how can you find out what class of server a sim is on and how much does it matter

[mindmaster76]

we want to buy a sim and the prices change so much we understand a class 8 server is much better than a class 5 the question is when do you decide to class 5 is good enough

[mindmaster76]

we want to buy a sim and the prices change so much we understand a class 8 server is much better than a class 5 the question is when do you decide to class 5 is good enough

[KarenMichelle Lane]

The HELP / About SecondLife gives you this:

Second Life 3.6.5 (280365) Aug 28 2013 18:03:57 (Second Life Release) Release Notes

You are at 108.3, 95.9, 36.4 in Firmament located at sim6011.agni.lindenlab.com (216.82.12.65:13003) SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Firmament/108/96/36 (global coordinates 271,468.0, 335,200.0, 36.4) Second Life Server 13.08.17.280013 Release Notes

CPU: Intel® Core i7 CPU       Q 720  @ 1.60GHz (1596.04 MHz) Memory: 4027 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation Graphics Card: GeForce 310M/PCIe/SSE2

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 9.18.0013.2049 OpenGL Version: 3.3.0

libcurl Version: libcurl/7.21.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8q zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.1 J2C Decoder Version: KDU v7.0 Audio Driver Version: FMOD Ex 4.44.12 Qt Webkit Version: 4.7.1 (version number hard-coded) Voice Server Version: Vivox

Built with MSVC version 1600 Packets Lost: 49/5,201 (0.9%)

 

Also at http://www.gridsurvey.com/ you can look up your region and see haow many other regions are alos supported on the assigned IP address.:

Region: Firmament**Only uploaded images may be used in postings**://map.secondlife.com/map-1-1060-1309-objects.jpg" border="0" alt="Terrain Map (Web version)" />

• Map Coordinates1: X=1060 Y=1309
• Access Rating: **Only uploaded images may be used in postings**://www.gridsurvey.com/img/access_M16.png" border="0" alt="Moderate (Mature)" title="Moderate (Mature)" /> Moderate (Mature)
• Estate/Mainland: Estate
• First Surveyed: 9 Mar 2008
• Last Surveyed: 2 Sep 2013
• Status: Current - online
• Terrain Map UUID: 0f759cd3-123e-993f-ac50-21f26aa22b53
• Objects Map UUID: f541b689-7337-dc5a-d3ce-b3bb73254026
• SLURL Link
• SL Web Search Link
• SL Map Link  (Search version)
• View Second Life Images taken in Firmament on Snapzilla
• No other regions have shared this grid location (1060,1309)

1 Neighboring Regions

• Firmament Paradise @ (1059,1310)

Physical visit survey details

April 2013 : Recent changes to secondlife teleports mean that there has been a negative impact on the collection of Gridsurvey physical visit data. In particular,data will tend to be less fresh than previously

• Last checked 2013-08-16
• Data based on last visit 2013-08-16
• Region Key 73b761e8-4a3e-4d3b-86de-282f8084fbcb
• SKU Code/Description 024 Estate / Full Region
• Server Class 503
• Server Version Second Life Server 13.07.19.278836
• IP Address 216.82.4.144 (sim3978.agni.lindenlab.com)
• 6 Regions potentially sharing same host :
  • Ashberry - surveyed 2013-08-24
  • Whistling Duck - surveyed 2013-08-24
  • Ermus - surveyed 2013-08-16
  • Ohana Haven - surveyed 2013-08-16
  • Compton - surveyed 2013-07-25
  • Mistwater - surveyed 2013-07-25
• IP address tends to be quite volatile so this data can be unreliable, especially for data over a week old. You can also check regions sharing this IP address on   mitsi.com
•   - Include this region in the next visiting survey . Surveys are normally run at weekends, Please only request a survey if the region is known to be running on a different IP address than reported above. Regions currently thought to be sharing the same IP address will also be resurveyed.
• The Gridsurvey survey bot which made this survey has the SL account named Virtual Littlething and normally only visits any particular region two or three times a month

 

Does any of this matter?

1) If you have adjacent regions, you operate better if they are in the same data center as you. Especially during region crossings IMHO.

2) Regions a virtualized there days so the notino of class of server has becoome a moot point