home from work, just to be safe.
As most folks are already aware, the new server is currently down. I'm hoping it'll come back online at some point today, as folks have progressed a bit over there and would rather just switch everything back. Presuming it does while I'm at work today, I should be able to connect and start the server program up.
Just a warning to hold off on any 'progression' things on the old server for now!
Here we are again, giving it another go! Server's coming down shortly to once more migrate a current copy of the database over to the new server. Once this is complete (which will take up to an hour), folks will need to change their realmlist, which I'll post again once the new server is up and running.
Stay tuned!
Edit: New server's up again! Change your realmlists to coth.game-server.cc! Let's see how long it lasts this time.
Once again trying the server change! This time, the database will be hosted on a separate server so as to not lose any changes between the migrations. This may result in potential database lag, but it's something I'll monitor. I know it'll increase the bandwidth between my home server and the database, though.... we'll see!
Anyway, the server downtime shouldn't exceed an hour. I'll post again once it's back up, but in the meantime, change your realmlists to coth.game-server.cc
Edit: Due to an unforeseen event, the old server is back up. It's currently testing using an external database - check replies for more information!
Once more, the server will be coming down shortly in order to migrate the databases to the new server to test it out. Estimated downtime is about an hour.
Weeeellll, I've been running the dedicated server all last night to test its stability, and it's actually still running! Therefore, at some point today I'll once more be bringing down the server to transfer over current databases. The process should take about an hour.
I should also note that once I'm certain the new server won't just die on me again, I'll be using my home server (the game-host one) as a test server. It's likely I'm going to start testing a couple other Core solutions (other than ArcEmu, that is) and see how stable they are as well as what features they have.
Anyway, stay tuned!
Edit: New server is up again! Change your realmlist to coth.game-server.cc
We're once again coming down in just a couple minutes to migrate the database once more and test things on the new server! Estimated downtime is 30-60 minutes.
At some point soon today, I'll be bringing down the server in order to make another shot at database migration to and testing out the dedicated server. The process shouldn't take more than 30 minutes to an hour, and further updates regarding its state will be posted in the Server Status Updates subforum here.
Just a heads up!
EDIT: The server's up and running on the new machine! Now for testing.
Please change your realmlist addresses to: coth.game-server.cc
That's it! Log in as per normal.
Edit 2: I'm just not having much luck with having a stable dedicated server, it seems. At any rate, the old server is back up for now. Please check the later reply in this thread for info.
Server coming down shortly to again test a database migration to the dedicated server. Completion of the migration could take up to an hour or more, but I will post again once it's complete and the server is back online.
