Miscellaneous WowiArmory Statistics (October 7th, 2008// 11:43am)

My apologies for the lack of updates. School started and the sudden workload hit me quite hard, and it’s taken me quite a while to get on top of all my work. School is, as it should be, my top priority, and I’m hoping to maintain a high GPA throughout my college years. Unfortunately, that means this blog (and WoW) has to take a back seat whenever school work pops up. Fear not, I’ve got a few posts lined up, and I’ll be putting them up over the next few days.

Also, for those curious, here are some miscellaneous statistics pertaining to WowiArmory. Keep in mind that WowiArmory is still in private beta, and the audience is quite limited.

• WowiArmory is caching over 4,000 characters on every single WoW server.
• WowiArmory is caching over 24,000 items.
• WowiArmory’s database is optimized and takes up just under 25MB worth of disk space.
• WowiArmory uses more than 1GB of bandwidth each month.
• WowiArmory loads in an average of 1.31 seconds on a Wifi connection.
• WowiArmory loads in an average of 4.32 seconds on a 3G connection.
• WowiArmory loads in an average of 6.71 seconds on an EDGE connction.
• WowiArmory has an uptime of 99.97% since the first round of beta, going down only when my host switched servers.

There are AppStore alternatives to WowiArmory, but they all have their drawbacks.

1. They all require you to upgrade to 2.0 or higher. For iPod users, this means they have to pay the upgrade fee that Apple is asking for.
2. Several of the alternatives require you to buy them through iTunes.
3. Even after purchasing the application, you can only sync it to your specific iPhone/iPod. If your friend wants to look up characters, they’ll have to go through the whole process of buying the app and installing it themselves.

For all those who e-mailed me asking to test, please do not think I am ignoring you. I have a very large update planned for WowiArmory, and with this update, I’m going to release WowiArmory to the public. I’ll release the URL here on my blog, and you can give it to any and all of your friends.

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