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Originally posted by riahc4
could be problably used on the same server as its just a few kbs of data when we load/save our settings
... *50000000+, every time they sign in?
The sound server isn't really one machine either. It's at least 4 servers with multiple CPUs and over 16GB of RAM each. Those are stats from over a few years ago, i would imagine it's more now. Let's say the average settings file is around 10kb, which isn't much when you consider all the contact-specific settings Plus! stores. 10kb * 50M is already close to half a TB. A lot of people will signing multiple times per day, and the group of active Plus! users is still growing. Bandwidth for this feature alone could easily be over 1TB per day.
I'm not saying it isn't doable for Plus! to offer a feature like this natively, but it does take massive resources (which need to be paid). A lot of things need to be considered: How much server resources and bandwidth would be needed? Is the feature worth the resources/cost? How do we insure people's private information is safe (emailadresses/passwords)?
We went trough the same kind of things with auto-update for skins & scripts, which is why it took so long from the first idea to the release.
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