Differences between test server and normal server?

[hazzer2007]

What is the difference between the normal planetside and the test server and beta server?

[TheRagingGerbil]

Firstly, there isn't a single box, each server is actually a server cluster.

Emerald is the original Beta server cluster.

The test server is a just an additional server cluster, supposedly with the same specs as all of the other servers. Well, at least the same as Emerald and Markov. I dunno wth is up with the werner server...military surplus maybe?

There is a newer beta server which ran core combat, but that may have become the actual core combat cluster.

But anyways, there really is no difference between the test server and the live servers. Just differences in the version of code you are running.

[SecondRaven]

Normal Server's are for normal play....Test server is to TEST the things that are going to be implemented into the normal server..and beta server was for when the game was first started

[martyr]

pfft, you're all wrong.

having servers named "test" "east" "west" and "europe" is just a gimmick to make you feel better, there's actually only one PII machine in SOE's broom closet running all three concurrent servers on windows 95.

[Black]

pfft, you're all wrong.

having servers named "test" "east" "west" and "europe" is just a gimmick to make you feel better, there's actually only one PII machine in SOE's broom closet running all three concurrent servers on windows 95.
so thats why PS crashes so much :p j/k