It takes about 2-4 hours per server and they stagger them over the maintenance window, thats why it sometimes finishes early or later.

Actually, I have some knowledge about it as well, as my dad and my father in-law both are extreme computer nerds and have both worked with computers over 10 years of their lives each, and my dad personally was trained by essentially one of the biggest nerds of computers ever (He could literally tell you exactly what was wrong with your computer in less than a minute.) so yeah, I’m fairly knowledgeable as well.

1. Yes, servers need to be backed up, which only takes a couple minutes (at most) on each one, so let’s say that takes 1 hour.
2. That’s complicated, but they’ve mastered it by now to where it takes almost no time at all. 15 minutes max.
3. They already have this information in multiple different parts of the game, as I said, PTR’s and WotLK servers already have this information that has very few bugs, definately no major ones. Let’s still say it takes 30 minutes though.
4. Yep, easiest part, therefore takes less than 30 minutes.
5. Testing was already done on PTR’s and WotLK servers, but re-checking to make sure it’s good is another thing, which is what they do, which takes less than an hour.
6. They usually do that in between the tests of server stability along with making sure there’s no bugs making the server crash. Say 45 minutes.

So, therefore that’s 4 hours. Say even with tons of things messing up, an additional 2 hours is needed to hotfix everything, which is 1/2 the time it took them to put the information in… That’s 6 hours total, on a MAJOR patch. They take 8 hours on very very minor patches as well for some reason, or even for nothing at all. You can’t tell me that they require an 8 hour shut down for "Oh, we noticed a mob walking in the ground incorrectly, maintenance time." so…

Actually, I have some knowledge about it as well, as my dad and my father in-law both are extreme computer nerds and have both worked with computers over 10 years of their lives each, and my dad personally was trained by essentially one of the biggest nerds of computers ever (He could literally tell you exactly what was wrong with your computer in less than a minute.) so yeah, I’m fairly knowledgeable as well.

1. Yes, servers need to be backed up, which only takes a couple minutes (at most) on each one, so let’s say that takes 1 hour.
2. That’s complicated, but they’ve mastered it by now to where it takes almost no time at all. 15 minutes max.
3. They already have this information in multiple different parts of the game, as I said, PTR’s and WotLK servers already have this information that has very few bugs, definately no major ones. Let’s still say it takes 30 minutes though.
4. Yep, easiest part, therefore takes less than 30 minutes.
5. Testing was already done on PTR’s and WotLK servers, but re-checking to make sure it’s good is another thing, which is what they do, which takes less than an hour.
6. They usually do that in between the tests of server stability along with making sure there’s no bugs making the server crash. Say 45 minutes.

So, therefore that’s 4 hours. Say even with tons of things messing up, an additional 2 hours is needed to hotfix everything, which is 1/2 the time it took them to put the information in… That’s 6 hours total, on a MAJOR patch. They take 8 hours on very very minor patches as well for some reason, or even for nothing at all. You can’t tell me that they require an 8 hour shut down for "Oh, we noticed a mob walking in the ground incorrectly, maintenance time." so…

Actually, I have some knowledge about it as well, as my dad and my father in-law both are extreme computer nerds and have both worked with computers over 10 years of their lives each, and my dad personally was trained by essentially one of the biggest nerds of computers ever (He could literally tell you exactly what was wrong with your computer in less than a minute.) so yeah, I’m fairly knowledgeable as well.

1. Yes, servers need to be backed up, which only takes a couple minutes (at most) on each one, so let’s say that takes 1 hour.
2. That’s complicated, but they’ve mastered it by now to where it takes almost no time at all. 15 minutes max.
3. They already have this information in multiple different parts of the game, as I said, PTR’s and WotLK servers already have this information that has very few bugs, definately no major ones. Let’s still say it takes 30 minutes though.
4. Yep, easiest part, therefore takes less than 30 minutes.
5. Testing was already done on PTR’s and WotLK servers, but re-checking to make sure it’s good is another thing, which is what they do, which takes less than an hour.
6. They usually do that in between the tests of server stability along with making sure there’s no bugs making the server crash. Say 45 minutes.

So, therefore that’s 4 hours. Say even with tons of things messing up, an additional 2 hours is needed to hotfix everything, which is 1/2 the time it took them to put the information in… That’s 6 hours total, on a MAJOR patch. They take 8 hours on very very minor patches as well for some reason, or even for nothing at all. You can’t tell me that they require an 8 hour shut down for "Oh, we noticed a mob walking in the ground incorrectly, maintenance time." so…

Mate, trust me, Oracle updates never take 15 minutes. I am actually working in the software industry for 4+ years, it’s not that easy as you think.
Also, if they felt they could do it faster, they would have.

Mate, trust me, Oracle updates never take 15 minutes. I am actually working in the software industry for 4+ years, it’s not that easy as you think.
Also, if they felt they could do it faster, they would have.

Mate, trust me, Oracle updates never take 15 minutes. I am actually working in the software industry for 4+ years, it’s not that easy as you think.
Also, if they felt they could do it faster, they would have.

another reason is that they want to give themself a safety margin.

in the first year, we had so many updates gone wrong, with servers being down for days. You could be sure that almost any of the first 20 patches would introduce some huge bug that needed to be hotfixed or messed with the servers so badly that they were offline at least 24 hours.

i think they still remember that and have a “better safe than sorry” mentality about it.

Besides, how long is 12 hours realy ? they make a entire new continent. even god took 7 days to create earth

another reason is that they want to give themself a safety margin.

in the first year, we had so many updates gone wrong, with servers being down for days. You could be sure that almost any of the first 20 patches would introduce some huge bug that needed to be hotfixed or messed with the servers so badly that they were offline at least 24 hours.

i think they still remember that and have a “better safe than sorry” mentality about it.

Besides, how long is 12 hours realy ? they make a entire new continent. even god took 7 days to create earth

another reason is that they want to give themself a safety margin.

in the first year, we had so many updates gone wrong, with servers being down for days. You could be sure that almost any of the first 20 patches would introduce some huge bug that needed to be hotfixed or messed with the servers so badly that they were offline at least 24 hours.

i think they still remember that and have a “better safe than sorry” mentality about it.

Besides, how long is 12 hours realy ? they make a entire new continent. even god took 7 days to create earth